Calligraphic Works by King Sukjong, Wu YinZhi’s Poem
Sukjong (King of Joseon)Joseon, 1674-1720 (Sukjong reign)
Academy of Korean Studies
Seongnam-si, South Korea
The writing of the 19th King of Joseon, Sukjong. He copied Wu YinZhi’s of Qin’s five-word line poem 「Upon leaving Tamcheon」. Wu YinZhi was on his way to Guangzhou province and not far from there was a spring called Tamcheon. The legend said that if you drink from this spring, you will have endless greed. So Wu YinZhi tried this water and wrote a poem to prove that he was not affected by it. It is a representative work of Sukjong’s semi-cursive writings.
* Text and annotation
雲深不知處 / People say this spring makes you .
一歃懷千金 / Desire for fortune, after drinking one sip from it.
試使夷齊飮 / Let Baekyi and Sukje try it.
終當不易心. / They will never change their mind.
- Title: Calligraphic Works by King Sukjong, Wu YinZhi’s Poem
- Creator Lifespan: 1661/1720
- Creator Nationality: Korean (Joseon)
- Creator Gender: male
- Creator Death Place: Gyeonghuipalace, Seoul, South Korea
- Creator Birth Place: Gyeonghuipalace, Seoul, South Korea
- Date: Joseon, 1674-1720 (Sukjong reign)
- location: Jangseogak, Academy of Korean Studies, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Rep. Korea
- composition: 1 sheet
- calligraphy: Sukjong (King of Joseon)
- Physical Dimensions: w62.3 x h133 cm
- Original Title: Sukjong eopil <Oeunji-si> (숙종어필 <오은지시>, 肅宗御筆 <吳隱之詩>)
- Korean caption: 조선의 제 19대 국왕 숙종(肅宗)의 어필(御筆). 진(晉) 오은지(吳隱之)의 5언 절구 「탐천을 뜨며(酌貪泉)」를 필사한 글이다. 오은지가 광주자사(廣州刺史)로 가는데 주(州)에서 멀지 않은 탐천(貪泉)의 샘물을 마시면 욕심이 끊임없이 생긴다고 들었다. 그래서 오은지가 탐천을 마신 후 이 시를 지어 그렇지 않다는 것을 노래했다고 한다. 숙종의 대표적인 행서 작품이다. * 본문 및 해석 古人云此水 / 옛 사람들이 이르기를 이 샘물은 一歃懷千金 / 한 모금만 마셔도 천금을 갖고 싶다고 한다네. 試使夷齊飮 / 시험 삼아 백이와 숙제에게 마시게 하여도 終當不易心. / 끝내 그 마음은 바꾸지 않을 거라네.
- Provenance: Academy of Korean Studies
- Type: Wooden type
- Rights: Academy of Korean Studies
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