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Early Snow早雪

Samguk Yusa (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) 三國遺事 · Iryeon · 1281 (Goryeo, 7th year of King Chungnyeol) · 1 passages · 81 Chinese characters · reading time 0.3 min

Samguk Yusa (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) Marvels, Part Two A collection of tales of the Three Kingdoms period, compiled by Iryeon, a monk of Goryeo. He gathered the stories the official histories had cast aside. It is the oldest book that carries the myth of Dangun.

1Snow on the Fifteenth of the Eighth Month

早雪第四十哀莊王,末年戊子八月十五日有雪.第四十一憲徳王,元和十三年戊戌三月十四日大雪.〔一本作丙寅,誤矣.元和盡十五無丙寅.〕第四十六文聖王,己未五月十九日大雪,八月一日天地晦暗.

Early snow.

In the last year of the fortieth king, King Aejang, the year muja, snow fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month.

Under the forty-first king, King Heondeok, in the thirteenth year of Yuanhe, the year musul, heavy snow fell on the fourteenth day of the third month.〔One book says the year byeongin, but that is wrong. Yuanhe ended in its fifteenth year, so there was no byeongin year.〕

Under the forty-sixth king, King Munseong, in the year gimi, heavy snow fell on the nineteenth day of the fifth month, and on the first day of the eighth month heaven and earth grew dark.

Interlinear notes 1

一本作丙寅, 誤矣. 元和盡十五無丙寅.

One book says the year byeongin, but that is wrong. Yuanhe ended in its fifteenth year, so there was no byeongin year.