Heavenly stems
丁
정화(丁火)
the graph of the lamp
What it means
丁 jeong is the graph likened to lamp and hearth fire.
It is the fourth of the ten heavenly stems and belongs to the yin aspect of fire.
A small flame that burns long, so it is quiet and deep.
It lights what is dark, and it wavers in a wind.
What the document says
Warm and fine-grained.
It lights those close by, quietly.
Still without, long-burning within.
That endurance is its strength.
Original
어둠 속 등불이라, 멀리서도 사람이 찾아들더라. 작으나 꺼지지 아니하고, 곁에 든 이를 먼저 비추느니라.
Where it stands
- 第一卷 魂結the Knotting of Souls89% legible