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Jiao Rite Petition for the Natal Destiny (本命) — Second Cup本命醮禮文 亞獻文
Dongguk Isangguk Jip (Collected Works of Minister Yi of the Eastern Country) Former Collection, Book 40 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.
辰居其所。默制群生。人本乎天。敢孤洪造。許歆明信。優錫繁禧。
The star abides in its own place and silently governs all living things. Humankind is rooted in Heaven — how could we dare forsake that great making?
Grant that you partake of these bright and sincere offerings, and send down many blessings in full measure.