The Story of Janghwa and Hongryeon
How do the unjustly silenced voices of the marginalized burst out into the world?
📝ONGO's Reflection
Rereading as an adult this classic novel I had known in childhood only as a frightening ghost story, I found that what was more chilling than any ghost was human greed and indifference itself. The scene in which the two sisters, who died amid a stepmother's cruel abuse and a father's irresponsibility, appear as vengeful spirits before the magistrate comes across as the blood-soaked cry of the weak whom law and institution failed to protect. Through the just verdict of Magistrate Jeon Dong-heul, who lays their grievance to rest, this cool-hearted classic asks with aching force the importance of a rightful public authority and social justice that redresses the wronged.
"If the unjust grievances of the wandering souls are not resolved, the sky of this world can never be clear."Unknown, The Story of Janghwa and Hongryeon
"구천을 떠도는 원혼의 억울함이 풀리지 않으면, 세상의 하늘 또한 맑을 수 없다."
🌱Apply It Today
Look carefully around you for the vulnerable who suffer in silence and cannot speak up, and summon the small courage not to look away when you face an injustice.
