King Wonjong and King Chungnyeol元臨十六年, 林衍中廢置
1Im Yeon deposes a king and sets one up
元臨十六年, 林衍中廢置.
In the sixteen years that King Wonjong reigned, Im Yeon in the midst of them deposed a king and set one up.
Interlinear notes 3
諱從衣從直, 元年己未, 在上國卽位. 配臣, 金起孫.
His taboo name is the character written with the clothing radical (衣) and the character for straight (直), that is 禃. In his first year, the gimi year, he ascended the throne while in the superior country, that is Yuan. The minister enshrined with him was Kim Gison.
事在己巳六月二十一日.
This happened on the twenty-first day of the sixth month of the gisa year.
元臨十六年 — 元 is read as King Wonjong (元宗), which matches this book's pattern of a king's name followed by the years of his reign, and the annotation above gives his taboo name and his first year. It may also be read as "the sixteenth year after Yuan drew near." ― translator
2King Chungnyeol as crown prince
是時今陛下, 春宮挺英偉.
At that time His Majesty who now reigns, that is King Chungnyeol, was the crown prince, brilliant and great.
3The banners turned back at the Amnok River
往聘於中朝, 國美揚遐邇, 還及鴨江頭, 風表傾天耳, 遣人 遍推求, 尋得告奏使, 返旆告 天皇, 肅肅承兵衛.
He went to the Central Court, that is Yuan, to take a wife, and the beauty of the country was proclaimed far and near. On his way home he reached the head of the Amnok River, and word that the country had been overturned came to his ear. He sent men out to search everywhere, and they found the gojusa (告奏使), the envoy who carried the report. He turned his banners about and reported to the Heavenly Emperor, that is Emperor Shizu of Yuan, and solemnly received a military escort.
Interlinear notes 3
別將金富允, 上朝使佐一名等, 七人.
They were Kim Buyun, a byeoljang, and one aide to the sangjosa (上朝使), the envoy who goes up to court, and others, seven men in all.
左司諫郭汝弼等.
They were Gwak Yeopil, the left remonstrator, and others.
風表傾天耳 — read as the moment he heard on the road of how Im Yeon had deposed and set up a king. 風表 may also be read as his bearing having inclined the ear of the emperor. ― translator
4King Wonjong is restored
徵問亂所由, 元廟復神器.
He questioned them closely on the cause of the disorder, and the sacred vessel (神器) was given back to Wonmyo, that is King Wonjong.
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以是年十一月二十三日, 而復位.
He was restored to the throne on the twenty-third day of the eleventh month of that year.
5Merit shown in wandering and in trials
勢似再乾坤, 事未論脣齒, 晉霸在巡遊, 舜功彰歷試.
The situation was as though heaven and earth had been set up again, yet the matter needed no talk of who depended on whom. The hegemony of Duke Wen of Jin lay in his wandering abroad, and the merit of Emperor Shun shone out in trial after trial.
6He receives the princess
尋承釐降寵, 盛矣賓王利.
Before long he received the favor of a princess sent down to him, and splendid it was, the benefit of receiving a king as a guest.
7The filial duty of the crown prince
躬行居震孝, 膺受當离祉.
In his own person he performed the filial duty of the crown prince, and received the blessing that belongs to the li trigram (离卦).
8He opens the wind and the clouds
密勿啓風雲, 憂勤闡經緯.
With close and diligent care he opened the moment of wind and cloud, and with worry and toil he spread out the warp and the weft.
9The sister of Heaven and the emperor's grandson
天妹理宮闈, 帝孫作儲貳.
The sister of Heaven, that is Princess Jeguk Daejang, governed within the palace, and the emperor's grandson by his daughter, that is King Chungseon, became the heir.
10The ancestral work shines again
祖業更輝光, 皇恩遠漸漬.
The work of the ancestors shone bright once more, and the emperor's grace soaked in far away.
11Praise of "How peaceful it is"
靑史頌康哉, 蒼生歌樂只.
The annals praise "How peaceful it is", and the living people sing "How joyful it is".
12A wish for a hundred million years
惟願億萬年, 長守富與貴.
This alone is my wish: that for a hundred million years he may long keep wealth and honor.
13How many benevolent states have there been
梁唐晉漢周, 宋金皆失轡, 歷遠御群民, 仁邦能有幾.
Liang, Tang, Later Jin (晉), Han and Zhou, Song and the Jurchen Jin (金), all of them lost the reins. Ruling the multitude of the people through long ages, how many benevolent states have there been?
14Why it ends in five-character lines
自慶逢明時, 臣承休謹記.
I rejoice in myself that I have met a bright age, and I, your servant Seunghyu, respectfully set this down.
Interlinear notes 1
此詩, 皆以前主之末年, 爲後主之元年. 或難曰, “子之編修帝王韻紀, 皆以七言敍事, 而至於本朝, 則用五言者何也? 其有指乎?” 答, “且詩之作, 始於五言, 而終於七言者也. 今夫制作之意, 始起於本朝, 故終之以所起之始, 蓋夫子修春秋之志也.”
In this poem the last year of the former ruler is in every case taken as the first year of the ruler who came after. Someone objected, "You set out events in seven-character lines all through your Jewang ungi, yet when you come to this dynasty you use five-character lines. Why is that? Does it point to something?" The answer was, "The making of poems began with the five-character line and ended with the seven-character line. Now the intent of this work first arose with this dynasty, so it is closed with the form in which the making began, that is the five-character line. This is the intent with which Confucius edited the Chunqiu."
15End of the lower volume
帝王韻紀 下卷 終.
Here ends the lower volume of the Jewang ungi.