-(으)ㄴ즉 / N인즉
upon (doing), it turned out; as for
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Penjelasan
With verbs: upon doing (seeing, hearing, asking) something, one finds or has grounds for the second clause (들은즉, 알아본즉). With nouns: N인즉 = 'as for N' (말인즉 옳다). Archaic, formal.
Contoh
사정을 들은즉 그럴 만한 이유가 있었다.
On hearing the circumstances, there was good reason for it.
말인즉 옳지만 실천하기는 어렵다.
What he says is right, but hard to put into practice.
알아본즉 그 회사는 이미 문을 닫았다고 한다.
On inquiry, it turned out the company had already closed.
Catatan TOPIK
TOPIK II Reading 42–43 (literature) and 44–45.