Haemosu — the son of the Heavenly Emperor who came down from heaven東明王篇 一
1The sages of high antiquity — divine traces grow rare
元氣判𣳎渾。天皇地皇氏。十三十一頭。體貌多奇異。其餘聖帝王。亦備載經史。女節感大星。乃生大昊摯。女樞生顓頊。亦感瑤光暐。伏羲制牲犧。燧人始鑽燧。生蓂高帝祥。雨粟神農瑞。靑天女媧補。洪水大禹理。黃帝將升天。胡髥龍自至。太古淳朴時。靈聖難備記。後世漸澆漓。風俗例汰侈。聖人間或生。神迹少所示。
When the primal breath split apart from chaos, the Heavenly Sovereign and the Earthly Sovereign were born; thirteen heads and eleven heads, and their bodies and faces were most strange. The other holy emperors and kings are set down in full in the classics and the histories. Nü Jie was stirred by a great star and bore Dahao Zhi (摯); Nü Shu bore Zhuanxu, and she too was stirred by the light of Yaoguang. Fuxi made the rule for sacrificial beasts, and Suiren was the first to drill wood for fire. The mingjia that grew was the good omen of the High Emperor, and grain falling like rain was the auspicious sign of Shennong. 〔The mingjia is an auspicious plant said to have grown in the courtyard of King Yao〕 The blue sky was mended by Nüwa, and the great flood was set in order by Yu. When the Yellow Emperor was about to rise to heaven, a bearded dragon came of itself. In the plain and simple days of high antiquity, the divine and holy deeds were too many to write down; but later ages grew thin and mean by degrees, and the customs of the world ran to excess, so that although a sage was born now and then, a divine trace was rarely shown.
2Haemosu comes down riding a carriage drawn by five dragons
漢神雀三年。孟夏斗立巳。海東解慕漱。眞是天之子。初從空中下。身乘五龍軌。從者百餘人。騎鵠紛襂襹。淸樂動鏘洋。彩雲浮旖旎。自古受命君。何是非天賜。白日下靑冥。從昔所未視。朝居人世中。暮反天宮裡。
In the third year of Shenque in Han, at the head of summer when the Dipper pointed to sa (巳), Haemosu of Haedong was truly the son of heaven. When he first came down out of the air, his body rode a carriage of five dragons, and his followers, more than a hundred, rode on swans with feathered robes streaming. Clear music sounded and rang out, and colored clouds rose up billowing. From of old, what king who received the mandate was not granted by heaven? But to come down from the blue sky in broad daylight had never been seen before. In the morning he was in the world of men, and in the evening he went back to the palace of heaven.
Interlinear notes 4
漢神雀三年四月甲寅。
It was the day gabin in the fourth month of the third year of Shenque in Han (59 BC).
本記云。夫余王解夫婁老無子。祭山川求嗣。所御馬至鯤淵。見大石流淚。王怪之。使人轉其石。有小兒金色蛙形。王曰。此天錫我令胤乎。乃收養之。名曰金蛙。立爲太子。其相阿蘭弗曰。日者天降我曰。將使吾子孫。立國於此。汝其避之。東海之濱有地。號迦葉原。土宜五穀。可都也。阿蘭弗勸王移都。號東夫余。於舊都。解慕漱爲天帝子來都。
The Basic Annals say: Haeburu, king of Buyeo, grew old and had no son, so he sacrificed to the mountains and rivers and prayed for a son to follow him. The horse he rode came to Gonyeon, and when it saw a great stone it shed tears. The king thought this strange and had a man roll the stone aside, and there was a small child in the shape of a golden frog. The king said, "Is this not heaven granting me a fine heir?" So he took the child up and raised him. He named him Geumwa and made him crown prince. His minister Aranbul said, "The other day heaven came down to me and said, 'I am going to have my own descendants found a state here, so you are to give way. By the shore of the Eastern Sea there is a land called Gaseopwon. Its soil suits the five grains, and a capital may be set there.'" Aranbul urged the king to move the capital, and they called it Dongbuyeo. At the old capital, Haemosu came as the son of the Heavenly Emperor and made his capital there.
漢神雀三年壬戌歲。天帝遣太子降遊扶余王古都。號解慕漱。從天而下。乘五龍車。從者百餘人。皆騎白鵠。彩雲浮於上。音樂動雲中。止熊心山。經十餘日始下。首戴烏羽之冠。腰帶龍光之劒。
In the imsul year, the third year of Shenque in Han, the Heavenly Emperor sent his crown prince down to roam at the old capital of the king of Buyeo, and his name was Haemosu. When he came down from heaven he rode a carriage of five dragons, and his followers, more than a hundred, all rode white swans. Colored clouds floated above him and music sounded within the clouds. He stopped at Ungsimsan, and only after more than ten days did he come down. On his head he wore a cap of crow feathers, and at his waist he wore the sword Yonggwang.
朝則聽事。暮卽升天。世謂之天王郞。
In the morning he heard affairs of state, and in the evening he rose to heaven. The world called him Cheonwangnang.
3Rising to heaven and coming down again, morning and evening
吾聞於古人。蒼穹之去地二億萬八千七百八十里。梯棧躡難升。羽翮飛易瘁。朝夕恣升降。此理復何爾。
I have heard from the men of old that the blue vault is two hundred million and eighteen thousand seven hundred and eighty li away from the earth. A ladder is hard to climb by treading, and wings tire quickly in flight; yet morning and evening he went up and came down as he pleased. What can be the reason for this?