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www.bluecottagetkd.com Issue 11 ~ Volume 1 ~ Sep 2, 2007
PO-EUN Movements - 36 Ready Posture - PARALLEL STANCE WITH A HEAVEN HAND PO-EUN is the pseudonym of a loyal subject Chong Mong-Chu (1400) who was a famous poet and whose poem "I would not serve a second master though I might be crucified a hundred times" is known to every Korean. He was also a pioneer in the field of physics. The diagram represents his loyalty to the king and country towards the end of the Koryo Dynasty. At the time Jong Mong Ju held the highest civil post in Koryo. Ri Song Gye, the first King of the Ri Dynasty, tried to win him over to his side, but Jong refused to betray Koryo. After Ri Song Gye was injured after falling from his horse during hunting, Jong tried to have him killed but failed. Later Ri Song Gye invited Jong to his house trying to convince him again to betray his lord. But Jong answered with a poem: Even if, I may die, die a hundred times, Even if my skeleton may become dust and dirt, And whether my spirit may be there or not, My single-hearted loyalty to the lord will not change. |
| Then Ri Song Gye realized he could not convince Jong. On the night of April 4, 1392, he sent an assassin to Sonjuk Bridge who brutally killed Jong Mong Ju with an iron hammer. This well-known scholar advocated loyalty to the Koryo Dynasty against the usurpers. |