6 육훈 (경주 최 부자와 시민의 의무) 6 Teaching Principles ( Choi family who had been famous for being rich and generous for generations and had lived in Kyung Joo city & the role of citizens)

1. 만 석이 넘으면 사회에 환원하라.

1. When you have more than ten thousand seok of rice, share it with community.

seok = 144 kilograms , seok is almost no longer used in Korea.

2. 사방 100리 안에 꿂어 죽는 사람이 없게 하라.  (굶어 죽는 is right)

Make sure that there are no men died from hunger within a 100-Li radius of your house.

(because you feed the hunger)

li = 0.392727km , li is almost no longer used in Korea.

3.시집은 며느리는 3년 동안 무명옷을 입도록 하라.
Daughters-in-law who just joined Choi family should wear cotton-clothes for 3 years.

Unlike Silk, Cotton is the most common material for making clotes then for poor people.

It is a bit difficult to guess the meaning of three sentence. Pls explain it into English.


Thank you so much!