- Resolving the Bitterness and Grief of Common Performers
- 1 One day, Sahng-jeh-nim put a mirror in a room then brushed His teeth with sand inside a piece of cloth. Ho-yun asked, “What are You doing? Why don’t You brush Your teeth with salt?”
- 2 “Never mind what I am doing.”
He then parted His hair and put some oil on it. After that, He made it stand up.
- 3 Looking in the mirror, He laughed, made an angry face, and then pushed His lips forward. He put ash on His cheeks, used it to draw a beard, and then smeared it all over His face.
- 4 He mixed facial makeup with water, made His face white, and decorated it with red dye.
When Ho-yun saw this, she shouted, “Ah! You are so scary!”
- 5 Sahng-jeh-nim smiled at her. “A time will come when you’ll see this in the world.”
- (JSD Dojeon 5,71)