prolog

001 Take out the liver and gallbladder and show them to each other
002 A dog or horse works for its owner.
003 Repaying a Kindness by Tying Up a Bundle of Grape Seeds
004 A strategy to deceive the enemy by torturing one's own body
005 Crooked Learning to Flatter the World
006 Excess is as bad as not reaching it.
007. Making a mistake and not correcting it.
008 Rub your eyes and look again
009 The heart cannot respond to the words that come out of the mouth.
010 The entrance to the Gushihwamun Gate is the gate to disaster.
011 One truck from nine cows
012 A crane among a flock of chickens
013 Returning from the Land of the Dead, Raising Dust
014 Returning to Hometown in Silk Clothes
015 The useless worries of the people of Giinjijiu
016 Namga Ilmong A dream I had under a tree branch in the south
017 The Awl in the Pocket of the Nangjungjichu
018 Slow to speak, but quick to act
019 Single-syllable phonetic sounds Rice in a large bowl and water in a gourd
020 A large vessel is made late.
021 Abandoning family for a greater cause
022 The moral or rationale that serves as a standard for action
023 A path naturally forms beneath the peaches and plums of Dori Seonghye.
024 Peach Garden Oath: A Peach Orchard
025 Reading Three Leisure Activities That Are Great for Reading
026 Sympathy for one another: People suffering from the same illness feel pity for each other.
027 To climb high, start from low.
028 Sharpening an axe to make a needle
029 The east wind blows at the horse's ear
030 Close friends who don't go against each other
031 Mencius's Mother Cuts the Warp Threads on the Loom
032 Nominal Guarantee Brighten your eyes and open your gallbladder
033 Bright Mirror and Calm Water
034 Clear as seeing the light
035 Preserve your body by being aware of the principles of wisdom and protection.
036 Even after seeing the Mokbulsikjeong, I still don't know the character Jeong.
037 The God of Miseng
038 Park Ibujeong is widely known but not well-versed.
039 An incompetent minister who clings to a famous minister and maintains his position
040 Root Out the Root and Block the Root Cause
041 The power of the rising sun uproots mountains and the spirit covers the world.
042 Think there are no people around the unmanned vehicle
043 Earthquake: Set up camp with your back to the water
044 Seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times.
045 It may be broken a hundred times, but it will not bend.
046 Baekjungjisae First or Second Formation
047 Baek-A-Jeol-Hyeon Baek-A breaks the strings of the geomungo
048 Something that always happens in the fight between the sick and the boss
049 Join the thunder of Buhwanoedong
050 Don't be ashamed to ask your subordinates questions
051 The sound of the song of the state of Chu heard from all sides
052 Fighting in the mountains and fighting in the water
053 Samgochoryeo: Walk around the thatched house three times
054 The mulberry field turns into a blue sea.
055 The Tale of the Old Man Living in the Borderlands
056 Putting merit before personal gain
057. Greed for small things and lose big things.
058 Without chastened lips, teeth become sensitive.
059 Riding the wind and breaking through the waves
060 Knowing about the food shortage is actually a worry.
061. Ensure fair and strict rewards and punishments for new employees.
062 Rescue fish from a tree
063 The crow flies and the pear falls
064 The People of Wu and Yue Ride on the Same Boat
065 Lying on a pile of firewood, tasting gall
066 How can there be a separate seed for Young Yoo Jong-ho?
067 A talent that can help the King of the Throne
068 Yongdusami The head of a dragon and the tail of a snake
069 Ugong Moves a Mountain
070 Birds of a feather flock together
071 Finally achieved with the will of Yu Ji-kyung
072 Crying while cutting the horse chestnut
073 A kind and invincible person has no enemies.
074 Punish one person to warn a hundred others
075 Ilgwanji sees through everything with one meaning
076 Daily Samsung Self-examination three times a day
077 Attaching what comes in through the mouth to the mind
078 Self-reliance and relentless effort
079 Self-imposed self ...
080 A resolution made in three days doesn't last three days.
081 The phone call turns into a blessing.
082 Procedure: Cut, grind, peck, and grind
083 The Frog in the Well and the Jungjeoji
084 Plowing the field during the day and reading at night
085 Jumagansan Mountain Riding a Horse and Seeing the Mountains
086 A once-in-a-millennium opportunity
087 Release seven times and capture seven times
088 Killing a person with a single iron blade
089 Cutting the tangled hemp with a sharp knife
090 After hunting a rabbit in a tosagupeng, boil the hunting dog and eat it.
091 The momentum of splitting bamboo
092 Hanshin crawls and waits
093 Hwagwangdongjin Softens the Light and Accompanies the Dust
094 Hwai Bu-dong is in harmony, but does not follow without a backbone.
095 Rice cake in the painting of Hwajungjibyeong
096 The sea accepts any water
097 A ball made of dung beetles and snow
098 Hogahowi Fox borrows the tiger's might
099 The vast and great energy that fills the heavens and the earth
100 Metamorphosis: Change your bones and shed your placenta

A 30-Year-Old Youth Writing Teacher's Concerns About Today's Students' Literacy

These days, teenagers don't read books much because they are only focused on studying to improve their academic performance.
Of course, it's partly due to lack of time, but it's also a big reason why people neglect reading books while being absorbed in smartphones, games, and the internet.
The author has been teaching writing to teenagers for over 30 years.
He said that after teaching for many years, he could not help but be surprised by the commonalities he felt with each new student.
First, he doesn't read books well, second, his spelling and writing skills are noticeably poor, and third, his ability to understand sentences, or in other words, his literacy, is lacking.
To be honest, it was shocking in itself that I was born Korean and used Hangul, but I couldn't properly understand it.


Among teenagers, the majority could not even fill five pages of 200-character manuscript paper.
But what was even more surprising was that the same was true for the excellent students who ranked first, third, and top ten in their entire grade.
So the author guided teenagers in his own way.
First, I had them read one book every week and write down the plot and their feelings.
Second, I developed the habit of taking notes on things I saw or heard, or things that were special to me.
Third, we encouraged natural discussion on any issue or topic.
Fourth, we gave them a writing topic and had them write about 5 pages of manuscript paper and present it.
Fifth, we focused on broadening the scope of thinking by asking questions.
These five methods were repeated consistently.
One of those methods was to help students easily understand idioms through stories.


The power of meaning in four-character idioms that foster literacy and writing skills

Meanwhile, my writing skills gradually began to appear.
One peculiar thing I discovered was that while teenagers had difficulty writing on a given topic, when I allowed them to write freely and concisely without being restricted by format or subject matter, they showed unexpected results.
Not only is writing fun, but my writing skills have improved.
As I continued to do this, I was able to write book reviews and prose in a coherent manner.
Here, the author found that writing with a story, or in other words, idioms, helps teenagers become interested in writing.
Why? Because it helps improve literacy and writing skills.
So, what's the connection between four-character idioms and literacy or writing skills? The answer lies in the fact that four-character idioms aren't simply four-character Chinese characters.
Each character in an idiom has its own origin.
Its origin has a story like a fairy tale or a palm novel, and it is fun.
This is the point where four-character idioms become an important point in developing literacy and writing skills, and this is the charm of four-character idioms.
Why is that?

To understand this text, you need to read it carefully to improve your comprehension skills, and you will also learn writing skills through the expressions in the text.
This book contains a variety of idioms.
Through this, you can learn the origins of four-character idioms, learn the sounds and meanings of Chinese characters, and each four-character idiom has a fun and interesting origin story.
I believe that this one book will be of great help in improving literacy and writing skills by not only learning four-character idioms but also learning Chinese characters and their interesting origins.
The teenage years are a crucial time in life when you lay the foundation for your dreams.
Just as building a building requires a strong frame to make it sturdy, building a good frame for your dreams will greatly help you achieve them.
I hope this book will be of great help to teenagers in understanding and writing, and I hope that teenagers in Korea will pursue their dreams in a bright and healthy way.
Moreover, this book will be a good Chinese character textbook not only for teenagers, but also for college students and adults who pursue sophisticated writing skills!