这部电影是基于许多关于韩国字母的创造理论之一 subtitle By MetaAgatha original from ONDEMANDKOREA This movie is based on one of many creation theories on the Korean alphabet
MegaboxJoongAng PLUS M礼物 MegaboxJoongAng PLUS M presents
Doodoong Pictures出品 A Doodoong Pictures production
国王的信 THE KING’S LETTERS
在1442年的这一天， This day in the year of 1442,
我，李道，朝鲜国王， I, LEE Do, King of Joseon,
歌KANG-HO SONG KANG-HO
恳求白乐山的永信会… . beseech the Yongshinho of Baegaksan...
公园HAE-IL PARK HAE-IL
如果你用中文，这片土地上的神会明白吗？ If you use Chinese, will the gods of this land understand?
春孙小姐 CHUN MI-SUN
用韩语说。 Say it in Korean.
啊，雨之神！ O, God of Rain!
我们正处于干旱死亡的边缘。 We’re on the verge of dying from drought.
6个月来，群众一直渴望下雨。 The masses have thirsted for rain for 6 months.
这是对你的惩罚吗？ Is this your punishment...
因为一个不配的国王？ because of an unworthy king?
啊，雨之神！ O, God of Rain!
这么热的天穿着黑袍，我接受惩罚。 Wearing black robes in this heat, I’ll take the punishment.
请把过错都推到我身上 Please put all the fault on me
用甘雨保佑大地！ and bless the land with sweet rain!
拿着我的袍子。 Take my robes.
你比我强。 You’re better than me.
怎么了，陛下？ What is the matter, sire?
你孜孜不倦地写这些书。 You’ve worked tirelessly to make those books.
你甚至为那些不识字的人附上了图片。 You even included pictures for those who can’t read.
它们是无用的纸片。 They’re useless pieces of paper.
我虚度了一生，浪费了时间制造这样的垃圾！ I lived in vain and wasted time making such rubbish!
那是怎么回事，陛下？ How is that rubbish, sire?
不管我写了多少书， No matter how many books I make,
老百姓看不懂！它们在仓库里腐烂了。 the common people can’t read them! They’re rotting in storage.
这让它们变成了垃圾！ That makes them rubbish!
这就是为什么 That’s why
你正在努力创造容易学习的字母。 you’re working hard on creating letters that are easy to learn.
我认为写新字母超出了我的能力范围。 I think making new letters is beyond my abilities.
当你有聪明的宫廷大臣时，为什么要独自奋斗？ Why struggle alone when you have clever court ministers?
他们是最反对信件的人。 They are the ones who’d be most against the letters.
会读中文给了他们几代人的力量。 Knowing how to read Chinese have given them power for generations.
他们不会失去他们的特权。 They won’t lose their privileges.
陛下。 Your Majesty.
随着我们的访问， Along with our visit,
我们有幸下了雨。 we’ve been blessed with rain.
上天一定会满意的 Heaven must be pleased with
朝鲜和日本的关系，陛下。 Joseon and Japan’s ties, sire.
你这次为什么来？ Why have you come this time?
陛下!请饶了我们吧！ Your Majesty! Please spare our lives!
你是什么意思？ What do you mean?
如果我们不能带来《大藏经》， If we can’t bring Buddha’s Tripitaka,
我们发过誓不会活着回来 we swore we wouldn’t return alive
然后漂洋过海而来，陛下。 and came across the sea, sire.
但你每次来我都给你打印的。 But I gave you printed copies whenever you came.
我们要的不是书， It is not the books we want,
但原来的木块。 but the original wooden blocks.
陛下。 Your Majesty.
怎么啦？ What?
你想要我们的国宝？ You want our national treasure?
朝鲜拒绝了佛教 Joseon has rejected Buddhism
并且崇拜孔子，陛下。 and worships Confucius, sire.
这里不需要。 It is not needed here.
已故的正宗王答应把它给我们， The late King Jeongjong promised to give it to us,
所以我们建了一座神庙来保护它，陛下。 so we’ve built a temple to preserve it, sire.
如果已故国王不遵守诺言， If a late king’s promise isn’t kept,
陛下，朝鲜怎么会是文明国家呢？ how could Joseon be a civilized country, sire?
如何让人耳目一新。 How refreshing.
父亲，你打算怎么处置大藏经？ Father, what will you do about the Tripitaka?
佛教这个，佛教那个。 Buddhism this, Buddhism that.
苏洋吗?An-pyung吗?让我们喝。 Su-yang? An-pyung? Let’s drink.
就喝一杯！ Just one drink!
酒对糖尿病是毒药。 Liquor is poison to diabetes.
只有一个。 Just one.
我们要等多久？ How long must we wait?
如果你不能给我们大藏经， If you can’t give us the Tripitaka,
杀了我们吧，求你了！ just kill us, please!
杀了我们，求你了！ Kill us, please!
为什么不愿意给他们呢，陛下？ Why hesitate to give it to them, sire?
既然我们不能烧掉所有的寺庙，杀掉和尚， Since we can’t burn all the temples and kill the monks,
摆脱大藏经 getting rid of the Tripitaka
是我们儒家必须做的。 is what we, as Confucians, must do.
人们仍然信仰佛陀。这将引起骚动。 The people still believe in Buddha. It will cause uproars.
如果我们清除了平民信仰和依赖的佛教的根源， If we weed out the roots of Buddhism that commoners believe and rely on,
没有理由引起骚动。 there will be no cause for uproars.
虽然大藏经对我们来说只有八万块木板， Though the Tripitaka is but 80,000 wood tablets to us,
对于信佛的日本人来说，它可能是一个强有力的象征。 it could be a powerful symbol for the Japanese who believe in Buddha.
如果这个国家围绕这个标志团结起来， If the country unites around that symbol,
谁知道他们下一步会做什么？ who knows what they’ll do next?
这是一个复杂的问题。 It’s a complicated problem.
讨论更多。我们明天再谈吧。 Discuss more. Let’s talk tomorrow.
明天,陛下? Tomorrow, sire?
为什么不直接叫他们滚蛋呢，陛下？ Why not just tell them to scram, sire?
你是一个坚决要得到你想要的东西的人。 You’re one to be firm in seeing to what you want.
但您似乎对宫廷失去了兴趣，陛下。 But you seem to have lost interest in the court, sire.
坐下来说话。 Sit down and speak.
例如，雨的仪式。 For instance, the rain ritual.
你一直拖延，直到你别无选择。现在，雨还下个不停！ You delayed it till you had no choice. Now, it won’t stop raining!
京畿道大慈岩寺 DAEJA-AM TEMPLE, GYEONGGI-DO
《三藏》不仅仅是佛教经典的集合。 The Tripitaka isn’t merely a collection of Buddhist Scriptures.
它意味着更多。 It means much more.
一小群掌权的儒生在争论大藏经 The small group of Confucians in power debating over the Tripitaka
就是像对待旧鞋一样对待人民的汗水和眼泪！ is treating the people’s sweat and tears like an old shoe!
我们能做什么？ What can we do?
有一个人可以解决这个问题，但他是个固执的傻瓜。 There is a man who can resolve this, but he’s a stubborn fool.
剩下的交给我吧，先生。 I’ll see to the rest, sir.
海印寺，大藏经藏殿 HAEINSA TEMPLE, STORAGE HALL OF TRIPITAKA KOREANA
主人! Master!
这是大慈庵住持的信。 It’s a letter from the head monk of Daeja-am Temple.
Hak-jo。 Hak-jo.
我们去汉阳吧。 Let’s go to Hanyang.
日本使节官邸 JAPANESE ENVOY RESIDENCE
你是信美吗？ Are you Shin-mi?
谢谢你远道而来。 Thanks for coming all this way.
救救我们吧，慈悲的佛陀！ Save us, merciful Buddha!
朝鲜必须遵守诺言 Joseon must keep its promise.
救救我们吧，慈悲的佛陀！ Save us, merciful Buddha!
朝鲜必须遵守诺言 Joseon must keep its promise.
你们是乞丐吗？ Are you beggars?
你是谁？ Who might you be?
我吗? Me?
我是海印寺大藏经的守护者。 I’m the protector of the Tripitaka at Haeinsa Temple.
我是佛陀的弟子。 I’m Buddha’s disciple.
发发慈悲吧，先生！ Have mercy, sir!
如果我们不能把大藏经带回去， If we can’t take the Tripitaka back with us again,
我们的家人也会被杀！ our families will be killed, too!
我给不了你，你也回不来。 I can’t give it to you, and you can’t return.
我们就死在这里吧。 So, let’s just die here.
大藏经的拥有者不是国王， The owners of the Tripitaka are not the king,
宫廷大臣或僧侣 the court ministers, or the monks,
而是朝鲜人民。 but the people of Joseon.
如果你一定要吃，先征得他们的同意。 If you must take it, get their permission first.
可怜可怜我们吧！ Have mercy on us!
中国，西藏，契丹和朝鲜。 China, Tibet, Khitan, and Corea.
土著人民自己制作。 The native peoples made their own.
你也应该做自己的。 You should make your own, too.
即使像韩国这样伟大的国家， Even a great country like Corea,
花了16年才完成。 took 16 years to make it.
我们不需要有能力去做。 We don’t have to ability to make it.
即使它需要100年，如果它不是你自己做的， Even if it takes 100 years, if it’s not made on your own,
只不过是几块木头。 it’s nothing but pieces of wood.
你可以乞求食物，却不能乞求真理。 You may beg for food, but not truth.
请进。 Please come in.
你为什么不向我鞠躬？ Why aren’t you bowing to me?
你见过狗鞠躬吗？ Have you seen a dog bow?
朝廷视僧侣如狗。我们只是在遵守法律。 The court treats monks as dogs. We’re just following the law.
喝点茶怎么样，陛下？ How about some tea, sire?
这是什么茶？ What kind of tea is this?
真的是又甜又苦。太好了! It’s really sweet and bitter. It’s great!
这是御家茶，我宫殿的骄傲。 It’s Omija tea, the pride of my palace.
你还想再来点儿吗？ Would you like more?
是的,请。 Yes, please.
你就是那个念诵奇怪佛教祷文的小伙子吗？ You’re the lad who chants the strange Buddhist prayers?
这是佛祖用梵文写的《英雄经》。 It’s the Sutra of the Heroic One in Buddha’s native Sanskrit.
梵语吗? Sanskrit?
你也说服了日本的梵文僧侣吗？ Did you persuade the Japanese monks in Sanskrit, too?
不管来自哪个国家，一个好的和尚都会说汉语。 A good monk can speak it regardless of what country he’s from.
和尚Hak-jo吗? Monk Hak-jo?
我们也可以听经吗？ May we hear the Sutra, too?
你能把你说的话写下来吗？ Can you write what you said?
鹤烈和尚是最擅长写作的人。 Monk Hak-yeol is the best at writing.
它们是语音字母吗？ Are they phonetic letters?
训练中不能说话 NO SPEAKING IN TRAINING
你知道其他的音标字母吗？ Do you know other phonetic letters?
信美法师也诵读藏文和法文的佛经。 Master Shin-mi reads Buddhist scriptures in Tibetan and Phagspa letters, too.
它们都是音标，是僧侣根据梵文写的。 They’re all phonetic letters, made by monks, based on Sanskrit.
如果所有音标字母的词根都是梵语， If the root of all phonetic letters is Sanskrit,
这背后一定有一个原则。 there must be a principle behind it.
1500年前， 1500 years ago,
印度的一些僧侣对声音和字母进行分类。 some monks of India categorized sounds and letters.
这个原则写在大藏经里。 The principle is written in the Tripitaka.
怎么啦？ What?
你也知道这个原理吗？ Do you know that principle, too?
我读了所有关于语音的中文书籍，但找不到任何线索。 I read through all Chinese books on phonetics, but couldn’t find a clue.
你必须帮助我。 You must help me.
我是叛徒的儿子。 I’m the son of a traitor.
我出家是为了生存。 I became a monk to survive.
你毁了我的神庙，我的家。为什么要找我帮忙？ You’ve destroyed my temple, my home. Why seek my help?
主Shin-mi吗? Master Shin-mi?
我是叛徒的女儿。 I’m the daughter of a traitor.
每次去寺庙，我都很难过。 It saddened me each time I went to the temple.
如果任何人都能读到佛陀的教义该有多好？ How great it’d be for anyone to read Buddha’s teachings?
然后是他2000年前的布道 Then his sermons from 2000 years ago
能在我们眼前看到吗 could be seen before our eyes
并在我们的耳边回响…… and ring loudly in our ears...
我戴着国王的面具， I wear the mask of a king,
你还说自己是条狗。 and you claim to be a dog.
但我们都得靠人民提供的东西来维持生计。 But we both owe our bread to what the people offer.
你能帮我吗？ Will you help me?
有一个条件，陛下。 Under one condition, sire.
说出来。 Say it.
请在都城内建一座寺庙。 Please build a temple inside the capital.
怎么啦？ What?
在一个儒家国家的中心建造佛家？ Build Buddha’s house in the heart of a Confucian country?
国王就不能这么做吗？ Can’t a king even do that?
很好。我来建造它。 Fine. I’ll build it.
我把孔子留在后面，走了。 I’ll leave Confucius behind and go.
你也跟佛一起来。 You come with Buddha aside, too.
否。 No.
我骑在佛陀的背上。 I’ll come on Buddha’s back.
请到孔子的背上来。 Please come on Confucius’ back.
你必须受到惩罚。 You must be punished.
你做事一定要这么吵吗？ Must you always do things so clamorously?
自命不凡! Pretentiousness!
那是你的病。 That’s your illness.
我要三次中的两次，长官。 I’ll take 2 of the 3 hits, sir.
“Seokyeong”…… ‘Seokyeong’...
“Yukseoryak”…… ‘Yukseoryak’...
所有这些关于汉语语音的书…… All these books on Chinese phonetics...
你在浪费时间。 You’ve wasted your time.
你怎么敢！ How dare you!
为什么要用汉字拼出一个音标呢？ Why wrestle with Chinese characters to make a phonetic alphabet?
Hak-jo ! Hak-jo!
你听到什么了？ What did you hear?
好了, Well,
我听到了他喉咙里发出的声音 I heard sounds that came out from his throat
在他嘴里响起，然后传到我耳朵里。 and rung in his mouth then came in my ears.
不绝望。好。 Not hopeless. Good.
在这些人记住那些字母之前， Before these men memorize all those letters,
别让他们离开这座寺庙。 don’t let them out of this temple.
是的,主人! Yes, master!
在这里。 Here.
把这个给国王。 Give this to the king.
声音和字母之间的关系是如何组织起来的呢？ How can the relationship between sound and letters be so organized?
都在《大藏经》里吗？ And it was all within the Tripitaka?
他说，这些信件的原则和框架都在那里 He said the principles and framework of the letters are there
并解释了为什么我们无法取得进展。 and explained why we weren’t able to gain progress.
为什么呢？ Why is that?
汉字 Chinese characters
只通过前面和结尾指示一个音。 indicate a sound by the front and end only.
因此，对于“Gang”， Thus, for ‘Gang’,
他们用gap中的g和jang中的ang。 they use the ‘g’ of ‘gap’ and the ‘ang’ of ‘jang’.
但梵语对“ang”的注释不同。 But Sanskrit notes ‘ang’ differently.
他们把它分为“a”和“ng”。 They divide it as ‘a’ and ‘ng’.
不是gang，而是g-a-ng ？ Not ‘gang’ but ‘g-a-ng’?
他们把中间的音称为元音。 They call the middle sound a vowel.
他们把“g”和“ng”称为辅音。 They call the ‘g’ and the ‘ng’ as consonants.
梵语记录了第一个、中间和结束的音。 Sanskrit notes the first, middle, and end sounds.
他们用元音和辅音组成单词。 They use vowels and consonants to make words?
因此，他们可以用几个字母捕捉所有的声音。 Thus, they can capture all sounds with a few letters?
有多少元音和辅音？ How many vowels and consonants?
梵语有50个字母。 Sanskrit has 50 letters.
Phagspa有41个字母。 Phagspa has 41 letters.
藏文有34个字母。 Tibetan has 34 letters.
它们太多了，而且看起来很复杂。 They’re far too many, and they look complicated.
正如你所说，我们已经分类了 As you said, we’ve categorized
所有辅音按音系等级排列。 all consonants according to the phonological hierarchy.
下一步是什么？ What is next?
我不确定。 I’m not sure.
从现在开始，对我来说也很新鲜。 From here on, it’s new to me too.
除了你，谁知道呢？ Who knows but you?
让我们来收集和分类我们语言的声音， Let’s collect and classify the sounds of our language,
把空的纸填满。 and fill the empty sheets.
我们应该用梵文记录吗？这是简单的? Should we record them in Sanskrit? That’s easiest?
还有我们在梵语中听不到的声音？ And sounds we can’t note in Sanskrit?
让我们用藏文试试。 Let’s try with Phagspa or Tibetan script.
如果这不起作用， If that doesn’t work,
我们只需要储存在某人的脑子里。 we’ll just have to store in someone’s head.
让我们从磨牙音开始。 Let’s start with molar sounds.
笨人。 Galoot.
差距。游戏。 Gap. Game.
垃圾。 Garbage.
厨房。呕吐。 Galley. Gag.
门将。 Keeper.
踢!风筝! Kick! Kite!
本文!本文!乌鸦? Caw! Caw! Crow?
Ca !Ca !什么? Ca! Ca! Qu?
安静。 Quiet.
舌头的声音! Tongue sound!
海军。 Navy.
涅槃。 Nirvana.
好了。 Nice.
讨厌的。 Nasty.
“南慕阿弥陀佛……” ‘Namu Amida Butsu...’
愿他的灵魂安息！ God rest his soul!
它以“g”开头，一个臼齿音！ That starts with ‘g,’ a molar sound!
再一次! Again!
爵士。狗。 Dame. Dog.
佛法。 Dharma.
奶制品。 Dairy.
美味。 Delicious.
熟食肉。 Deli meat.
浪费掉了。 Down the drain.
还有更多的元音。 There are more vowels than that.
“ya”或“yo”怎么样？ What about ‘ya’ or ‘yo’?
你知道吗? You know?
老了。石油。 Old. Oil.
Omija。橡树。 Omija. Oak.
这要花很长时间。 This will take forever.
桨。誓言。服从。 Oar. Oath. Obey.
阿……阿……好吧! O... o... okay!
怪物! Ogre!
而Jiphyeonjeon似乎有所不同。 The Jiphyeonjeon seems different.
这里也是一样。陛下变了。 It’s the same here. Your Majesty has changed.
我和你一起出了很多书，喝了很多酒。 I published many books and drank much with you here.
从那天起，人们开始怀疑你的行为，陛下。 Since that day, people are doubting your actions, sire.
什么日子? What day?
当一个和尚让宫廷出丑时，陛下。 When a mere monk made a fool out of the court, sire.
我所看到的，其他大臣不会也看到吗？ What I see, won’t the other ministers see too?
你看到了什么？ What do you see?
请小心，陛下。 Please be careful, sire.
我永远站在你这边除了佛教，陛下。 I’ll always take your side except on Buddhism, sire.
是这样吗？ Is that so?
你要求秘密会面是为了威胁我吗？ You asked to meet in secret to threaten me?
我虽然软弱，但不要试探我的怒气。 Though I may be weak, don’t test my royal anger.
士大夫阶层有一条连国王都不能逾越的界限。 The scholar-gentry class has a line that even the king can’t cross.
我担心我的视力正在迅速衰弱，无法入睡。 I fret my eyesight is weakening quickly and can’t sleep.
从现在开始，和我面对面工作。 From now on, work face to face with me.
你为什么要这样写呢？ Why do you wish to make letters so?
为了王朝的延续。 For the dynasty to last.
请不要谈佛法。 No dharma talk, please.
朝鲜以佛为借口被毁了。 Corea was ruined under the pretext of Buddha,
因为僧侣垄断了知识、财富和权力。 because monks monopolized on knowledge, wealth, and power.
儒家也不会有什么不同。 The Confucians won’t be any different.
我打算用新信件打破排他性 I plan to crush the exclusivity with the new letters
让人们有机会接触到世界上所有的知识。 and let the people have access to all the world’s knowledge.
好了。 Great.
我读了《好汉经》。 I read the Sutra of the Heroic One.
这与《孔子七经》相去甚远。 It’s far from the Seven Confucius Classics.
这很困难。 It was difficult.
谁是主人，谁是过客？ Who is an owner and who is a traveler?
一百年前， A hundred years ago,
国王向僧侣鞠躬。 kings bowed to monks.
一百年后谁会向谁鞠躬？ Who would bow to whom a hundred years later?
没有主人也没有旅行者。 There is no owner nor traveler.
只是人们走在自己的生命之轮上。 Just people traveling on their own wheels of life.
苏阳。 Su-yang.
An-pyung。 An-pyung.
把信美大师当作你的老师。 Regard Master Shin-mi as your teacher.
他们是国王陛下邀请的客人。 They’re guests invited by His Majesty.
在他们离开我的宫殿之前，不能让人知道。 Before they leave my palace, they must not be known.
他们所做的绝不能逃出这堵墙。 What they do must not escape these walls.
我相信你们所有人。 I trust you all.
你要去哪里？ Where are you going?
打扫院子，夫人。 To sweep the yard, ma’am.
你为什么要这么做？ Why would you do that?
换上这个。 Change into this.
太监的袍子？ A eunuch’s robes?
太监吗? Eunuch?
-这是错的。-我们穿吧。 -This is wrong. -Let’s wear it.
那我们就穿吧。 Let’s just wear it then.
我们把单词的发音都分开了 We’ve divided all the sounds of our words
分为26个辅音和13个元音 into 26 consonants and 13 vowels
现在用梵语，陛下。 using Sanskrit for now, Your Majesty.
我想要更少的字母。 I want fewer letters.
苏阳。 Su-yang.
Hak-jo。 Hak-jo.
你知道天上有多少颗星星吗？ Do you know how many stars are in the sky?
无数，陛下？ A gazillion, sire?
沙滩上的星星比沙粒还多。 There are more stars than grains of sand in the beach.
但它们被压缩成28个星座 But they were compressed into just 28 constellations
在天文图表上。 in an astronomical chart.
我认为字母也是如此。 I think the same for letters.
人的发音很多，但最多也不过是星星。 People’s verbal sounds are many, but they can’t be more than stars.
不过，我们应该把声音和字母联系起来，而不是反过来，陛下。 Still, we should put sounds to letters, not the other way around, sire.
新字母必须简单易懂！ The new letters must be simple and easy!
如果不是这样，忙碌的人们就永远没有时间去学习它们。 If they weren’t, the busy people will never have time to learn them.
现在，是时候设计形状来捕捉这些声音了。 Now, it’s time to design the shapes to capture these sounds.
我在听，陛下。 I’m listening, sire.
你给我的那本书说字母可以用点和线构成。 The book you gave me says that letters can be made with dots and lines.
有了这个好的原则，梵语就变成了这样？ With that good principle, Sanskrit was made like this?
我学习数学和几何。 I studied mathematics and geometry.
数学追求简单而简洁的原则。 Mathematics pursues simple and concise principles.
几何学用点、线和面来表达原理。 Geometry expresses the principles in dots, lines, and also facets.
请直入主题，陛下。 Please go straight to the point, sire.
是不是所有的和尚都爱吵架，还是只有你？ Are all monks feisty or is it just you?
用点和直线画新字母。 Make the new letters with just dots and straight lines.
一笔画完。 Draw in one stroke.
他说没有曲线。 He said no curves.
我也不在乎。 I don’t care.
划两下！ Draw in two strokes!
画三笔！ Draw in three strokes!
停止复制。-方向不同。 -Stop copying. -They’re different directions.
画四笔！ Draw in four strokes!
那是什么肉？ What kind of meat is that?
很难咀嚼吗？ Is it tough to chew?
为什么?你能帮我嚼一下吗？ Why? Will you chew it for me?
和尚不吃肉。 Monks don’t eat meat.
住在宫殿里没有什么好处。 There’s no benefit to living in the palace...
在做困难的工作时，我们不能只吃蔬菜。 In doing difficult work, we can’t just eat vegetables.
国王陛下怎么不来参加朝廷会议？ What is the matter with His Majesty that he doesn’t come to court meetings?
我说他不舒服。 I said he isn’t feeling well.
田地里的稻子踏着农夫的足迹生长。 The rice plants in the field grow upon the farmer’s footsteps.
那我们呢？ What about us?
我们必须去见国王恢复体力，处理宫廷事务。 We must see the king to gain strength and work on the court’s affairs.
哦,我的。 Oh my.
我将逐字逐句地向陛下汇报。 I shall deliver that word for word to His Majesty.
Ga。Ka。 Ga. Ka.
Kka。 Kka.
“Ung-ah”。 ‘Ung-ah’.
它们的声音相似，形状也相似。 They’re similar sounds and seem to have similar shapes.
这个音和这个形状有什么关系？ What’s the relation to this sound and this shape?
虽然它们看起来有一定的规律性， Though they appear to have some regularity,
我们不知道它们基于什么。 we don’t know what they’re based on.
臼齿的音被称为舌音。 Molar sound is said to be a velar sound.
臼齿怎么能发出声音呢？ How can a sound come from a molar?
这一定意味着声音来自臼齿区域，陛下。 It must mean the sound comes from the molar area, sire.
也许我在拉伸摩尔面积… Maybe I am straining the molar area...
这是让人耳目一新。 It’s refreshing.
好。把它放下。 Good. Put it down.
瑾。 Jin-a.
把你的手指放进我嘴里。 Put your finger into my mouth.
继续。 Go on.
我怎么敢…… How dare I...
我命令你！ I order you!
天啊! Heavens!
饶了我吧，陛下！ Spare my life, Your Majesty!
Hak-jo吗? Hak-jo?
臼齿有动静吗？ Any movements in the molar?
感觉什么? Feel anything?
每当我发出声音， Whenever I make the sound,
我的舌头感觉 my tongue feels like
它向后弯到我的唇腭裂，先生。 it is bent back to the cleft palate of my mouth, sir.
比如镰刀或鹤嘴锄。 Like a scythe or pickaxe.
镰刀或鹤嘴锄！ A scythe or pickaxe!
为什么要浪费时间？ Why waste your time?
为什么每天早上都打扫干净呢？ Why sweep every morning when it’s clean?
这是什么？ What is this?
打开它。 Open it.
我很想学你写的信。 I’d love to learn the letters from you.
磨牙音“g”。 Molar sound ‘g’.
舌音为“n”。 Tongue sound ‘n’.
唇音“m”。 Lip sound ‘m’.
门牙音‘ s ’。 Incisor sound ‘s’.
喉音是“e”。 Throat sound ‘e’.
接下来是什么? What’s next?
我们根据发声器官做出了基本的形状。 We made basic shapes based on the vocal organs.
剩下的只是时间问题，陛下。 The rest is only a matter of time, sire.
时间是我所没有的。 Time is what I don’t have.
休息一下怎么样，陛下？ How about a break, sire?
让我们重新开始。 Let’s start over.
够了! Enough!
你会打断那孩子的下巴的。 You’ll break the kid’s jaw.
你不能说话。 You can’t talk.
听我说，主人。 Listen to me, master.
殿下吗? Your Highness?
你能再拨动一下琴弦吗？ Could you pluck the string again?
不是鼓。 Not the drum.
用力按压，然后拔出来，先生。 Press it hard, then pluck, sir.
看到了吗?这是它! See? That’s it!
你还不明白吗？ Don’t you get it?
听。 Listen.
“丁”是最基本的字母。 The ‘ding’ is the basic letter.
再来一次。 Do it again.
再一次! Again!
这是它! That’s it!
“叮”! ‘Ding’!
“弟弟”! ‘Dding’!
随着它的上升，再加一条线。 As it goes up, add another line.
当声音变得更强、更高时，画一条线。 When the sound gets stronger and higher, draw a line.
多么令人沮丧! How frustrating!
“S”、“C”、“Ch”也可以。 ‘S’, ‘C’, ‘Ch’ works, too.
“叮”。 ‘Ding’.
“D-ing”。 ‘D-ing’.
“D-i-ing”! ‘D-i-ing’!
“Hak-jo”。 ‘Hak-jo’.
“傻瓜”? ‘Fool’?
“三k党” ‘KKK’
怎么啦？ What?
“Na…怒……Nuroungji !(锅巴)' ‘Na... Nu... Nuroungji! (crispy rice)’
T ?助教……Th……谢谢? T? Ta... Th... Thanks?
那个小和尚！ That little monk!
在被诬陷为叛徒并被杀害20年后，一场佛教葬礼…… A Buddhist funeral, 20 years after being framed as a traitor and killed...
我父亲的灵魂终于找到了归宿。 My father’s soul has finally found a place to rest.
真遗憾。 What a pity.
王后不得不把佛藏在宫殿深处， The queen has to hide Buddha deep inside the palace,
为她已故父亲的灵魂祈祷吗？ and pray for her late father’s soul?
你呢？ What about you?
那我呢？ What about me?
你，一个骄傲的佛弟子， You, a proud disciple of Buddha,
躲在女人住的地方 are hiding where women live
和生病的国王发出奇怪的声音。 and making strange sounds with an ailing king.
“帮派”。 ‘Gang’.
“G-ang”。 ‘G-ang’.
不是g-ang，而是g-a-ng，对吧？ Not ‘g-ang’, but ‘g-a-ng’, right?
难道你不恨国王吗？ Don’t you resent the king?
我永远不会那样做。 I could never do that.
都是我的错。 It’s all my fault.
为什么是你的错，陛下？ Why is it your fault, Your Majesty?
他父亲声称要阻止你们家族从政，就杀了他们。 Claiming to stop your family from politics, his father killed them.
我丈夫从没想过要当国王。 My husband never wanted to be king.
因为他很聪明 As he is clever
我心里正直，说他当为王。 and upright in heart, I said he should be king.
我催促他。 I urged him.
我来做。在外面等着。 I’ll do it. Wait outside.
你怎么了？ What’s gotten into you?
请允许我擦洗你的身体。 Allow me to scrub your body.
请坐好。 Sit back, please.
这很伤我的心。我真的很疼！ It hurts. I really hurts!
停止夸大。 Stop exaggerating.
你12岁，我14岁的时候，你很讨厌被洗。 When you were 12 and I was 14, you hated being washed so.
我怀念那些日子。 I miss those days.
当你和我在一起的时候，一切都是美好的。 When you were with me, everything was a delight.
我很高兴。 I was so happy.
信美老师告诉我的 Master Shin-mi told me
梵语中木柴和忧虑的意思是一样的。 the Sanskrit words for firewood and worry are the same.
柴火烧死人的尸体， Firewood burns the dead’s body,
当忧虑燃烧活人的心。 while worry burns the heart of the living.
-你为什么不进来？请-哦。 -Why don’t you come in? -Oh please.
你这么想我？ You’ve missed me so?
国王怎么能欺骗他的臣民呢，陛下？ How could the king deceive his subjects, sire?
我们听说你得了糖尿病，但你看起来容光焕发 We heard you were sick from diabetes, but you look radiant
走得那么快！ and walk so briskly!
谁会相信你病了？ Who’d believe you’re sick?
很高兴听到这个消息。 That’s good to hear.
陛下。 Your Majesty.
目前京城流传着一个奇怪的谣言。 A strange rumor is circulating the capital at present.
这是什么？ What is it?
在女王的宫殿里，这里是最私密的地方， Inside the queen’s palace, where it is the most private,
有不光彩的谣言说有人听到了佛教徒的祈祷。 there are disgraceful rumors of Buddhist prayers being heard.
你竟敢蔑视王后！ How dare you show contempt of the queen!
有个证人，陛下。 There is a witness, sire.
把证人带来。 Bring the witness.
是真是假更重要，陛下。 It is more important whether it’s true or not, sire.
让我们搜查一下女王的宫殿，证明谣言是假的。 Let us search the queen’s palace and prove the rumor wrong.
大家都知道皇后迷恋佛教。 Everyone knows that the queen is infatuated with Buddhism.
偶然的机会, By chance,
如果她真的让那些肮脏的僧侣进了皇宫， if she did let the filthy monks into the palace,
我们必须再次讨论弹劾女王的问题，陛下。 we must discuss again on impeaching the queen, sire.
相反, Instead,
弹劾我。 impeach me.
你吃肉。 You eat meat.
为什么不是酒？ Why not liquor?
你知道和尚和太监的区别吗？ Do you know the difference between monks and eunuchs?
太监不做事是因为他们做不到。 Eunuchs don’t do things because they can’t.
和尚即使能做也不做。 Monks don’t do things even if they can.
你这样做的真正目的是什么？ What is your true intention in doing this?
真正的意图? True intention?
得到国王的宠幸，我有样东西想要。 Having the king’s favor, there is something I’ve come to want.
任何一个好和尚 Any good monk
你会梦想有一片能阅读和实践的土地吗 would dream of a land that reads and practices
佛陀的教诲，你不觉得吗？ Buddha’s teachings, don’t you think?
你! You!
停下你正在做的事情，回到属于你的地方去。 Stop what you’re doing and return to where you belong.
只有这样你和我们的皇室才能活下去。 Only then will you and our royal family live.
即使国王让我停止，我现在也做不到。 Even if the king says to stop, I can’t now.
怎么啦？ What?
你做你必须做的事。 You do what you must do.
我要做我必须做的事。 I’ll do what I must.
请不要再喝酒了，陛下。 Please quit drinking, sire.
相反，请多吃煮熟的无脂肪肉。 Instead, please eat much of boiled, fatless meat.
他已经戒酒了。 He has quit drinking.
他不吃肉就不吃，所以也不用担心。 He won’t eat without meat, so that’s not to worry either.
请不要做任何让你有压力的事，陛下。 Please refrain from doing anything that gives you stress, sire.
如果你过度使用视力，你的左眼也会失明。 If you overuse your eyesight, you’ll go blind in your left eye, too.
你可以走了。 You may go.
快做完的时候…… When it’s almost done...
他们太多疑了。我们不能继续在这里工作了。 They’re so suspicious. We can’t keep working here.
如果你停止，你会担心，更损害你的健康。 If you stop, you’ll worry and harm your health more.
为什么不在宫外做呢？ Why not do it outside the palace?
秋州有很好的护眼矿泉水。 There’s good mineral water for the eyes in Chosu.
如果我们先把信美送到附近的博天寺呢？ What if we send Shin-mi first to nearby Bokcheonsa Temple...
亲爱的! Dear!
我一直很忙 I’ve been busy
和我的儿子们一起制作字母，让任何人都能轻松学习和使用。 with my sons in making letters for anyone to learn and use easily.
没有更多的误解。 No more misunderstandings.
这太荒谬了，陛下。 That’s preposterous, sire.
这么重要的事为什么不先征求我们的意见？ Why do something so important without consulting us first?
你有做这件事的技能吗？ Do you have the skills to do it?
你对语音学了解多少？ What do you know about phonetics?
你知道一共有多少辅音和元音吗？ Do you know how many consonants and vowels there are?
我要去秋州治疗我的眼睛。 I’ll go to Chosu to treat my eyes.
不要打扰那里的人，虚心准备我的旅行。 Don’t disturb the people there and prepare my trip modestly.
朝州附近的佛川寺 BOKCHEONSA TEMPLE NEARBY CHOSU
“我渴望什么？”” ‘I long for?’
你想要那个宫女吗？ You long for that court maid?
不!意思是我厌恶！ No! It means I loathe!
你还是个婴儿的时候我就把你养大了！ I raised you since you were a baby!
你可以骗佛，但骗不了我！ You may fool Buddha, but not me!
为什么你! Why you!
它刺! It stings!
我无法呼吸。 And I can’t breathe.
矿泉水里的气泡一定会刺激视网膜 The bubbles in the mineral water must stimulate the retinas
为了治疗眼睛，陛下。 to treat the eyes, sire.
再来一次，陛下。 One more time, sire.
父亲! Father!
受欢迎的。 Welcome.
有关于神庙里创造元音的消息吗？ Any news of the creation of the vowels at the temple?
这可不容易，陛下。 It’s not easy, sire.
信美说他不做完就不下来。 Shin-mi said he won’t come down until he’s done.
告诉他在他下来之前我也不回去。 Tell him I’m not going back either until he comes down.
用点来设计所有的元音… Design all vowels with a dot...
朝祖临时宫殿 CHOSU TEMPORARY PALACE
恭喜你，陛下！ Congratulations, Your Majesty!
当你在芒窟礼上向北京鞠躬时， Whenever you bowed towards Beijing during the Manggwollye Rituals,
你褪色的袍子使我们伤心。 your faded robes saddened us.
陛下，皇帝给您送来了新袍子。 Now, the Emperor has sent new robes for you, sire.
我告诉过你别来这里。 I told you not to come here.
陛下，我们担心有些事情大错特错，而来做正确的事。 We fret some things are greatly wrong and came to do right, sire.
关于什么? About what?
首先，你正在生病 First, you are becoming ill
因为你写了没用的信，陛下。 because of making useless letters, sire.
第二个吗? Second?
如果每个人都能用这么简单的字母， If everyone can use such simple letters,
谁会为了学习儒家思想而学习汉语呢？ who’d learn the difficult Chinese to study Confucian ways?
继续下去。 Continue.
当蛮族占领中国时 When the barbarians took over China,
新的文字是用来压迫中华文明的。 new letters were made to oppress the Chinese civilization.
如果中国皇帝怀疑我们， Should the Emperor of China suspect us,
这可能是一场危及朝鲜命运的灾难。 it could be a diaster that jeopardizes the fate of Joseon.
你要背着皇帝毁灭我吗？ You’re set on destroying me with the Emperor on your back?
敬皇上，陛下和我们 To the Emperor, Your Majesty and we
是同一个主题，陛下。 are the same subjects, sire.
回去。 Go back.
我要穿这个 I shall wear this
跳向北京的仪式舞。 and do the ritual-dance towards Beijing.
陛下! Your Majesty!
不! No!
陛下! Sire!
陛下! Your Majesty!
医生! Physician!
陛下! Your Majesty!
他因为糖尿病得了尿路结石，陛下。 He’s developed urinary stones from diabetes, Your Majesty.
疼痛已经消退， The pain has subdued,
但它随时都可能带着压力回来。 but it could return with stress at any time.
如果疼，就说出来。 If it hurts, say so.
不要只是忍受痛苦。 Don’t just bear the pain.
主人? Master?
你为什么对那个点那么着迷？ Why are you obsessed with the dot?
你在怀疑我吗？ Are you doubting me?
没有时间可以浪费了，但你坚持要点。 There’s no time to lose, but you insist on the dot.
有时你可能会妥协。 Sometimes you may compromise.
有时无论如何你都必须坚持原则。 Sometimes you must stick to principles no matter what.
我们写的信一定能流传一千年。 We’re making letters that must last a thousand years.
不过，我们要画多少个点呢？ Still, how long must we make dots?
就像梵语、藏语和Phagspa的字母一样， Like the letters from Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Phagspa,
我们不能让元音符号和辅音符号相似吗？ can’t we make vowel symbols similar to the consonants?
如果它能写出这么糟糕的字母，我根本就不会开始写了。 If it was to make such lousy letters, I wouldn’t have started this at all.
还有国王。 And the king as well.
要么领导我，要么跟着我。 Take charge and lead me or follow me.
或者马上离开这里！ Or leave here at once!
世界上最简单、最美丽的字母…… The easiest and most beautiful letters in the world...
为什么我们不能制造它们？ Why can’t we make them?
再用一行。 Let’s use one more line.
17个辅音和11个元音。 17 consonants and 11 vowels.
我们造了28个基本字母，陛下。 We made 28 basic letters, sire.
这是前所未有的! It’s unprecedented!
运用《大藏经》中的字母原理， Using the principle of letters in the Tripitaka,
你已经用线和点创建了新的字母！ you’ve created new letters with just lines and dots!
让我听到声音。 Let me hear the sounds.
出什么事了吗，陛下？ Is something wrong, sire?
虽然韩国语中经常使用圆点表示的第一个音， Although the first sound expressed in the dot is used often in Korean,
它有时听起来像“ah”，有时听起来像“eu”。 It sometimes sounds like ‘ah’ and sometimes ‘eu’.
也许所有人都有。 Perhaps it’s in all of them.
这是所有元音的词根，陛下。 It is the root of all vowels, sire.
它从喉咙深处发出，在嘴里回响。 It arises deep in the throat and reverberates through the mouth.
把它去掉。 Leave it out.
这声音很深刻，但太复杂了。 The sound is profound but too complex.
这就像一组简单而完美的元音中的一个缺陷。 It’s like a flaw in the simple yet perfect set of vowels.
字母可以是声音的容器， Letters can be containers of sound,
但它们也能消除声音。 but they can also kill sounds.
如果一种声音被消灭了，那么其中的情感也就消失了。 If a sound is killed, the sentiments in it also dies.
字母的制作不应该只是为了满足制作者的要求。 Letters should not be made to satisfy just the maker.
你写这些字母的原因是什么？ What is your reason for making the letters?
你知道为什么！ You know why!
声称这是为了人民，你坚持一个普遍的标准 Claiming it’s for the people, you’re insisting a general standard
巩固皇权，不是吗？ to solidify royal authority, are you not?
国王必须制定标准。 The king must set the standard.
不管这个标准有多漂亮， No matter how beautiful that standard is,
如果你压迫和扼杀人民的规范， if you oppress and kill the people’s norms,
这是披着善意外衣的暴力。 it’s violence under the guise of goodwill.
怎么啦？ What?
陛下。 Your Majesty.
当我听到 When I hear
一头母牛在哭， a cow crying,
这让我想起 it reminds me of
一个我都不认识的母亲，我喜欢这样。 a mother I don’t even know, and I like it.
每当我说同样的声音 Whenever I say the same sound
诵经时， in reciting the Sutra,
感觉也很棒。 it feels great, too.
所有的星星都被分为28个，对吧？ All the stars were categorized into 28, right?
如果我们去掉这封信，就只剩下27封信了，陛下。 If we leave out this letter, it’ll be just 27, sire.
把它留在里面。 Leave it in.
有点不对劲。 Something is not right.
汉字可能很难，但很容易读。 Chinese characters may be difficult, but it can be read easily.
但这似乎是无序的。 But this seems disorderly.
联合信! Joint letters!
不过，似乎还缺少一些东西。 Still, something seems lacking.
西藏! Tibet!
在西藏, In Tibetan,
如果第一个字母是元音，则在其前面加一个不发音的字母。 if the first letter is a vowel, a silent letter is added before it.
完美! Perfect!
“Om Mani Padme Hum”。 ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’.
在我们的17个辅音中，这个字母是没有音值的。 Of our 17 consonants, that’ll be the letter with no sound value.
这将表示圆喉音。 That will signify the round throat sound.
这是我之前提到的几何方面。 It’s the geometry facet I spoke of earlier.
现在，我们的歌词可以录下来。 Now, our songs’ lyrics can be recorded as they sound.
你最喜欢的“青山之歌”将永远不会被遗忘。 Your favorite, this ‘Song of Cheongsan’, will never be forgotten.
就一杯，陛下。 Just one drink, sire.
这就是Hak-jo ! That’s Hak-jo’s!
我怕你没来。 I was afraid you didn’t come.
为什么? Why?
我想给你点东西。 I wanted to give you something.
李瑾 LEE JIN-A
这是你的名字。 It’s your name.
它很漂亮。 It’s pretty.
有两个圆圈。 There are two circles.
回来后，我们来测试一下新字母。 When we return, let’s test the new letters.
他们说，当母鸡哭 房子毁了 They say, when a hen cries a house is ruined.
“Gak-shi-mi” ‘Gak-shi-mi’
我不认为那是对的 I don’t think that’s right.
我想母鸡必须为房子而哭 I think a hen must cry for the house
“Saeng-gak-shi” ‘Saeng-gak-shi’
和国家繁荣。 and the country to thrive.
我们还要不知写作多久 How much longer must we not know to write
写信问我们的母亲是否安好？ to send letters and ask if our mothers are well?
你必须学好它 You must learn it well
把它教给你们的女性，并传播开来。 and teach it to the women in your families and spread it.
是的，陛下。 Yes, Your Majesty.
你和修道士一起创造了新的字母？ You worked with the monks on creating new letters?
你缺乏语言知识 You lack the knowledge of language
但是那些你认为是狗的僧侣们，却拥有创造这些字母的技能。 but the monks, who you think of as dogs, have the skills to create the letters.
你总是说要忠于中国。 You always talk about being loyal to China.
有人比我对科学贡献更多吗？ Has anyone offered more to science than me?
这就是今天朝鲜存在的原因，陛下。 That’s why Joseon exists today, sire.
我厌倦了。 I’m tired of it.
我想建设一个超越中国的国家。 I want to make a country that can surpass China.
不可能的,陛下。 Impossible, sire.
为什么不呢! Why not!
一个人人都能读写的国家…… A country where everyone can read and write...
在那里，每个人都学习并实践圣贤的教诲…… Where everyone learns and lives out the teaching of the sages...
中国永远不会让这种事情发生！ China could never let this happen!
陛下，您想说什么？ What do you wish to say, sire?
新字母…… The new letters...
儒生们，你们可以拿去。 You, Confucians, may take it.
只有这样，才能建立这样一个国家。 Only then, can such a country be made.
你想让僧侣也这么做吗？ You want the monks to do that too?
测试和使用新字母怎么样？ How was testing and using the new letters?
用我们简单的信来书写佛陀的话 Writing Buddha’s words in our easier letters
让它看起来更生动。 made it seem more vivid.
你呢?An-pyung吗? And you? An-pyung?
如果儒家经典也写在我们的新书信中， If the Confucian scriptures are also written in our new letters,
人们也将能够学习和应用它们。 the people will be able to learn and apply them, too.
现在，我们将编写一本关于这些字母的创造和使用的书。 Now, we’ll compile a book on the creation and usage of the letters.
我认为是时候引入儒家思想了。 I think it is time to bring in the Confucians.
把新信件上的一切都交给朝廷的年轻学者。 Pass everything on the new letters to the young scholars of the court.
你为什么现在要和他们串通？ Why would you collude with them now?
他们认为你和我串通一气。 They see you and I as colluding.
他们有能力随意销毁新字母。 They have the power to destroy the new letters at will.
我们必须感谢他们，让这些信件永远流传下去。 We must give the credit to them for the letters to last forever.
陛下死后， When Your Majesty dies,
你觉得法庭的封印能让这些信保持鲜活吗？ do you think the court’s seal will keep the letters alive?
随你怎么说。 Say what you wish.
你总是谈论人民，但你相信人民的力量吗？ You always speak of the people, but do you believe in their power?
如果我们完成这些字母并把它们植入他们的心中， If we complete the letters and plant them in their hearts,
它们会变成没人能铲除的铁桩。 they’ll become iron stakes that no one can root out.
我知道。 I know.
你的目标是让佛法深入人心 Your goal is to plant Buddhism in people’s hearts
用新的字母把朝鲜重新变成佛。 with the new letters and turn Joseon to Buddha again.
这有错吗？ Is that wrong?
朝鲜是在孔子的基础上建立的。 Joseon was established on Confucius.
国王怎么能抛开儒生，为将来做打算呢？ How can the king set aside Confucians and plan for the future?
是你叫我去找孔子的。 You’re the one who told me to come on Confucius’ back.
这就是狩猎结束后狗的下场吗？ So, this is what happens to a dog when the hunt is over?
我从没想过你是条狗。 I never once thought of you as a dog.
你以前就是这样吗 Is this how you were
当你岳父立你为王后被陷害的时候？ when your father-in-law was framed after he made you the king?
怎么啦？ What?
你陷害了他的女儿，王后，让她在宫廷里腐烂！ You’ve trapped his daughter, the queen, to rot in court!
这就是你的工作方式吗？ Is this how you work?
够了! Enough!
假装善良不贪婪， Pretending to be good and not greedy,
你用你那张天真的脸伤害了帮助你的人！ you hurt people who help you with that innocent face of yours!
如果你是王位上的人，就好好做你的工作！ If you’re on the throne, do your job properly!
你…… You...
这就是你的全部吗？ Is that all you were made of?
你们向佛教徒求援，向儒家求援！ You beg Buddhists for help and implore to Confucians!
你是戴着国王面具的乞丐！ You’re a beggar behind the mask of a king!
怎么啦？ What?
如此卑贱的文字能流传下来吗？ Would letters created so abjectly be able to survive?
是不见了! Be gone!
我希望你建立一个美好的国家。 I hope you make a good country.
我喝完剩下的一杯，然后回海印寺，先生 I’ll take my remaining one hit, then return to Haeinsa Temple, sir
一个不行。你应该得到3000次点击。 One won’t do. You deserve 3000 hits.
去刮胡子！ Go and shave!
你要这样活多久？ How long will you live like that?
怎么啦？ What?
人们不能再等你了。 The people can no longer wait for you.
为什么现在要惹怒法庭？ Why fret the court now?
叫信美大师回来。 Call Master Shin-mi back.
我无能为力 在你身边 There’s nothing more I can do beside you here.
我将搬到Su-yang的房子 I’ll move to Su-yang’s house.
妈妈吗? Mother?
你已经超过两周没吃东西了。 You haven’t eaten in more than 2 weeks.
父亲也什么都做不了。 Father hasn’t been able to do anything, either.
我将把王位传给你。 I’ll pass the throne to you.
不，陛下。 No, Your Majesty.
不管我还能活多久， Whatever time I have left to live,
我要用它换新信。 I’ll exchange it for the new letters.
但你已经做过了。 But you’ve already made them.
除了写字母， More than making the letters,
保护和传播它们更加困难。 it is more difficult to protect and spread them.
请不要放弃王位。 Please don’t abdicate the throne.
我的眼睛…… My eyes...
我随时都可能失明。 I could go blind any day.
父亲…… Father...
我… I...
即使在我死后…… Even after I die...
它们必须持久…… they must last...
我的儿子…… My son...
你会帮助你的父亲吗？ Will you help your father?
太阳很亮。 The sun is bright.
请回到宫殿。 Please return to the palace.
否。 No.
我不想死在宫殿里。 I don’t want to die at the palace.
妈妈给你留了言。 Mother left a message for you.
她说如果你一定要去，就坚持到底。 She said if you must go, finish to the end.
她说你不能停留在跌倒的地方， She said you mustn’t stay where you’ve fallen,
但是站起来，勇往直前。 but arise and press forward.
就这些吗？ Is that all?
她说要继续吃肉。 She said to keep eating meat.
Shin-mi打电话。 Call Shin-mi.
你被叫回来了 You’ve been called back here
不是我，是王后。 not by me, but by the queen.
我想她才是勇敢的那个。 I guess she was the brave one.
她走的时候又让两个懦夫走到了一起。 She brought two cowards back together as she left.
喝点茶怎么样？ How about some tea?
让我们做一本关于新字母的创造和使用的书。 Let’s make a book on the creation and usage of the new letters.
你来负责吗？ Will you take charge of it?
我来总结一下。 I’ll summarize everything.
让儒生们出版发行吧，陛下。 Let the Confucians publish and distribute it, sire.
我猜僧侣们也心怀怨恨。 I guess monks hold grudges too.
你说过只有这样这些信才能保存。 You said only then will the letters survive.
我答应过的，我会建一座神庙 As promised, I’ll build a temple
并举行佛教葬礼来安慰女王的灵魂。 and hold a Buddhist funeral to console the queen’s soul.
她真想在葬礼上念佛教祷文吗？ Is saying Buddhist prayers in a funeral really what she wants?
我最近才知道 I recently learned
她把这些字母教给宫女，并让她们教给她们的家人。 she taught the letters to court maids and had them teach their families.
我想她会希望我们继续传播。 I think she would want us to continue spreading it more.
你是对的。 You’re right.
但我有个状况。 But I have a condition.
这次又怎么了？ What is it this time?
在信件正式发出之前， Until the letters are officially issued,
你和我必须保证不死。 you and I must promise not to die.
我们还有很长的路要走。 We have a long road ahead.
这些应该足够写一本书了。 This should be enough to make a book.
出生是很困难的。我们应该给它起个好名字。 It was difficult to be born. We should give it a good name.
我们的习惯是给亲爱的孩子取个卑微的名字，这样可以活得久一点，陛下。 It’s our custom to give a dear child a humble name to live longer, sire.
“恩门”怎么样？ How about ‘Eon-mun’?
它的意思是普通和粗糙，但它也可以表示坚强和坚韧。 It means common and crude, but it can also mean strong and tough.
“Eon-mun”。 ‘Eon-mun’.
好了。 Great.
女王的葬礼 The queen’s funeral
将建立一个工人协议来保存和传播新的字母。 will establish a pact of workers to preserve and spread the new letters.
已故的素宪皇后将接受贡品 The late Queen So-heon will receive tribute
在她的宫殿旁边将建一座小寺庙来安慰她的灵魂。 and a small temple will be built beside her palace to console her soul.
光天化日之下 In broad daylight,
肮脏的僧侣被允许走进宫殿！ filthy monks were allowed to walk into the palace!
现在，你会削弱我们国家的根基 Now, you’ll weaken our nation’s roots
在皇宫里建一座佛寺？ by building a Buddhist temple in the palace?
我很遗憾没能听取你的正当理由。 I regret being unable to listen to your rightful cause.
你做你必须做的事。 You do what you must do.
我要做我必须做的事。 I’ll do what I must.
当这些信件在人群中传播时， When these letters spread amongst the people,
你看不出来，这会威胁到整个王朝吗，陛下？ don’t you see, it could threaten the dynasty, sire?
如果这是一个像水蛭一样吞噬人民的王朝， If it’s a dynasty that sucks on the people like a leech,
宁死也不如死。 it is better to perish.
这个国家不是你一个人的，陛下！ This country isn’t yours alone, sire!
我想抹去佛教僧侣的痕迹。 I want to erase the traces of the Buddhist monks.
你可以把这篇文章改成孔子的上下文。 You may change the text into Confucius’ context.
-这本书的标题是……-我们也会决定的，陛下。 -The book’s title is... -We’ll decide that too, sire.
我来写序言，你来写附言。 I’ll write the preface, you write the postface.
1443年冬天， Winter of 1443,
国王陛下创造了28个新字母 His Majesty created 28 new letters
并称其为“宪民正今”。 and called them, ‘Hunminjeongeum’.
字母的形状是根据中国字母和语音设计的。 The letter shapes were based on Chinese letters and phonetics.
它们也基于中国的宇宙学和哲学。 They are also based on Chinese cosmology and philosophy.
这个国家的演讲 The speech of this country
和中文字母不匹配。 does not match the Chinese letters.
因此，即使文盲想要交流， Therefore, even if illiterate people wish to communicate,
他们无法表达自己的担忧。 they cannot state their concerns.
对此感到难过， Saddened by this,
我新写了28封信。 I’ve had 28 letters newly made.
这是我的愿望，所有的人都可以很容易地学习他们的日常 It is my wish that all the people may easily learn them daily
生活得更舒适。 and live more comfortably.
一共有多少个单词？ How many words are there?
109个字，神父。 109 words, Father.
让它少一个。 Make it one less.
“每天” ‘daily’
请停止 佛教葬礼马上！ Please stop the Buddhist funeral at once!
陛下。 Your Majesty.
听听全国各地儒生的呐喊吧！ Hear the cries of Confucian scholars throughout the country!
你没看到他们的联合请愿书吗，陛下？ Can you not see their joint petition, sire?
请停止 佛教葬礼马上！ Please stop the Buddhist funeral at once!
继续工作。 Carry on.
请摧毁寺庙 宫殿，陛下！ Please destroy the temple by the palace, sire!
请摧毁这座神庙！ Please destroy the temple!
或者用这把斧头砍我们的脖子，陛下 Or hit our necks with this axe, sire
为素宪皇后的灵魂祈祷， To pray for Queen So-heon’s soul,
这首歌是国王陛下用他的新信写的。 this is a song that His Majesty had written with his new letters.
陛下，我们还要听那可怕的声音多久？ How long must we listen to that hideous noise, sire?
那是安抚我妻子灵魂的安魂曲。 That is a requiem to console my wife’s spirit.
陛下，您真的会把朝鲜带回佛国吗？ Will you truly turn Joseon back to a land of Buddha, sire?
儒家和佛教都是这个国家的民族。 Both Confucians and Buddhists are all peoples of this country.
你知道为什么科利亚被毁了，陛下！ You know why Corea was ruined, sire!
每个人都被那个肮脏的异端所诱惑，所以它被毁了！ Everyone was enticed by that filthy heresy, so it was ruined!
我听够了！ I’ve heard enough!
这里有谁没有举行过佛教仪式？ Who here hasn’t offered a Buddhist rituals?
怎么啦？ What?
追求更高的地位和更多的财富， Seeking for higher positions and more riches,
你们都派自己的妻子去做祈祷和仪式！ you’ve all sent your wives to hold prayers and rituals, too!
为什么你! Why you!
我讨厌这种虚伪。 I hate such hypocrisy.
我认为佛陀的教导也是真理。 I think Buddha’s teaching is the truth, too.
世界不会被真相毁灭。 The world is not ruined by the truth.
这是由于人们为了自己的利益而指责别人。 It falls due people pointing fingers at others for selfish gains.
即使世界崩溃了， Even if the world crumbles,
白就是白，黑就是黑，陛下。 white is white and black is black, sire.
如果孔子遇见佛陀， Had Confucius met Buddha,
他不会这么做的。 he wouldn’t have done this.
我们在这里达成了协议 We’ve formed a pact here
为了保护新字母 to protect the new letters
并发誓要让它们传遍整个朝鲜。 and vow to let them be spread throughout Joseon.
让我们一起宣誓。 Let us pledge together.
让我们到死都不要忘记今天的誓言。 Let us never forget our oath today till the day we die.
即使每个人都死了， Even after everyone dies,
愿“银门”开花结果。 may the ‘Eon-mun’ blossom and bear fruit.
即使是当权者 Even as those in power
贬低和诅咒它是对女人的粗俗语言， belittle and curse it as vulgar language for women,
让它成为一种祝福，洋溢在最卑微和最卑微的地方。 let it be a blessing that overflows in the most humble and lowest places.
写下我们的名字，烧掉我们的皮肤， By writing our names and burning our skins,
让我们恪守誓言，保护信件到底。 let us keep our vows to protect the letters to the end.
愿小火栽在我们的小臂上 May the small fire planted on our forearms
长成爆炸性的野火。 grow into an explosive wildfire.
在宫殿旁边建一个小寺庙会毁了朝鲜吗？ Will building a small temple beside the palace ruin Joseon?
这个国家是属于你们的，儒生们。 This country belongs to you, Confucians.
如果你不停止那残忍的仪式， If you don’t stop that atrocious ritual,
我们不能再做你的臣民了，陛下。 we can no longer be your subjects, sire.
我带来了我们按照命令完成的宪民正音。 I’ve brought the Hunminjeongeum which we’ve completed as commanded.
陛下。 Your Majesty.
我们带来了已经完成的宪民正音。 We’ve brought the completed Hunminjeongeum.
分发它们。 Distribute them.
我不是儒家教徒，也不是佛教徒。 I am not a Confucian nor a Buddhist.
我只是一个又老又病的国王，没有你的帮助我什么也做不了。 I’m just an old and ailing king who can’t do a thing without your help.
这是我最后的请求。 It is my final request.
这本书…… This book...
不要让它在储存中腐烂，而要让它传播。 Don’t let it rot in storage, but let it be spread.
我求你了。 I implore you.
亲爱的。 Dear.
我已经来了。 I’ve come.
HUNMINJEONGEUM HUNMINJEONGEUM
让我们鞠躬。 Let us bow.
我认为人们无法表达 他们的想法，因为他们不会写 I thought the people couldn’t express their thoughts for they can’t write.
>无法表达我的心 But I was the one who couldn’t express my heart.
我欠你太多了。 I owe you so much.
我很抱歉。 I’m so sorry.
我感谢你们。 And I thank you.
你已经给了我一份很棒的礼物。 You’ve already given me a great gift.
你写了108字的《宪民正今》序言 You wrote Hunminjeongeum’s preface in 108 words
摆脱世俗的108种欲望而成佛。 to be free of the 108 worldly desires and attain Buddhahood.
在我做国王的30年里， In my 30 years as king,
我只留下一本书。 I leave but one book.
每个人都知道桃子里有多少种子， Everyone knows how many seeds there are in a peach,
但是没有人知道一颗种子能长出多少桃子。 but no one knows how many peaches come from one seed.
“银门”是陛下为来世雕刻的大藏经。 ‘Eon-mun’ is the Tripitaka carved by Your Majesty for the coming world.
虽然它现在抓住了孔子和佛陀的话， Though it captures words of Confucius and Buddha now,
如果将来出现另一位伟人， should another great man appear in the future,
它也将能够传递他的话语和愿望。 it will be able to deliver his words and wishes, too.
国王的信 THE KING’S LETTTERS
歌KANG-HO SONG KANG-HO
公园HAE-IL PARK HAE-IL
春孙小姐 CHUN MI-SUN
导演：赵哲贤 Directed by CHO CHUL-HYUN
已故的美丽女演员全美善将永远被铭记 The late CHUN MI-SUN, the beautiful actress, will always be remembered