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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 160%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dear
colleagues,</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 160%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In a
translation I am working at there is a paragraph which bothers me, but I cannot come up with solutions. Any help will be appreciated...</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 160%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 160%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">初五</span><span style="line-height: 160%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">十四</span><span style="line-height: 160%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕;">
</span><span style="line-height: 160%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">二十三日</span><span style="line-height: 160%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">稱三敗日</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 160%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt;">
The 5</span><sup><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt;">, 14</span><sup><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt;">,
and 23</span><sup><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt;">rd</span></sup><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt;"> days are called the “Three Ruining Days”.
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<p><font face="굴림"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt;"></span></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 160%; -ms-layout-grid-mode: char; -ms-word-break: keep-all; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;">
<span style="line-height: 160%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">每月忌百事</span><span style="line-height: 160%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕;">
</span><span style="line-height: 160%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">不敢動作</span><span style="line-height: 160%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕;">
</span><span style="line-height: 160%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">不宜出行
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 160%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Every Month people are afraid to do anything, any work or leaving the house.
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<p><font face="굴림"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt;"></span></font><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">盖</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">自麗俗</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">以此三日</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">卽君上所用之日</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">故臣民不容爲忌日</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">云</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">本非敗日也</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">
It is said that since Kory</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">ŏ customarily
the king took these three days and therefore ministers and all people incorrectly made them into taboo days. Originally they were not “Ruining Days”</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><br>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Questions I have:</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><br>
</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">1) 5-14-23 with the difference of 9 makes
me think of the<span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 새굴림; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Nine
Influencers </span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "새굴림","serif"; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">九曜</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 새굴림; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">
(skr. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Nahagraha</span></i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">, often translated as “planets” or “luminaries”). Does it have to do with birthday or any other important event? With mercury
(number <span style="font-size: 16pt;">5 in numerology) </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">and its influence? Or with
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 새굴림; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">jupiter
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">mok-chiks</span></i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">ŏng</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 새굴림; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">
</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "새굴림","serif"; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">木直星, </span><font face="Times New Roman" size="5"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">the
5th of the </span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "새굴림","serif"; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">九曜</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">?</span></font><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 새굴림; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">2)
which Kory<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">ŏ king (or, since it is a
<em>hanmun</em> text, Kogury<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">ŏ "king")?
</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 새굴림; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">3)
And who is behind the "It is said..."?</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 새굴림; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><br>
</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 새굴림; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Translations,
secondary literature, and three days wasted in the internet did not help me. Of course, I could just not bother and translate the text as it is, but I would just like to find some background to these enigmatic statements. It would be nice for me and probably
for any serious reader of the translation...</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 새굴림; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><br>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 새굴림; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Looking
forward</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 새굴림; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Werner</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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