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- Jeong Cheol to Jinok |
- Jeong Cheol to Jinok<ref>[[David "Race" Bannon|David Bannon]], [https://sites.google.com/site/atakoreanlanguagedivision/kld-newsletter/Hangul%20Herald%20Fall%202008.pdf?attredirects=0 “Sijo Poetry of Korean Kisaeng,”] ''Hangul Herald'', Fall 2008: 10-13. Excerpted and used with permission.</ref>}} |
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Jinok replies by playing on the name of Jeong Cheol (鄭澈), first calling him iron (cheol; 鐵), then suggesting he might be false iron (seop-cheol; 攝鐵) and finally discovering he is genuine iron (jeong cheol; 正鐵). Unquestionably bawdy, this exchange is one of the finest examples of satire in sijo — a poetic form that placed high value on wit, double entendre and word play. |
Jinok replies by playing on the name of Jeong Cheol (鄭澈), first calling him iron (cheol; 鐵), then suggesting he might be false iron (seop-cheol; 攝鐵) and finally discovering he is genuine iron (jeong cheol; 正鐵). Unquestionably bawdy, this exchange is one of the finest examples of satire in [[sijo]] — a poetic form that placed high value on wit, [[double entendre]] and [[word play]]. |
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{{lang|ko|철(鐵)이 철(鐵)이라커늘 섭철(攝鐵)로만 여겼더니 |
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My pair of bellows |
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- Jinok to Jeong Cheol |
- Jinok to Jeong Cheol<ref>[[David "Race" Bannon|David Bannon]], [https://sites.google.com/site/atakoreanlanguagedivision/kld-newsletter/Hangul%20Herald%20Fall%202008.pdf?attredirects=0 “Sijo Poetry of Korean Kisaeng,”] ''Hangul Herald'', Fall 2008: 10-13. Excerpted and used with permission.</ref>}} |
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Other Works: |
Other Works: |
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*Gwandong Byeolgok ( |
* ''Gwandong Byeolgok'' (The Song of the Sceneries of the [[Gwandong]]). |
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*Samiingok (Mindful of My Seemly Lord). |
* ''Samiingok'' (Mindful of My Seemly Lord). |
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*Songgang Gasa (Songgang's Prose Poetry Book). |
* ''Songgang Gasa'' (Songgang's Prose Poetry Book). |
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==Popular culture== |
==Popular culture== |
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| Jeong Cheol | |
| Hangul | 정철 |
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| Hanja | 鄭澈 |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong Cheol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Ch'ŏl |
Template:Korean name Jeong Cheol (정철, 1536–1593) was a Korean statesman and poet. He used the pen-names Gyeham (계함) and Songgang(송강), and studied under Kim Yunjae at Hwanbyeokdang. He was expelled by the Easterners.
Literary works
He is prominent in the gasa and the sijo, which are forms of classical Korean poetry.
The following two poems are an exchange between Jeong Cheol and the gisaeng Jinok. Jeong is playing on Jinok’s name, which means Genuine Gem. First he calls her a gem (ok; 玉), then suggests she is an imitation (beon-ok; 燔玉) and finally finds her to be genuine (jin-ok; 眞玉).
옥(玉)이 옥(玉)이라 커늘 번옥(燔玉)으로 여겼더니 |
Gem, oh, they talk of a gem |
Jinok replies by playing on the name of Jeong Cheol (鄭澈), first calling him iron (cheol; 鐵), then suggesting he might be false iron (seop-cheol; 攝鐵) and finally discovering he is genuine iron (jeong cheol; 正鐵). Unquestionably bawdy, this exchange is one of the finest examples of satire in sijo — a poetic form that placed high value on wit, double entendre and word play.
철(鐵)이 철(鐵)이라커늘 섭철(攝鐵)로만 여겼더니 |
Iron, oh, they talk of iron |
Other Works:
- Gwandong Byeolgok (The Song of the Sceneries of the Gwandong).
- Samiingok (Mindful of My Seemly Lord).
- Songgang Gasa (Songgang's Prose Poetry Book).
Popular culture
- Portrayed by Joo Jin-mo in the 2014 KBS2 TV series The King's Face.
- He was portrayed by Sun Dong-Hyuk in the 2015 historical drama "The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War."
See also
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- ^ David Bannon, “Sijo Poetry of Korean Kisaeng,” Hangul Herald, Fall 2008: 10-13. Excerpted and used with permission.
- ^ David Bannon, “Sijo Poetry of Korean Kisaeng,” Hangul Herald, Fall 2008: 10-13. Excerpted and used with permission.