Another song - Bekkyoku

Japanese: 別曲 - べっきょく

Korean folk song. It was originally a name added to the end of the name of a song in the early Goryeo and Yi dynasties, as opposed to Seongak and Gagaku, but it has since become the name of a genre. "Kyoku" means "song" (nore). "Byeolgyoku" refers to Korean folk music or local music, different from Chinese music fu (gafu) and gakujo, and means a song created separately. The representative work of yeolgyoku is "Hallymbyeokgok," which was created during the reign of Emperor Gojong (1214-59) of Goryeo and had a great influence on the world of poetry. It was written by Confucian scholars at the Hanlimyuan (the government office in charge of writing poems) under the military government of the time, and is divided into eight verses that describe aspects of life at the Hanlimyuan, expressing their hedonistic yet elegant feelings about life.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

朝鮮の歌謡。はじめは正楽や雅楽に対して，高麗･李朝初期の歌謡名の末尾に付された曲の呼称であったが，転じてジャンル名となる。〈曲〉とは〈歌〉(ノレ)の意。〈別曲〉は中国の楽府（がふ）や楽章などとは違う，朝鮮固有の俗楽または郷楽をさし，別途に作られた歌という意味を表す。別曲の代表作は《翰林別曲》で，高麗の高宗朝(1214‐59)に作られ歌壇に大きな影響を与えた。当時の武人政権のもとで翰林院(詞命をつかさどる官庁)にいた儒臣たちが合作したもので，翰林院における生活断面を八節に分けて歌っており，彼らの享楽的であると同時に風雅な生活感情を表現している。

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