Silhye實兮
1Silhye
實兮，大舍純德之子也。性剛直，不可屈以非義。眞平王時五十三年，為上舍人。時下舍人珍堤，其為人便佞，為王所嬖。雖與實兮同寮，臨事互相是非，實兮守正不苟且。珍堤嫉恨，屢讒於王曰：「實兮無智慧，多膽氣，急於喜怒，雖大王之言，非其意則憤不能已。若不懲艾，其將為亂，盍黜退之？待其屈服，而後用之，非晚也。」王然之，謫官泠林。或謂實兮曰：「君自祖考，以忠誠公材，聞於時。今為佞臣之讒毁，遠宦於竹嶺之外荒僻之地，不亦痛乎？何不直言自辨？」實兮答曰：「昔，屈原孤直，為楚擯黜，李斯盡忠，為秦極刑。故知佞臣惑主，忠士被斥，古亦然也，何足悲乎？」遂不言而往，作長歌見意。
Silhye was the son of Sundeok, who held the rank of daesa. He was firm and straight by nature, and nothing that was not right could bend him.
In the fifty-third year of King Jinpyeong he became sangsain. At that time the hasain Jinje was a man given to flattery, and the king doted on him. Though he held office beside Silhye, when they came to a matter they called each other right and wrong, and Silhye kept to what was straight and would not make shift.
Jinje was jealous and bore a grudge, and again and again he slandered him to the king. "Silhye has no wisdom and only boldness, and he is quick in joy and in anger. Even at the words of the great king, if they do not suit his mind his anger will not stop. If he is not checked he will one day raise a revolt. Why not cast him out? It will not be too late to use him after he has bent and submitted."
The king thought it so, and he moved his office to Yeongnim and sent him away there.
Someone said to Silhye, "From your grandfather and your father on, your house has been known in its time for loyalty and for talent given to what is public. Now you take the slander and the blame of a flattering subject, and you hold office far off in a rough and remote land beyond Jungnyeong. Is that not bitter? Why not speak straight out and clear yourself?"
Silhye answered, "Long ago Qu Yuan was alone and straight, and Chu drove him out. Li Si gave his whole loyalty, and Qin put him to the harshest punishment. So I know that flattering subjects lead rulers astray and that loyal men are pushed aside, and that it has been so from of old. What is there in it worth grieving over?"
In the end he went without speaking, and he made a long song to show what was in his mind.