(This is a fictionalized drama based upon historical events)
This is Ahnkyun's authentic painting we found in over 100 years.
Keumkangsando.
You should write a paper on it.
The period doesn't match.
I have a question for Seo Ji-yoon.
Are you sure that this is Ahnkyun's authentic painting?
I am not quite sure.
I will destroy you.
They terminated your contract as both researcher and lecturer.
La siesta.
- Have you gone shopping during your class? - No.
We were forced to terminate her contract in the middle of semester.
Professor, I am sorry.
Saimdang - Lights' Diary
Episode 2
It went up from 680,000 to 940,000?
Push it to 2 mil.
We are done with Seo Ji-yoon.
She wouldn't dare to show her face anywhere.
Same goes for Han Sang-hyun, that little brat.
We cleaned up the mess about Keumkangsando nicely.
Did you?
Of course.
We are talking to the academia abroad.
The video clip that got leaked on Youtube could have been a headache.
We made it look as if they started the trouble because of their inferiority complex.
Han Sang-hyun was way out of line with his questions.
So foreign scholars seem to believe us.
Don't worry about a thing.
You can now exhibit Keumkangsando for a long time to come.
Well done.
Thank you.
Did you expect me to say this?
This project was orchestrated by our gallery at a smaller scope,
and by our company in a larger sense.
The media is watching us.
Even a slightest rumor could have started a commotion.
How did it get wrapped up so quietly? What do you think?
Is it thanks to you?
Our company PR team worked their butts off.
They blocked all the major media and portal sites.
I hear both of them were your students.
Is that how you manage your students?
I apologize.
If your ambition is to get tenured and work until your retirement day,
then go ahead.
Thank you for your time.
What the heck.
Stop honking.
You are blocking the road.
We can't move because of you.
Did you rent this road?
What an ignorant woman.
Ignorant?
How dare you?
Ma'am, we are sorry. Please let us through.
Get out of the way, lady.
I don't think so.
Lady, are you crazy?
Yeah, I'm crazy.
Do you want to see what crazy is?
Assholes.
We are in a hurry.
This man is harassing me.
Goddamn bastards!
Ma'am, we are sorry.
Get off of me.
Eun-soo.
This is where our family will be staying for a while.
- So.. - Where is my room?
How about this one?
Let's unpack, shall we?
Mother.
Good job, everyone.
Now all we have to do is wait and collect money.
All right. Got it.
You crushed my business in a blink of an eye,
you even involved Financial Supervisory Authority?
I don't want to hear if it's not about money.
So vulgar....
Vulgar?
This vulgar man paid for all the designer clothes and jewelry
you are wearing and even bought you a gallery to run.
Don't you remember?
Be quiet.
I am going to borrow 50mil with Keumgkangsando as a mortgage.
- Have the document ready. - I won't!
You will.
What do you do when you face a great risk?
I get a hold of myself and stay sharp.
That's right.
No matter what happens in life, as long as you keep sharp, you will find a way.
Understood?
Goodness.
What is this?
That's Chinese.
Keumkang...sando?
That's right. It's written Keumkangsando.
My baby's so smart. You can read Chinese letters?
Mother, just a second please.
Eun-soo can read Chinese letters.
Should we find a tutor for him and teach Chinese?
If we can't prove that his Keumkangsando is fake,
there's nothing we can do.
Are you positive this is Ahnkyun's authentic painting?
This is strange. You have to look into it.
Can't you see what's going on here?
Don't you know who I am?
Mother, I will be right back.
Where are you going? We have to unpack.
Can you please call Ms. Ko Hye-Jung of Conservation Science Dept?
- Hi, Ji-yoon. - Hye-Jung.
- I thought you are moving today. - This is urgent.
Goodness, what's going on?
It's at least few hundred years old.
What's this stain?
It could be wine.
I found it at an old house in Bologna.
Bologna?
In Italy?
Yeah, last time we went there for a conference.
I have to get the dust off first.
And use the humidity control to flatten out the wrinkles.
We stabilize the stained part and fill in the corroded part.
It's going to take a while.
Could you do it as soon as possible?
Send me the finished parts as they come out.
This is in a bad shape.
I don't think we can retrieve many parts.
Keumkangsando...
Keumkangsando?
No way! Ahnkyun?
Is this about Ahnkyun's Keumkangsando?
If...
this book has information on Ahnkyun's Keumkangsando,
we might be able to find clues about its whereabouts.
A solid proof that can invalidate Professor Min's fake Keumkangsando claim.
Only if we can find the proof,
you will be able to regain your employment and clear your name.
We'll be able to take down Professor Min.
This might be the last hope left for me.
I will do my best to recover it ASAP.
Let me help you ma'am.
- It's okay. - No, give it to me.
It's okay, really.
- Well, thank you. - Sure.
Mother, do you know him?
No.
I guess he's our neighbor.
- Let's go in. - Right.
I didn't have time to prepare side dishes because I was busy with unpacking.
I will make you something good tomorrow.
Okay.
What's this noise?
Goodness.
- Oh my, that's like the longest stairs. - Shh, Mother's sleeping.
You won't believe this.
It basically starts off with Ahnkyun's Keumkangsando.
Reading Chinese
There is a rumor that Ahnkyun's Keumkangsando has come to Hunwonjang.
When I heard the rumor,
I couldn't suppress my curiosity.
Be careful, my lady.
(Hunwonjang: A place in Gangneung where King's relative stayed )
Goodness.
(Saimdang)
So that's the place where Ahnkyun's Keumkangsando is?
My lady.
(Keumkangsando - Ahnkyun)
(Reading Chinese texts)
(Great Aunt Yi)
Geez, I don't know.
Rascal!
(Lee Gyeom)
You rascal!
You!
You lazy bum!
- Come here! - I am sorry, Aunt.
Excuse me.
I am in a hurry.
Catch him!
Look at that.
That boy right there is Lee Joon's grandson.
(Lee Joon: King Sejong's son Prince Imyoung's son)
His father is the guy who was born between Lee Joon
and the Giseng from the countryside.
He lived like a tramp with his father until he was nine years old.
Hunwonjang's household head took a pity when his father died
and took him in.
But he doesn't study as he's supposed to.
And always scribbling and dawdling.
You won't find a royal nuisance like him anywhere in this country.
My lady.
My lady, where are you going?
They say Ahnkyun's painting is in that house.
I must see with my own eyes.
Never!
Never say never.
My lady.
Your mother went through so much in Hanyang, and she just got back.
If you cause trouble again, your mother will be blamed.
That's why I shouldn't get caught.
I can't let you!
If you must go, you will have to step on me.
See? It's just not possible.
Goodness.
What on earth are you doing?
Cover yourself.
Your mother will kill me.
I can't go over the wall because of this.
Why do you have to go over the wall?
They built the wall so people can't come in.
Once I go over, throw this to me. Okay?
Oh my, oh my.
My lady, be careful!
Throw it over!
Why are you dressed like that?
It can't be the latest fashion trending in the Ming Dynasty.
Please give that to me.
Is this your skirt?
Please give it to me.
What?
I can't hear you.
I said give it to me!
Your prank is going too far.
I don't think someone who climbed over my wall should be saying that.
Give me back my skirt!
Although it was brought here by the wind,
since it has crossed the wall,
it's mine now.
Let's see.
It's too bright for my old aunt to wear.
Should I try it on?
What's this?
Doesn't it look like it will come alive and fly?
There's no one else who can draw this well besides the lady from that family.
I bet the reason she tried to come in here was because--
That's right!
She wanted to see this Keumkangsando by Ahnkyun.
(Gangneung Ojukheon, Saimdang's house)
(Seok Soon)
(Shin Myung-hwa, Saimdang's father)
People in the world...
loved the red peonies
The field was full of them.
But who would know that there are also beautiful flowers in the plain field?
Continue...
Continue!
With the poem.
Their colors were reflected by the pond, and
they filled the place with the sweet smell.
Since the rich didn't visit the plain fields,
the old farmers enjoyed their beauty.
Who wrote the poem?
It's "Dianthus" by Jung Seung-Myung.
the grandson of Goryeo's Jung Mong-ju,
It's a poem he wrote lamenting the fact that people didn't recognize their talents.
But...
what are you so deep in thought about?
I want to go to Keumkangsan!
I wasn't sleeping! I wasn't--
It's unfair that I can't go to Keumkangsan just because I'm a girl!
Again.
Hey.
Oh my!
Why did you get so scared,
as if you're a thief caught in action.
What do you mean, thief?!
Hey.
Yes, sir.
Are you okay?
Get up.
Thank...
Thank you.
He smiled.
He smiled...
at me.
Sir!
What is it?
Hunwonjang young master wants to meet with you.
Hunwonjang young master?
Why would he come here?
Okay, escort him to the guesthouse.
Yes, sir.
That's all for today.
Don't forget to do your homework.
Yes, sir.
Hey!
What do you think he's here for? Who is he here to see?
I heard he's good looking.
Should we take a peek?
Why is he here?
What did he come here for?
Does he know my father?
What if he's here to tell on me for climbing the wall?
What am I going to do...
He's so tall too.
That meanie.
This is tea brewed with water brought from Hansongjong.
It smells really good.
And it tastes great too.
I have Ahnkyun's precious work here that's as good as the tea.
I came here out of the blue to greet you.
I hope I wasn't being rude.
Meeting someone without setting up a plan is another luxury that a scholar can enjoy.
It feels as if half of my burden fell down since you're understanding me.
Please look at this painting, and take the rest of my burden away.
Since a long time ago,
people said looking at a good painting
is the same thing as being creative.
I think viewing this great painting and refreshing our minds together
is another elegance scholars should enjoy.
But...
I heard that
there's someone here who has an eye for art...
The...
I mean...
She...
Is anyone out there?
Yes, sir.
Go and tell my second daughter to come over.
My lady!
The curves
and how they twist together....
It's as if a god painted it.
It's similar to Kwak Hee's style,
but it's a mix of texture technique that's different from the original style.
Ahnkyun is really the best painter there ever was!
It was a color that I don't have here.
How amazing would it be to have the Keumkangsando
next to me and stare at it for a long time?
I bet I can find those colors.
So...
which mountain are you going to wonder through this time?
If you keep wondering through all the mountains in Bukpyung Village to find dyes,
it's hard for me now.
My joints ache every night.
They hurt so badly.
Ouch, my stomach.
What's going on?
Ouch...
Won't you get a similar color if you just mix them together?
You can only paint mediocre drawing if you just mix colors--
What are you doing here?
I think you should mix the second blue color with the 7th brown color.
What?
Why is it so hard for you to understand?
All right, let's see here...
I think you need to mix a little bit of white into it too.
Here.
Doesn't it look similar?
You're right!
That's the color!
That's my sketchbook!
Poondaehwa Pyungeo Geumgyuso Yeomrae.
The wind takes the flower petals
and the birds peek at the white flower?
My name is Gyeom.
Lee Gyeom.
Shouldn't you say something back?
What's your name?
Saimdang.
I'm Saimdang.
Oh my gosh... What is this?
Goodness...
So the people in the book is Saimdang and Lee Gyeom, and...
This is the portrait of...
Saimdang?
Oh my goodness!
By the way...
It kind of looks like you.
Ji-yoon, aren't you going to school?
- Mother, I'll be right back. - Okay.
Hi, Ms. Kim.
- Hey, when did you come? - Last night.
- What were you doing? - Okay, I'll see you later!
Those girls...
(Chochoongdo by Saimdang)
Saimdang...
Lee Gyeom...
What happened?
There was an accident. A serious accident.
Don't just say it like that. Tell me exactly what happened!
I got kicked out of the house!
And the house and the bank accounts are all under your name, so I can't do anything!
How could you be this irresponsible?
- I'm sorry. - You're sorry?
That's it?
Are you serious right now?
Lim made huge trouble and disappeared the day before yesterday.
There was even money from the Russian mafia in the investment.
What?
All the executives including me are on the wanted list. So--
Ji-yoon! Ji-yoon!
Ji-yoon.
Ji-yoon! Ji-yoon!
Let go of me!
Don't get emotional--
How can you expect me to think rationally right now?!
What do you want me to do?
We live in a ridiculous neighborhood with mother and Eun-soo,
and my lecturer position--
- Let's get in the car. - Get off me!
This just in.
A 4,9 earthquake struck the coast of Baengnyeongdo.
According to the National Weather Service, this afternoon at 14:07,
a 4,9 earthquake struck about 30km south of Baengnyeongdo.
This is the biggest earthquake that has struck
the Korean peninsula and the nearby seas this year.
As it struck near the island...
Why is it so foggy...
Be careful and drive slowly.
...ten more injured, and two died...
(Rear-end collision involving 100 vehicles on West Coast Highway)
Ji-yoon... Ji-yoon, wake up!
Ji-yoon! Ji-yoon!
Mother!
Are you alright, miss?
Mother.
Miss, are you alright?
Where am I?
Are you seeing things? Is it because you've been sick the past few days?
Hello, young master!
Welcome!
Hello, miss.
Miss!
Welcome, miss.
You've come a long way.
Mom!
Oh, my! It's been such a long time!
Grandmother!
Oh, my babies!
You've grown so much!
Go inside, go on.
- Go on. - Come on!
You must be tired from the trip. Go inside and get some rest.
Lady Yi (Saimdang's Mother)
Mom, Miss is a little strange.
I think she hasn't fully recovered from the cold.
Oh, right! And on our way here,
a handsome gentleman was looking at her like this.
Really? What did he look like?
Um, he had thick, dark eyebrows, and...
I don't know, he was just really good-looking.
Alright, alright.
He looked like a nobleman, but somehow he doesn't--
I said alright! Now be quiet.
Black bamboo?
Ojukheon?
She doesn't have external injuries, and you said there's no internal bleeding.
So why is she not waking up?!
We found nothing from the CT scan or the MRI.
All we can do for now is wait.
Ji-yoon. Ji-yoon!
She needs complete rest.
Do something! How can you just wait and do nothing?
Ji-yoon. Wake up...
You can't do this.
Ji-yoon. Ji-yoon!
Jigokgado...
That's Ahnkyun's pen name.
Keumkangsando.
Keumkangsando by Ahnkyun!
Ji-yoon. Ji-yoon!
Ji-yoon. Wake up...
Help!
Mother!
I brought you your favorite flowers!
Pinks!
Ji-yoon. Wake up...
Ji-yoon!
Ji-yoon! Ji-yoon!
Ji-yoon, honey, are you alright?
Do you know where you are?
Doctor! I'll go get the doctor.
Right here! Excuse me!
She woke up. Where's the doctor? Doctor!
Hey, Ji-yoon, Ji-yoon!
You're not the doctor. They said you need complete rest!
Why won't you listen and stay here?
You wouldn't understand if I told you.
Or just stay at the hospital in our neighborhood!
Hey, Hye-Jung.
Why weren't you answering your phone?
You'll be surprised. Saimdang--
By any chance, was there something about moving out of Ojukheon in the book?
Huh?
That was the memorial day of her father.
How did you know that? It was the part that was restored just now.
No way...
What is going on?
In the wall...
Keumkangsando...
Yes! It's mentioned right in the beginning.
Are you psychic?
We have to meet and talk. I'll come over right now.
Hey, Ji-yoon! Ji-yoon!
Taxi!
The museum?
I told you I have to go right now and meet Hye-Jung!
What?
I think I have evidence to prove that Professor Min's painting is fake.
You just survived a car accident involving 100 cars!
They told you to rest because you might have internal bleeding!
Where do you think you're going?
I have to go now. Right now!
Enough is enough.
If you're sick, sleep. If you're injured, rest!
Why do you care so much about a damn painting?
This could be our...our lifeline!
What are you thinking? I really don't understand what you're thinking right now.
When did you ever understand?
You never understood.
You've never tried to understand. Since the day we got married!
You don't know what kind of humiliation I had to put up with
to become a full-time lecturer.
You will never know.
Do you know? Do you know how I'm feeling?
You abandoned your wife, son, and your mother. You don't deserve to say that.
Hey, that's because I--
We have a problem. Mr. Lim committed suicide.
I think you should come to Mirae Hospital immediately.
What happened?
I'm sorry, I have to go.
- Let's go, sir-- - Honey!
Mother!
Taxi!
Sir, I'm in a hurry--
Come on in.
Hey, why do you look so pale?
- I'll tell you later. - Okay, have a seat.
- Is this it? - Yeah.
(Reading Chinese)
It's the memorial day.
Keumkangsando...
By Jigokgado...
It has to be Ahnkyun's Keumkangsando.
Yeah. I know that part.
But there's too many Chinese characters I don't know.
Biikjo...
Hey, we need an expert researcher on this.
It takes years to translate a book even with expert researchers.
Is there anyone who can help us?
They won't listen to me.
If I tell them I found Saimdang's journal, they'll think I'm crazy.
That's true... Oh, goodness...
We need someone who's good at reading Chinese characters...
Come on, it's just this once.
Try asking Professor Hong at Yeonsei University.
I have to go.
So, can you please...?
I'm sorry.
You want me to help you translate this?
Yes.
The deadline for the thesis papers is right around the corner, so...
But can you help me with just this part? Please?
Ji-yoon.
I heard you left the school, and you were fired from the other lecturer jobs too.
Yes...
I know that man, Min Jung-hak.
I can imagine how unfair it must've been for you.
But that man is persistent.
Based on what he's been doing...he probably wants to completely ostracize you.
You probably won't be able to land a part-time job at a small college.
(Reciting in Chinese)
Even if a nobleman wants to find enlightenment,
if he is ashamed of humble clothes and food,
I cannot speak about righteousness with him.
That's from the Analects of Confucius.
Mother.
Oh, when did you get here?
What are they doing?
The man who lives upstairs started a village school.
Every man for his own trade.
- I'll go look after Eun-soo. - Okay.
...it all depends on our attitude.
That's all for today. See you next week.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
This is for you. It's just some vegetables.
What's this? Wow, thank you.
- Mr. Han. - Yes?
- Here. - Wow. Thank you.
- Read it. - Huh?
Read it.
What is it?
(Reading Chinese)
Next line.
(Reading Chinese)
When did you learn Chinese characters?
(Reciting in Chinese)
What?
"My father gave birth to me, and my mother raised me"
I learned these things before I learned the alphabet.
I learned Chinese Four Character Elementary Learning when I was five.
And I had to memorize the genealogy of my family as I grew up.
In Andong, there are lots of families are like ours. You didn't know?
You can direct translate?
- Can you translate as you read? - Of course.
The day I went to Bukpyung Village to prepare for the move.
With Mae-Chang, Sun, Hyul-ryong, and Woo,
I was on my way to Gangneung for the last time to prepare for the move to Hanyang.
Last month, the stone bridge collapsed because of the heavy rain
and I was worried because I heard the mountain road
became even more difficult to travel...
(Saimdang)
But maybe the heavens helped us. The road was smoother than I thought.
We cleared the road so there's not even a rock.
Good work.
(Im Kkeokjeong, Joseon's Robin Hood)
But sir...
Who is that lady? You always take special care whenever she comes.
- She's cute. - What?
A man I respect secretly has feelings for her.
A man you respect?
Yeah.
He must be a great man.
To have the respect of someone like you--
Oh, be quiet!
Go.
Go away, you little...
I wonder what he's doing...
(Lee Gyeom)
It's such a beautiful painting of apricot blossoms...
It's a shame that it will come off soon.
All flowers wither.
Pardon?
I mean, nothing in this world lasts forever.
Oh, the way you talk is...
You are so handsome, sweetie!
I'm not your sweetie.
What are you looking at! You don't have any respect for elders?
You can leave now.
But he's not done drawing.
You're talking back to me, Bok-sul.
I said get out!
You ugly girl.
I said we should go in order...
Oh, my lord!
(Lee Hu, Lee Gyeom's cousin once removed)
It's about time I left this town.
Brother!
Who are you?
What?
What-- Hey, girls! He's gay!
He's gay, everyone!
What is it?
You... You bitch!
Let go of me.
- Don't follow me. - But, cousin--
Don't follow me.
And what was that back there?
Gay?
- But Great Aunt said-- - Go back home.
Your relatives are all angry, blaming me for being a bad influence.
Go tell them to calm down.
Where are you going? Cousin!
Cousin!
Oh, come on!
(Bukpyung Village, Gangneung, 1540)
Um, ma'am...
What is it?
They say Hunwonjang is back in town.
I heard he is getting married.
He never visited this town in the past 20 years...
Why did he have to come back on the day Miss is here?
Make sure that Saimdang doesn't hear about this.
Of course, ma'am.
From the wedding day until she had young master Sun,
she wouldn't even eat properly for over three years,
and refused to speak. It makes me feel--
Hey, hey.
Tell everyone to be careful not to talk about it. Do you understand?
Yes, ma'am.
I was told she only had a few days left to live because of stomach cancer.
Has she already passed away?
You've grown old.
It's been a long time, my lord.
My knees and my shoulders... My whole body's aching.
Darn it... It seems that time doesn't heal, but it hurts.
Come in. What are you waiting for?
She hasn't changed.
I'm coming!
This is the fortune of Lord Kim's daughter, your future wife.
Are you making me move in with her against my will like a dog or a pig?
They say ten years is an epoch.
It's been twenty years.
You were wandering around like a beggar
and I took you in and raised you because you were part of the royal family.
And now you're a libertine!
I won't put up with this anymore.
If you reject this marriage and leave again...
I'm going to kill myself in front of you!
Oh, my legs.
A small knife like that won't work because you're too big for it.
What? You little--
Now, if you'll excuse me...
How dare you!
Aunt.
You know better than anybody that you doing this won't change anything.
You acting this way won't change anything either!
I heard...
Lord Shin's daughter is married and had many children!
Why can't you accept it? You doing this won't change anything!
Say something!
It's either I kill myself or you get married!
You choose!
The biikjo stamp... Saimdang and Lee Gyeom were in love with each other.
The man who will become Gyeom's father-in-law...
He yelled that we should think about the safety of the king and defend the kingdom.
I will write him a poem.
It is a tragedy. My poor subjects...
Does that mean the poor people in rags from that year?
Here you go.
How dare you!
That's my painting!
We have to run!
Saimdang, wake up!
Can't you see?
There was a survivor.
Find him and kill him.
I heard a lot of people died there.
Yeah, I heard it was because of a poem.
Kill everyone who received the poem, and retrieve it.
His majesty sent the poem secretly. How did it get out?
If you push ahead with this marriage, both
your daughter and Lee Gyeom will be in danger.
I will marry somebody else.
Marry? Who is getting married?
Saimdang! Saimdang!
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