Presented to Privy Councillor Choe Seon上崔樞密詵
世出文章伯。興由德義門。八龍初竝躍。三鳳最超騫。陳湛眞難弟。桓榮實有孫。白眉奇表秀。靑鬢美官尊。洒翰雲多態。端容玉不言。循循家訓在。挺挺祖風存。月裡名書澤。紗中像護藩。中興依日月。大手定乾坤。已入棲烏府。將登畫鹿轓。立朝威凜凜。愛客色溫溫。憶昨方投刺。移時得接論。仰鑽彌自若。慰勉一何敦。邊幅䂓多檢。毛皮禮去煩。歸來空想像。早晚更攀援。我李難成蔭。何門可托根。高蹤隨泛梗。幽佩綴芳蓀。衆謗吹毛急。狂言到口呑。短衣愁寗戚。一室著陳蕃。官路如天遠。年光劇海奔。陸沈那久困。水擊會高飜。已恃知音在。行銷泣璞冤。孔融憐我否。一鶚在平原。
Generation on generation a chief of letters comes forth, and his rise came of a house of virtue and righteousness. Eight dragons first leapt side by side, and three phoenixes soared the highest. The Chen and the Zhan could hardly be younger brothers, and Huan Rong (桓榮) did indeed have a grandson. The rare aspect of the white brows stands out, and with green temples his fair office is high. When he scatters his brush, the clouds take many shapes; when he composes his face, the jade is silent. There is the step-by-step teaching of his house, and the upright bearing of his forebears remains. In the moon his name is written in the bounty; in the silk his portrait guards the fence. The restoration leaned upon sun and moon, and a great hand settled heaven and earth. Already he has entered the office (府) where crows roost, and soon he will mount the deer-painted carriage. Standing in court, his dignity is stern; loving his guests, his face is warm. I think how lately I first sent in my card, and after a while was granted a meeting. The more I bored upward in reverence, the more composed you were; how generous was your comforting and urging! The borders are commonly much restrained, yet the ceremony of hair and hide did away with all fuss. Come home, I vainly picture it over, and early or late would catch hold again. My plum tree can hardly make a shade; at what gate can it fasten its root? High traces follow the floating branch; the hidden pendant is strung with fragrant sweet-flag. The many slanders blow on the hairs and press hard, and the mad word, come to my mouth, I swallow. In a short coat I grieve for Ning Qi (甯戚), and in a single room I show forth Chen Fan (陳蕃). The road of office is far as the sky, and the years run on fiercely as the sea. Sunk on dry land, how should I long be spent? Striking the water, I shall yet turn over high. I trust already that there is one who knows my note, and the bitterness of weeping with the rough jade in my arms will pass away. Will Kong Rong (孔融) take pity on me? There is one osprey at Pingyuan.
Interlinear notes 2
上卽祚。入北朝修製。公皆爲之。
When the king came to the throne, His Excellency composed all the documents drawn up on going in to the northern court.
兼御史大夫。
He held the post of Censor-in-Chief concurrently.