<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear Werner,<br><br></div>I'm guessing you already checked this source, but did the 한국세시풍속사전's entry on the "Three Ruining Days" help at all or was that part of your three ruined days? (sorry I couldn't help myself!).<br><br></div>Best,<br></div>Dennis<br><div><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Werner Sasse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:werner_sasse@hotmail.com" target="_blank">werner_sasse@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">




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 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>
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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">初五</span><span style="line-height:160%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">十四</span><span style="line-height:160%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">
</span><span style="line-height:160%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">二十三日</span><span style="line-height:160%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">稱三敗日</span><span style="line-height:160%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:8pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">
 The 5</span>^{<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">th</span>}<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">, 14</span>^{<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">th</span>}<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">,
 and 23</span>^{<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">rd</span>}<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt"> days are called the “Three Ruining Days”.
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<span style="line-height:160%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">每月忌百事</span><span style="line-height:160%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">
</span><span style="line-height:160%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">不敢動作</span><span style="line-height:160%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">
</span><span style="line-height:160%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">不宜出行
</span><span style="color:black;line-height:160%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US">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">盖</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">自麗俗</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">以此三日</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">卽君上所用之日</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">故臣民不容爲忌日</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">云</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt">本非敗日也</span><span style="color:black;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt"> </span><span style="color:black;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US">
 It is said that since Kory</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US">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>
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<p><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US">Questions I have:</span></p>
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<p><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US">1) 5-14-23 with the difference of 9 makes
 me think of the<span style="font-size:16pt"> </span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US">Nine
 Influencers </span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"\00c0c8\00ad74\00b9bc","serif";font-size:16pt">九曜</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:16pt">
 (skr. </span><i><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 style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:16pt">jupiter
</span><i><span style="font-size:16pt">mok-chiks</span></i></span><i><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US">ŏng</span></i><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"\00c0c8\00ad74\00b9bc","serif";font-size:16pt"><span style="font-size:16pt">木直星, </span><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:16pt">the
 5th of the </span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"\00c0c8\00ad74\00b9bc","serif";font-size:16pt">九曜</span><span style="font-size:16pt">?</span></font><span style="font-size:16pt"> </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:16pt">2)
 which Kory<span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US">ŏ king (or, since it is a
<em>hanmun</em> text, Kogury<span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US">ŏ "king")?
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<p><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:16pt"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US">3)
 And who is behind the "It is said..."?</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:16pt"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US">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>
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<p><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:16pt"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:16pt" lang="EN-US">Looking
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