Macheon Yarok (Private Records of Macheon) Part 1

About: The Macheon Yarok is a private collection of court gossip put down by Hwang Hyeon, pen name Macheon, a famous Confucian scholar, poet, and patriot of modern, pre-Japanese occupation Korea. He was one of the Four Great Authors of the Late Joseon Period. His historical writings provide a valuable look at the contemporary politics and society at the end of the Joseon Dynasty.

Warnings: I am not an expert in old literary Chinese, nor am I an expert at pronouncing Korean hanja. I also lack geographic knowledge of Korea, especially when it comes to archaic names. Therefore, it is possible that this translation contains mistakes. I only hope I have translated the main idea of the work correctly.

Copyright: This work is an amateur translation that I'm doing because I'm bored. Any attempts to pass it off as an work of actual literary merit that you can make money from will probably get you laughed off of whatever site you're using. In other words, copy and sell at your own discretion.


( Translation Under Cut )