我抱着顺其自然的态度，却偷偷想象与你共度余生
Na neun ja yeon seu reo un tae do reul gat go it jiman neo wa yeosaeng eul bo nae
나

는

자

연

스

러

운 태 도

를

갖 고 있 지만,

너

와 여생

을 보

내

neun geot Eul mollae sangsang handa

는

것

을

몰래

상상

한다

It was as though he suddenly came out of a dark tunnel and found himself beneath the open sky. In fact, he began to see the sky for what seemed to be the first time. It was borne on him that this sky had been there before he was born and would be there when he was dead. And it was up to him, therefore, to make of his brief opportunity the most that could be possibly made.

Over the course of my schooldays, I’d always been a massive fan of history, yet with a vague concept of why we need to read history and what should be learned from our past indeed. At the same time, apparently, the way I approached history was incomplete and deeply flawed. It was like I was invited to climb a mountain without a specific purpose and there were so many side roads to choose from, which threw me completely.

Now with the help of this big brilliantbook, I got to the top, with everything clear enough to see, all the roads, and even the connections between different towns. It was such an enlightening moment.

History has shaped our present-day culture and has given us a sense of identity, but that’s not the whole story. At the end of the day, the more I read and studied, the more I realised how ignorant and pig-headed I have been.