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This is Ahnkyun's real work from 500 years ago.
You can write the thesis on Keumkangsando.
Thank you so much.
My son's business is going well, and Eun-soo got first place in the contest.
I'd want nothing more if I had a professor for a daughter-in-law.
How could they investigate us like this?
Sir!
Something is up with the stocks. They're plummeting!
Go somewhere with Eun-soo and my mother.
I'll call you later.
Who cares about the conference in Italy and becoming a professor right now?
You have to get a hold of yourself. Go and do an amazing job.
I'm going to join as a full-time faculty this time no matter what.
You know that everyone in the industry is focused on Keumkangsando, right?
Both parties have to win in this situation.
You could become the head of the ministry of culture.
If you look at the Keumkangsando,
the overall tone is similar to his but Ahnkyun's unique pointillism is absent.
Let me ask Ms. Seo Ji-yoon.
Are you certain that it's Ahnkyun's real work?
But, it just doesn't seem right.
The way the artist used his brush and the tone of the drawings feel enclosed.
I'm uncertain about the silk as well.
Maple tree...
It doesn't match Ahnkyun's period.
I'm...
not sure.
See?
She disagrees!
That rude little wench.
Dr. Min, you need to take responsibility for it.
I know you.
I saw you on Youtube.
I'm not sure.
Hey! You call yourself TAs? You couldn't even take care of that?!
Change your major before I lose my cool.
Don't show yourself in front of me again.
I'll stomp you to the ground so you so that you can't set foot in here anymore.
You were fired from the research position and instructor position!
How could you do this to me...
- You! - The crazy Korean woman....
I'm sorry.
Keumkangsando.
This looks a couple hundred years old.
I found it at an old house in Bologna.
If this book is about Ahnkyun's Keumkangsando,
we might be able to find clues about its whereabouts.
It basically starts off with Ahnkyun's Keumkangsando.
My name is Gyeom. Lee Gyeom.
What's your name?
I'm Saimdang.
Saimdang?
A 4,9 earthquake struck the coast of Baengnyeongdo.
Where am I?
Are you seeing things? Is it because you've been sick the past few days?
Welcome!
Ahnkyun's Keumkangsando?
Hey, we need an expert researcher on this.
Read it.
The day I went to Bukpyung Village to prepare for the move.
He never came to Bukpyung Village for the past 20 years.
What are the odds that he would run into you the day you arrived?
I heard Lord Shin's daughter is married and had many children!
(Episode 3)
Be careful.
Okay.
I look at this mountain everyday,
but it looks different everyday.
Depending on my mood or the weather...
or who I come here with.
I can only imagine what the famous places that are known to be
as fine as silk and as beautiful as jewels would look like.
It would've been nice if I were the wind.
The wind?
I can move through those places and go wherever I want.
From north to south and from east to west. Wherever I want.
Saimdang.
So you don't mind leaving me whenever you want, huh?
What?
What kind of weird logic is that?
The wind?!
I was meeting a very dangerous woman!
Lee Gyeom.
This won't do...
Let's go.
What?
Let's go together after we get married.
You can't go there alone or with anyone else!
You must go there only with me.
You can sketch Seoraksan covered in snow.
And you can sketch the camellias in Namdo.
You can also sketch the falling stars in the forest.
Let's do that together.
Why aren't you saying anything?
Keumkangsan.
I'll go to Keumkangsan no matter what.
I want to climb the mountain and see the beauty for myself before I die.
Why should you have to wait until the moment before you die for Keumkangsan?
All right!
Let's go there first.
We'll take this opportunity to tour around all of the 8 Great Views.
You promise?
Of course.
I promise.
We'll go to Keumkangsan together.
All right.
Yeah, Keumkangsan.
Keumkangsan is that way.
It's over there!
We're coming for you!
Is Lee Gyeom in this story...
the same Lee Gyeom of Mokyeondo?
Lee Gyeom and Shin Saimdang lived during the same time period.
It's very possible.
So this is saying that they're each other's first loves?
This looks like a real journal from four to five hundred years ago.
Decode the next page too.
Okay.
After the king refused to write a marriage letter for him,
Lee Gyeom ended up writing the letter himself and visited Saimdang's father.
(Shim Myung-hwa, Saimdang's father)
I didn't know the groom would write the marriage letter himself.
As you already know,
I don't have a father or a grandfather who can write the marriage letter for me.
So I put in a request to His Majesty,
but he said he doesn't write marriage letters for personal affairs
and refused to do so.
So I had no choice but to write it myself.
I know you haven't given me your permission yet,
but I wanted to share these precious tangerines that His Majesty gave me.
Just think of it as a small token of my gratitude and please accept it.
When it comes to marriage, the most important thing is the person's heart,
but there are orders and rules when it comes to marriage proposals.
Please go back home and wait for our answer.
Then I'll return home and wait for your answer.
What did they say?
They told me to wait.
Hurry up and go.
Why?
They must be shocked from receiving the marriage letter.
You have to be careful about even the smallest actions at a time like this.
All right.
Go ahead.
Make way!
Get out of the way!
Are you okay?
Are you okay too?
I can't believe those guys.
(Seok Soon, later named Hwieumdang)
It's so nice to get away from the bureaucrats, who suffocate me, to go see Gyeom.
- You said he's in Bukpyung Village? - Yes, Your Majesty.
- What about the carriage? - It's all taken care of.
Let's go see who has won over Gyeom's heart.
(Gangneung Ojukheon)
It's this house.
I heard most of the people who are traveling to Keumkangsan pass through this house.
Put in a request.
Tell them I'm a traveler passing through town and want to stay here for a night.
Anyone there?
What's wrong?
(King Jungjong, Lee Gyeom's cousin)
I know I've seen that face somewhere.
Let's go inside.
Please unpack your things here, and the food will be served soon.
Thank you.
Isn't that the painting I sent?
Ahnkyun's Keumkangsando.
I believe so.
That's a precious painting...
Gyeom is blinded by love and is giving everything for the lady.
Come on.
What's wrong? That was a nice drawing.
Who are you?
I'm a guest who's saying at this house.
Isn't that Ahnkyun's Keumkangsando?
It is...
Your copy is excellent.
Why are you throwing it away in the middle of drawing?
I was just copying the Keumkangsan that I haven't even seen before.
There's no soul in my drawing.
It's a fake.
Even with the same tree leaf,
it's light green in the spring,
dark green in the summer,
and the autumn colors are all different.
They have different colors depending on the sunlight and the wind.
I want to see all of that with my own eyes and draw it with my own feel.
What can you do?
It's not like a lady can climb Keumkangsan by herself.
Why are there so many things a lady can't do?
But that's the law of this country.
If you don't like it that much, why don't you submit a letter to the kind?
If that was possible, I would've submitted it a hundred times.
How come a lady can't even submit a letter to the king?
You're not only good at drawing,
but also good with your words.
I hope your wishes come true one day.
What did she say?
I heard her...
saying...
something about her wishes.
(Lee Won-su)
Gyeom has such a unique personality so I wondered who he'd marry.
He found the perfect match.
They have a similar taste in art and music.
It's a match made in heaven.
I think he found his perfect match.
You think so too?
Yes.
Please let us know if you need anything.
Thank you.
Excuse me!
My dinner is missing the vegetables.
He said his dinner is missing vegetables.
Right.
Go and get another dish of vegetables.
Yes, ma'am.
Oh, hold on.
The second daughter is still working hard on her drawings, right?
Mind your own business.
What's wrong with them?
He's a student who has been staying here for over a month.
He set out to the mountain to study for the state exam.
But I guess he just decided to stay.
I can't blame him after tasting the food here.
I think he might be doing that because of Saimdang's beauty.
So Gyeom has a competition.
Your Majesty.
You're not here because you missed me, right?
I just stopped by while I'm out on break.
Am I not allowed to be here?
Of course you are.
So is the wedding preparation going well?
Yes.
But Gyeom...
I think there's another man besides you who likes that lady.
What?
You didn't even know that?
Win some points with this.
What is this?
I heard she's talented at poetry and art.
Don't you think it will be helpful?
Gyeom.
After you get married,
you must stay at Hanyang.
Got it?
I don't have a friend whom I can talk openly with.
Oh, anyway.
Your future father-in-law looked like a man with noble character,
seeing how he lets just a traveler stay over at his house.
What's his name?
His name is Shin Myung-hwa.
Shin Myung-hwa...
Shin Myung-hwa--
Sir,
how could His Majesty do this?
The reason we set out for reform
was to take away the power from the bureaucrats
and allow His Majesty to govern for the people.
How could he not know our intentions?
I think His Majesty has made up his mind.
A bloody battle is coming for us soon.
We can't sit back and do nothing. We need to come up with a plan--
You guys are going too far.
Then are you saying that you're willing to commit a crime against the king?
Not a crime.
We're just saying that we need to come up with a plan
since the scholars are in danger.
I can't join you guys for this kind of discussion anymore.
It was a meeting where Jo Gwang-jo and the new nobility talked of committing treason.
Even in that atmosphere,
he didn't get shaken and defended me.
He said the country's ruler shouldn't be shaken.
It would've been great to have someone like him by my side.
Yeah.
Since I'm here,
I'm going to write a poem.
A country noble man who plays by the book...
Men like him are easy to impress.
There is not much to capturing the hearts of the people.
It's all about winning people like him over.
Prepare a brush and ink.
Yes, Your Majesty.
(Reading Chinese)
My Lord.
The noble man from a few days ago left this letter as a thank you note.
(Reading Chinese)
He seemed like an ordinary man while he was here, but
he spent so much on paper when he left.
I guess he knows that Goryeo paper is nice.
Who?
Did the moocher leave?
No...
I'm talking about the noble men who were here a few days ago.
Then when is that man going to leave?
Exactly.
(Reading Chinese)
Gi-myo-chuk-gaek...
(Reading Chinese)
Lee Yeok... (King Jungjong's name)
It's tragic what my people are going through.
Even the heavens have forgotten about them.
It breaks my heart to think about those who were expelled in the Gi-myo year.
There are no people in this kingdom, and no one knows how I feel.
Who shall I speak to about my agony?
Your Majesty...
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
Your mercy is boundless!
I should have realized how Your Majesty felt...
Your mercy is boundless!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
How many stomped out the room that night?
Other than Shin Myung-hwa, there were three more.
I'll visit them too, since I already wrote him the poem.
(Reading Chinese)
When did you come in?
Who wrote this poem?
It's nothing.
Gi-myo-chuk-gaek...
Does that mean the poor people from the Gi-myo year?
Anyway, what did you need?
Could I borrow your graver?
Mine is too dull to make curves.
Alright.
Can I open my eyes now?
Yes.
Are you hurt? What happened?
It's only a scrape.
Do you like your present?
No, I don't.
You don't?
Of course I don't. It's what hurt my beloved one's hand like this!
And... how come it's a bird with only one wing?
It's biikjo.
It's a mythological bird that is born only with one eye and one wing.
Your name Gyeom means a mountain, but
it sounds the same as the name of biikjo.
I want you to engrave the rest of the biikjo.
On our wedding day.
So that the two can become one and soar.
Alright. I promise.
Here.
What is this?
It's a precious ink stick from His Majesty.
I couldn't wait to give that to you.
Is this the famous ink stick from the royal family of Ming?
Yes, it is.
You can't find it in Joseon even if you tried.
And...
To top it off...
- You see this-- - Look at this!
What a beautiful color!
It's soft black, but it's also bluish!
I wonder what color it would be if I drew in this ink!
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I'm getting excited already just imagining it!
I want to try it tomorrow, no, right now!
- Should I go get my drawing tools? - No, no...
Take a look at this.
These flowers are not just any flowers.
I drew them myself all night on this ribbon, thinking about you.
This is one of a kind!
Anyway, I've never seen an ink stick like this!
I really wanted to use it.
You gave me this precious thing...
What about we write a poem about how we feel
on the Keumkangsando by Ahnkyun, which first brought us together?
I ask the river and the sea
How could my beloved and I feel the same way like this?
Then we will use this biikjo stamp as the token of our love.
The biikjo stamp...
Saimdang and Lee Gyeom were in love with each other.
And Saimdang gave Lee Gyeom the biikjo stamp.
What is this?
So on the real Keumkangsando, there's a poem written by Saimdang and Lee Gyeom,
and it's also stamped with a biikjo?
Saimdang...
Lee Gyeom...
An old novel?
Was there a novel like this?
Keumkangsando...
Look.
Gallery Seon and Min Jung-hak are trying to make
the fake Keumkangsando a national treasure!
The biikjo stamp...
Hey, where are you going?
If Lee Gyeom painted this...
there has to be the biikjo stamped on here.
A... a stamp?
The biikjo stamp...
I knew it. This isn't it.
Of course not.
We want our jobs back!
Take back the lecturers who were unfairly dismissed!
Layoff is murder!
We want our jobs back!
Layoff is murder!
Seo Ji-yoon is running around with an old book asking people to interpret it for her?
That kid Han Sang-hyun is gone...
Where's Han Sang-hyun?
He hardly shows up these days.
I think he got sick of it and gave up.
What are you talking about?!
- I'm sorry. - I'm sorry.
Find out what Seo Ji-yoon and Han Sang-hyun are up to.
I'm sorry?
Monitor them 24/7,
You mean, like a stake out like the detectives?
But what about the research--
You think everything will stop just because you two aren't here?
No, sir.
Go play detectives or whatever. Get out.
Get out!
Seo Ji-yoon
- You sure? - I think so.
This is Okin-dong. Right?
The address changed.
Changed? How come they gave me the old address? Damn it...
They should've given me the new address.
I think--
Let's go inside.
Alright.
Why is it so hard to find? This neighborhood...
Hi, you have a package!
I'm not expecting a package.
Ms. Seo Ji-yoon? 240 Okin Street, right?
I'm not expecting--
Oh, man! Hey, let go.
Where's Jung Min-seok?
- He's not home, get out! - Shut up!
Where's Jung Min-seok?
Who do you think you are? How dare you!
My daughter-in-law is a college professor, and when my son comes back--
So what!
Where's your precious son?
He has a debt to pay--
Who are you people?!
Who the hell are you?
Who are you? Huh?
Her boyfriend!
Boyfriend?
I mean, a relative!
- What are you saying? - We're family. I'm her relative.
She's my cousin. Right?
- What are you-- - No, wait, wait!
You violated Article 10 of the Financial Protection Act.
What's he saying?
Under this law, debt collectors are not permitted to:
use violence or threats,
visit them without a justifiable reason...
Oh! And even compulsory execution permitted by the court cannot be done after sunset!
Oh, look. The sun's going down right now.
I don't know if an educated man like you see the sun going down, but
me, an uneducated idiot, I see the sun still high up. You son of a--
Hello?
Is this the private loan customer support center?
I'm reporting a violence of the debt collection law.
Yes, that's correct.
Five minutes?
Do you want to quietly leave, or should we go to the police station together?
Hey.
If we don't get our money back in a week,
I don't know what I'll do, got that?
Let's go.
Eun-soo...
Article 10 of the Protection Act or whatever...
Do you know what it is? Have you heard of it?
I've heard of it, but...
They're still there.
Ji-yoon, shouldn't we call the police?
They won't stay all night. They'll leave.
What on earth is happening?
Mom, when's dad coming home?
He has some things he needs to take care of.
He'll be back soon. Don't worry.
Hey, Eun-soo! I didn't know you had this! I have it too, the Avengers!
Cool!
- Do you want to play together? - Yeah!
Excuse me, but do you know my daughter-in-law?
Why don't you tell me?
Mother, actually--
We went to the same grad school!
We're working on a joint research project.
A joint research project?
Why didn't you tell me?
Is that why you moved to the same place?
- No. - No!
I was surprised, too!
I was more surprised!
She really doesn't like me.
We didn't want to do this project together, but we had no choice. Right?
Mother, let me introduce myself properly.
Don't overdo it.
My name is Han Sang-hyun.
I think I should stay with you until those guys leave.
Are you the guardian of Mr. Lim?
Yes.
The police took the rest of his things for investigation.
Min-seok. I can't write too long because I don't have much time.
Seonjin Group was out to get us and we took the bait.
Seonjin Group started all this.
They're using Gallery Seon for their secret funds.
And I really don't know why there was Russian black money in the investment I got.
I know I'm being a coward, but I can't do this anymore.
One of the security guards at the Gallery is my friend from ROTC.
You'll know him when you see him.
I told him about you, so call him.
This is all I can do. I'm sorry.
(Reading Chinese)
On one sunny day,
the windows of Kwaneum temple in Unpyeongsa
were more beautiful than any flowers.
Ji-yoon,
why don't you read the next part?
You read it.
I translated everything.
At every season, at every time of the year,
the color of the window changed,
and I dearly longed to be able to paint them just the way they looked.
(Kwaneum Temple)
(Water-moon Avalokiteshvara)
Excuse me.
Can I please see the painting?
What are you talking about?
The painting you just hid.
The holy and graceful lady in the water drop.
I am afraid you are mistaken.
No sir.
I saw it clearly with my own eyes.
She was more beautiful than anyone. But she looked very sad.
Isn't she Avalokiteśvara who appears before the ones in need and helps them?
- Please let me see. - You are mistaken.
We have no such painting.
Sir!
Water-moon Avalokiteshvara.
Water-moon Avalokiteshvara?
Where is--
Oh here it is.
Look at this.
(Water-moon Avalokiteshvara)
We have to go to Japan if you want to see this.
Most of existing Buddhist paintings from Goryeo are in Japan.
She saw this painting at a temple on the mountains in her village?
Are you guys almost done?
Yes, Mother.
I followed about the monks of Unpyeongsa,
Sir.
Sir!
Is this the famous Goryeo paper?
Sir.
Sir...
What happened to--
Please go home, my lady.
It's about time those thugs come back.
You don't want to be here to witness what they do.
Don't look. Don't listen. Just go home.
Let's go.
(Yoon Kyung-Bo - Prime Minister)
You need your people to run this government,
and there is nothing better than money to attract people. (Min Chi-hyung -Pyeongchang Mayor)
You know the ways of this world.
I appreciate your gesture.
I am looking to open paper market in Yuguijeon.
I believe I will be able to pay you visit more often once I settle down here.
I will put in good words for you.
Thank you, sir.
Father!
- I didn't know you had a guest. - Yes.
Father, I want to go to Keumkangsan for vacation.
What is this? Can I have some too?
Father, what's the matter?
Is anybody there! Come here this instant!
- Sir, let's go. - Fine!
Father.
I want to go to Keumkangsan, okay?
Due to venomous slanders of Jo Kwang-Jo and his clique,
I was once exiled and my house was in deep ruin.
He lost his mother in those years.
Something has gone wrong in his mind.
He beats up people for no reason.
He would dig up strangers' grave, saying that those graves belong to traitors.
How about I escort him on his vacation?
Getting some fresh air
might help his recovery.
Thank you.
He does act like a normal person from time to time.
I will do my best to take care of him.
(Unpyeongsa)
Nothing beats drinking at a temple.
Try this tofu dish. The monks make the best tofu.
Hey! You monk!
- How much longer? - It's almost ready.
Let's get this party started.
I am going to hit the floor.
Some are dying of hunger over there..
But these people....
Drinking this refreshing tea
while listening to the signing of birds
makes me forget the worries of the world.
Namo Amitabha Buddha.
Since the founding of Joseon,
Buddhists have been suffering from persecution.
I am saddened by it.
As I looked around the temple, I couldn't help but notice that the paints are faded,
and the gold coat on the Buddha statues has been scraped.
This is too much to be thought as donation.
I am a county major.
I am also running the biggest paper store in Kwangwon.
I came here with the knowledge that
Goryeo paper made in this temple is the best out there.
I'll give your temple all the support it needs.
(Abbot of Unpyeongsa)
What do you say?
Joseon court is having difficulties with meeting the high demand for Goryeo paper.
How about we work together to do great things?
I am afraid that is not possible.
We don't make Goryeo paper for business.
They are for the Buddhist scriptures.
The paper is made to serve Buddha not to make profit.
Please understand.
Buy off the artisans who make Goryeo paper.
It is our understanding that only the abbot knows how to make the paper.
That monk would rather die than revealing the secret.
I am sure there is someone who found out the secret while working.
Yes sir.
(Reading Chinese letters)
Does this mean...
the poor suffering in the Gi-myo year?
Goodness.
You scared me.
This one?
You want this?
You don't want it?
How about this?
No.
You have to peel it first.
This is all I have.
I will bring some more next time.
Here.
I'll bring lots of food tomorrow.
What's the matter?
You are not ill, are you?
No, Father.
Actually...
Hm?
I went to Unpyeongsa in the afternoon.
I saw aristocrats and gisengs
drinking and eating meat at the temple.
And there were starving people living in hovels next to it.
It is so strange.
They can save those people
by giving them just a little bit of what they have.
Why do they leave them to perish?
Why do things like this happen, Father?
Do not ever go there again.
Father!
Women are not supposed to go to a temple.
Do not go near Unpyeongsa.
(Reading Chinese)
The most important thing in a marriage is affection and love.
However, a wedding ceremony must be done according to the procedure and the custom.
Please go back and wait for our answer.
Why are they still not giving me an answer?
Should I pay them a visit?
No.
They might not like that.
What's so fascinating?
I am going to go up there to distribute food.
What?
Please deliver this letter to Master Gyeom.
Right now?
Yes, right now.
I need to get bags of grains
before Mother wakes up.
I can't do it by myself.
Please ask him to meet me under the Holy Tree.
Okay...
Come on, mom...
Who do you think you are?
You want to study? That's funny.
I am good. That's why he said I can come to his class.
He said I can come everyday.
Do you think studying will feed you?
Where did you get such a ridiculous idea?
No.
I want to study.
I don't want to live like you.
What? You little wench!
I don't want to!
Come back, you little wench!
- Are you all right? - This will be a death of me.
I have to take this to Master Gyeom in Hunwonjang.
Hunwonjang?
Would you like me to deliver the letter for you?
Would you?
All right. That's a great idea.
You go ahead and give it to him.
Though I am waiting for
Spring to come to the beautiful palace,
Spring is ever so slow to come.
A pair of swallows fly in,
rustling the leaves of a willow.
Rain keeps on drizzling down,
and the only wind blows in the garden.
My eyes get old with worries,
but the one I am waiting for is yet to be seen.
Who is it?
Is it you Saimdang?
Saimdang?
Where is Saimdang?
I heard someone reciting a poem.
Was it you by any chance--
Forgive me, Master.
I forgot my place.
How do you know the poem?
DO you know how to read?
Yes, sir. A little.
Is that right?
Do you know whose poem is it?
It's Ouyang Xiu's poem, sir.
Wow.
A daughter of the tavern owner knows how to read?
Do you know how to write as well?
I've written on the ground only so my handwriting is messy.
Wow, you learned how to write without brushes and paper?
Hold on a sec.
Here. Take this.
This is too valuable.
Are you sure you can give it to me?
You study hard despite your difficult circumstances. That's commendable.
Please take it.
Thank you master. Thank you.
By the way, what are you doing here so late at night?
- Miss Dam-yi said-- - Dam-yi?
Did she give an answer to my proposal?
Did Saimdang give you a hint about it?
Saimdang - Light's Diary
I am on my way to Unpyeongsa.
That's my painting.
Saimdang! Wake up!
Kill all the men who received the poem and retrieve it.
I will marry someone else.
No! Saimdang!
It says the house is destroyed. That's where they hid Keumkangsando.
Tuscany.
It means that they found Shin Saimdang's memorandum in Italy.
That's huge! It's going to turn Korean art academia upside down.
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