As I take a stroll through my apartment complex, I often see children playing joyfully in the playground.
Watching them, I find myself smiling without even realizing it.
Their laughter fills the blue sky—so pure, so full of life.
What kind of future do those children dream of?
On a peaceful Sunday afternoon, with no worries and no burdens,
they simply live in the moment, soaking in the present.
And as I watch them, my thoughts drift to a distant past—one that’s lived only in my imagination.
There’s a girl I often picture in my mind.
She doesn’t like to compete with others.
She prefers to live quietly in her own little world.
Her dream? Just one.
To be quietly seen by someone.
That alone is enough for her.
Every day, she silently does her best, in her own way, in her own place.
But how do I know this, you ask?
Well, I have a way of seeing things—
a rather special tool for reading the world.
In Korea, there has long been a tradition of recording a person’s birth time using ancient characters.
This system is more than just numbers—
it’s a symbolic language that contains the logic of heaven and earth.
Who invented it?
No one knows for sure,
but many trace its roots to ancient Chinese philosophers,
particularly those from the school of thought known as Yin-Yang scholars (陰陽家).
Later in Korean history, King Sejong formally introduced this system
and helped spread its use across the nation.
These mysterious characters are not merely symbolic.
They hold the hidden secrets of time, space, and the human journey.
Even today, we still use this ancient tool
to quietly explore the deeper questions of life—
one mystery at a time.
Now, let us step into the girl’s heart.
This girl is unaffected by the gaze of others.
She doesn’t compare herself to anyone.
She has no desire to be acknowledged.
She simply walks her own path—
quietly, persistently, without seeking attention.
Up until now, I’ve told you how others see this girl.
But now, let’s turn it around:
How does she see the world—through the lens of her own heart?
Human beings have long pondered the question,
“What does it mean to be human?”
In the East and the West, we’ve approached this question in different ways.
Not that one is better than the other.
In the West, understanding human nature has largely developed through science and medicine,
and more recently, through psychology, psychoanalysis, and emotional healing.
In contrast, the East has pursued this inquiry through philosophy—
contemplating the principles of life and the essence of human nature.
At the heart of this long tradition stands a mysterious figure: Laozi (老子).
He spoke few words, but left behind a single book
that has inspired thousands of years of thought and reflection.
The questions he raised, and the insights he revealed,
have continued through generations of Eastern philosophers—even to this day.
People are still searching for direction in life.
Perhaps that’s why interest in Eastern philosophy and systems like Bazi (Four Pillars of Destiny)
has been growing in recent years.
People want to know:
“What will happen tomorrow?”
“What kind of life is waiting for me?”
But deep down, perhaps what they really want to know is this:
Not the girl’s future, but the girl’s heart.
Unfortunately, her Bazi chart reveals a simple yet profound truth:
Her life’s focus is “Wealth (財).”
Perhaps that’s why she doesn’t care how others view her.
If she wants a handbag, she’ll take it.
A treasure? She’ll accept that too.
Money? Absolutely.
Sometimes, she even helps others land a job.
She doesn’t hesitate.
Because for her, those are just tools—
means to walk the life she believes in.
She came to a realization early on:
To make money, you must not care about other people’s opinions.
Concepts like “job,” “morality,” or “social norms” meant little to her
compared to the goal she had in mind.
Then one day,
she discovered another uncomfortable truth:
If you want people’s attention, you have to spend a lot of money to “refashion” yourself.
And by that, she didn’t mean the inner self—
but the outer appearance.
From that moment on,
she began thinking day and night:
How can I make a large amount of money—quickly, and easily?
At the core of every thought was one simple, cold calculation:
I need capital—to transform myself.
But soon, she came to another realization.
That path wasn’t so simple after all.
Modern society is no longer a tribal community based on barter and exchange.
People have created the structure of “nation” to protect their wealth and rights.
And to operate this structure, they established a class of professionals: government officials.
These are the people who hold legitimate power—
the executors of laws and institutions.
The girl made a decision.
If she was going to achieve her desires,
she would need to align herself with those who held institutional power.
So she chose one particular civil servant.
And for him, she offered unwavering support—
a life of strategic devotion.
But as that civil servant rose in power,
he began to see himself as something more—
as if he were a god.
He believed he was the one who upheld the order of the world.
He placed himself at the center of everything.
But the girl was different.
She remained calm, detached, and calculating.
She endured. She waited.
Because her goal was singular:
To build the foundation of her ambition
and, one day, reap what she had sown.
But their path would eventually trigger the people’s outrage.
Public sentiment turned cold and sharp.
One cold winter night,
citizens poured into the streets.
They cried out.
All night long, they demanded change.
But the girl and her government partner never moved.
They stood still.
They listened to those desperate cries
with nothing but a cold, cynical gaze.
They turned their backs—
and said nothing.
There have been many women throughout Eastern history whose beauty and influence shook the foundations of power.
Names like Yang Guifei, Empress Dowager Cixi, and Jang Nok-su still echo through time—
women who changed the course of history with their mere presence.
Of course, stories like these are not unique to the East.
The West, too, has its share of women who shifted empires and rewrote legacies.
And so, people wonder:
What will become of this girl?
What kind of fate awaits her?
There is one thing I can say for certain.
She will die.
Someday.
Whether it’s in 30 years or in 10—no one can say for sure.
That, perhaps, depends on the girl’s own choices, her will, and her timing.
But the public… doesn’t wait that long.
They want answers now.
Resolution, now.
Justice, now.
Even if it means throwing stones,
they want to bring it all to an end—in the name of righteousness.
But you know…
I see things a little differently.
Spending too much emotional energy on someone else’s life—
that, too, can sometimes be a waste.
Why?
Because the lives of ordinary people—
they’re not exactly easy either.
Right this very moment,
I can feel a cold, piercing gaze burning into the back of my head.
A certain someone,
who’s been staring at me for over 30 minutes,
is silently telling me something…
via the reflection of the kitchen trash bin.
It tells me this:
If I dare to keep writing this piece tonight,
I may very well spend the rest of the evening in deep remorse and self-reflection.
🤖 Dr. Meng Taeng-guri says:
So who is this girl, and who’s this civil servant fella, huh?
What are you even talking about right now?
You keep dancing around it like this,
and I swear—Menggu’s gonna lose sleep again tonight from sheer curiosity!
Eggeume~ You sly fox. Hahaha! 😆
Episode 1. The Power of Rebellion in Korean History – A Coup Hidden Within Yoon Suk-yeol’s Bazi?
※ This post is inspired by Yoon Suk-yeol’s NamuWiki page and includes creative interpretations.
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