Cho Chi-hun
| Cho Chi-hun | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cho Dong-tak December 3, 1920 Yeongyang |
| Died | May 17, 1968 (aged 47) |
| Language | Korean |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Citizenship | South Korean |
| Cho Chi-hun | |
| Hangul | 조치훈 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 趙芝薰 |
| Revised Romanization | Jo Jihun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Cho Chihun |
Cho Chi-hun (December 3, 1920 – May 17, 1968) was a Korean poet, critic, and activist.
Cho was born on December 3, 1920 in Yeongyang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, during the period of Japanese rule. His birthname was Cho Dong-tak. He graduated from Hyehwa College in 1941 with a degree in Liberal Arts. He taught at Odaesan Buddhist College and in 1946, after Korean Liberation, founded the Association of Young Writers (Cheongnyeon munhakga hyeophoe). Cho also served as president of the Korean Poets Association(Hanguk Siin hyeophoe) and from 1947 served as a professor at Korea University. Cho was also the first head of the Korea University National Culture Research Institute. He died on May 17, 1968.
Cho's birthplace is preserved in Irwol-myeon in Yeongyang. A memorial to him stands on Namsan in Seoul.
The Korea Literature Translation Institute sums up Cho's work in the following way:
Cho Chi-hun's early love of Korean tradition is expressed in his poem "The Nun's Dance" (승무(僧舞).
얇은 사(紗) 하이얀 고깔은 고이 접어서 나빌레라.
파르라니 깎은 머리 박사(薄紗) 고깔에 감추오고,
두 볼에 흐르는 빛이 정작으로 고와서 서러워라.
빈 대(臺)에 황촉(黃燭)불이 말없이 녹는 밤에 오동(梧桐)잎 잎새마다 달이 지는데,
소매는 길어서 하늘은 넓고,
돌아설 듯 날아가며 사뿐히 접어 올린 외씨보선이여.
까만 눈동자 살포시 들어 먼 하늘 한 개 별빛에 모두오고,
복사꽃 고운 뺨에 아롱질 듯 두 방울이야 세사(世事)에 시달려도 번뇌(煩惱)는 별빛이라.
휘어져 감기우고 다시 접어 뻗는 손이 깊은 마음 속 거룩한 합장(合掌)인 양하고,
이 밤사 귀또리도 지새우는 삼경(三更)인데, 얇은 사(紗) 하이얀 고깔은 고이 접어서 나빌레라.
The origin of the dance antedates the introduction of Buddhism into Korea and expresses the traditional Korean philosophy of the harmony of heaven and earth. Popularly, however, it is taken to represent the inner conflict of an apostate nun, or the sorrow of a beautiful woman's renunciation of her erotic past, which the poet references. The dancer Han Yong-Suk used to claim that it was her performance which inspired the poet, after he had watched it many times.
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