Entering

expression of the mind

mind and body
When your mind becomes clear
The courage to decide
Pleasure and pain
equability
Hoyeon
Leisure
wick
Good and evil
The anger of a gentleman
Suitable
Moderation and tolerance
human affairs
Insight
Goodwill and stubbornness
The more you spend, the more your wealth grows
body and mind
difference
calmly
The most unfortunate thing
Now and in the past
The basis of humanity
Only reading
About fate
preceding

The attitude of rebuke

Tolerance and patience
The path to blessings
Pleasure without work
Honor and wealth
industry
peace of mind
speech
A more difficult task
Excessive luck
boundary
Takok
Dream space
mental attitude
Words of joy and sorrow
Soil and Seokum
Advance and retreat
Old-fashioned
posture
A scholar of poetry
water
If the intention is great
fair reason
Three things to strive for
Advice and Discipline
Music fan

The measure of right and wrong

scale
Knowledge and Action
See and hear
optical illusion
gentleman and petty man
frivolity and intelligence
ocean
Pick out the flavor
Benefits of earache
Sangmang
inspection
discerning eye
If there is a problem
opponent in the debate
Department and name
doubt
process
Lowering
caliber
One day, one night, one night
silence
uneducated person
stoppage
Rice and side dishes
times of peace and chaos

mirror at your feet

fault
Greed and desire
trial
Legal innovation
Cash and small change
The conduct of a gentleman
good friend
Jiangsu
target
Height
Lead
mountain climbing
Plain
grace
elixir in the book
Benefits of being a retired person
Good and bad fortune and gains and losses
Without meaning
Success or failure
middle
exertion
The Secret to Writing
True words
The axe that cuts me down
The person I am

Character comes from deep thought and broad perspective.
From Dasan Jeong Yak-yong to Lee Deok-mu, Park Ji-won, and Seong Dae-jung
Classical passages, presented through Professor Jeongmin's elegant translation and commentary.

Everything is changing rapidly.
Breaking news updates are released several times a day.
In this day and age, there are still people who read and write about the classics.
Professor Jeongmin has revived the thoughts and reflections contained in ancient texts into modern language and conveyed them to our society.
He published his first manuscript, 『The Dignity of Adults Comes from the Classics』, and once again revealed the value of classics and the meaning of manuscripts.


“The world is constantly changing, but the essence has not changed at all.
We go through similar things and think the same thoughts over and over again, like a hamster wheel, regardless of the era.
A classic is a language that has survived bravely through repetition.
This is why old texts resonate so deeply and why we feel greater power from them.
The power of good words and profound writing transcends East and West, past and present.
“Every time I chew and savor it, it gives me the power to look back on myself.” - From the introduction

This book contains 100 memorable quotes from our classic writers, including Dasan Jeong Yak-yong, Cheonggwan Lee Deok-mu, Yeonam Park Ji-won, and Cheongseong Seong Dae-jung, with elegant translations and commentary by Professor Jeong Min.
Divided into four parts, it asks how to manage the mind, where enlightenment comes from, how to judge right and wrong, and when should I meet myself?
The author says, “The power of words does not necessarily come from having a lot of them.”
We've carefully selected articles that shine with deep insight in concise expressions, and that are short but powerful.
This is a book that allows me to look back on my current life through the classics.


“A person is alive only when his heart is alive.
“The writing brings closure to my heart and opens my breath.”
A handwritten book to be read with your eyes, read with your hands, and engraved in your heart

Jeong Yak-yong wrote in a letter to his disciple, “Reading is our true duty.”
Nice clothes, delicious food, and a nice house are not the purpose of life.
Only through reading can man change his life.
Reading changes not only me but also the world around me.
What makes reading change me possible?

“Slowly, as I copy each letter, a pattern is created on my mind.
A knot is formed.
It's not just wind and trees that have knots.
A person is alive only when his heart is alive.
“The writing brings closure to my heart and opens my breath.” - From the introduction

Professor Jeongmin said that transcription is “the act of gradually engraving the diamond-like heart contained in the text within myself.”
Reading with your hands is much more powerful than reading with your eyes.
If I just read it with my eyes, I forget it quickly, but if I read it with my hands, the meaning of the sentence is engraved in my heart.
Therefore, transcription is a process of reading with the eyes and reading with the hands and imprinting it in the heart.


Empty quietly and rinse thoroughly
Life study that sets me straight

“If you keep a generous and stable mindset,
“Even cold and heat cannot invade”

These are the words of Lee Deok-mu, a man of letters in the late Joseon Dynasty and a renowned bookworm.
If your mind is calm and undisturbed, and quiet and undisturbed, you will not be shaken by any changes in the outside world.
Even if you go into water or fire, you don't know whether you are wet or hot.
How can we achieve composure in a world where the pace of life is accelerating by the day? Classics, it seems, are often filled with tedious phrases.
But it's not that the classics are outdated; it's just that our eyes and ears are blocked and we can't perceive their principles.
When I read the words of the ancient sages with my eyes and write them down with my hands and put them in my heart, my thoughts that used to fly by lightly become calm.
Your thinking deepens and your perspective broadens.
Peace comes from here.
The class is right here.