- Teaching Young Children Well
- 1 Hyung-yul’s youngest son, Chul-lee-ma, who had been named by Sahng-jeh-nim, was clever and learned reading and writing easily. Also, he could run quickly.
- 2 When Chul-lee-ma was little, Sahng-jeh-nim would say to him, “Run one thousand lee, Chul-lee-ma! Run ten thousand lee, Mahl-lee-ma!” And the boy would run.
- 3 For the Lunar New Year celebrations, the women made a seesaw out of a large plank and a bundle of straw.
- 4 “Jump over the bundle of straw,” Sahng-jeh-nim said to the boy. Later, Sahng-jeh-nim remarked, “Children should be taught when they are young.”
- (JSD Dojeon 3,117)
