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Reports Exchanged between Guest and Host at the Investiture of the Royal Preceptor (王師) — Report of the Envoy of Investiture in Reply王師封冊客主往來狀 冊使答狀
Dongguk Isangguk Jip (Collected Works of Minister Yi of the Eastern Country) Former Collection, Book 32 The collected writings of Yi Gyubo of Goryeo, gathered and cut in woodblock by his son Yi Ham in 1241 and revised and enlarged by his grandson Yi Ikbae in 1251. It holds poems and rhapsodies, memorials and reports sent up to the king, records written for temples and pagodas, stele and tomb inscriptions, letters and prefaces, and the state letters that passed to and from the Mongols during the invasions. The Lay of King Dongmyeong, which sings the founder of Goguryeo, stands in volume 3 of the first collection, and the daily life of a man who called himself the White Cloud Layman — with his wine, his zither and his verse — fills the later collection. The book closes with the last poem he wrote as his eyes failed and he laid down the brush, and with the dirge and tomb inscription others made for him after his death.
祗承上命。將詣下風。未成丈室之參。先辱尺書之問。其爲心感。曷可舌宣。
In all reverence bearing the royal command, I would go forward from my lowly place to wait upon You. I have not yet gone to Your chamber and seen You, and yet to my awe You have first inquired after me in a short letter. With what words should I tell all of my heart's gratitude?
Interlinear notes 1
「Chamber」 is given in the source text as jangsil (丈室), that is, the bangjang (方丈), the place where the Royal Preceptor dwells.