day 101right and wrong
unit 15 · wisdom & beliefright and wrong
Talk about right and wrong (도리, 의리, 신의, 덕목, 도덕성, 명분) and understand the literary question -으리오: “how could …?”
today’s words
- 경시 gyeongsi · making light of, disregard
- 고귀하다 gogwihada · noble, precious
- 굴레 gulle · bridle; shackles, bonds
- 귀감 gwigam · model, example (to follow)
- 규범 gyubeom · norm, standard (of behaviour)
- 덕목 deongmok · virtue (one of a set of virtues)
- 도덕 dodeok · morality, morals
- 도덕성 dodeokseong · moral integrity, morality (of a person)
- 도덕적 dodeokjeok · moral
- 도리 dori · duty, what is right (to do)
- 명분 myeongbun · justification, (just) cause
- 미덕 mideok · virtue, good quality
- 사상가 sasangga · thinker, philosopher
- 사색 sasaek · reflection, contemplation
- 선 seon · goodness, good (선과 악)
- 섭리 seomni · law (of nature), providence
- 소신 sosin · belief, conviction
- 숭고하다 sunggohada · noble, sublime
- 신의 sinui · good faith, loyalty, keeping your word
- 유 yu · being, existence (유와 무)
- 유학 yuhak · Confucianism, Confucian learning
- 윤리적 yullijeok · ethical
- 음 eum · yin (음과 양)
- 의 ui · righteousness, what is just
- 의리 uiri · loyalty, faithfulness (to friends)
sentences
- 유학에서는 효와 의를 가장 중요한 덕목으로 여겼다. · Confucianism counted devotion to parents and righteousness among the most important virtues.
- 조선의 사상가들은 사색 끝에 사람의 도리를 글로 남겼다. · After long reflection, the thinkers of Joseon wrote down the duties of a human being.
- 동양 사상에서 음과 양은 대립하면서도 조화를 이룬다. · In East Asian thought, yin and yang oppose each other and yet form a harmony.
- 선과 악의 경계가 늘 분명한 것은 아니다. · The line between good and evil is not always clear.
- 옛 사람들은 무에서 유가 생긴다고 생각했다. · People of old believed that being comes from nothing.