- Not Many Aspire to Remake the World
- 1 After they arrived at the police station, a policeman asked the disciples, “Do you own any weapons?”
- 2 They answered that they did not. The police locked the disciples in a cell, except for Gohng-shin, who they seated on the doorsill of the interrogation room so that he could see what was happening.
- 3 The police untied Sahng-jeh-nim’s topknot, hung Him from a crossbeam by His hair, and stripped Him. About ten policemen circled Sahng-jeh-nim and mercilessly beat Him with bamboo swords.
- 4 “Are You their leader?” one of them demanded. “How many officials did You kill? How many Japanese did You kill?”
- 5 Sahng-jeh-nim asked, “Are you asking this, assuming we are members of the armed resistance?”
“Yes, I am,” the policeman answered.
- 6 Sahng-jeh-nim said, “To form an armed resistance group, we would gather deep in the mountains. Why would we form such a group in a busy place where people come and go every day, with nothing but a field separating us from the center of Tae-in, just five lee away?”
- 10 “In that case, for what purpose were you all gathered there?”
- 11 “We gathered to remake heaven and earth, which are in great turmoil and on the verge of destruction. We intend to open a new world.
- 12 We will save people and spirits everywhere from their agony and allow them to have comfort.”
- 13 The Japanese interpreter, Moon Hyung-no, was appalled. “How dare You speak so audaciously!”
- 14 Sahng-jeh-nim said, “There are not many people who aspire to remake the world, because most people lack the necessary wisdom and capacity to even plan such a work.
- 15 If you had this capacity and compassion, could you just sit, watch, and do nothing?”
- Shaking the Whole World
- 16 The police continued to interrogate Him. “Who are You to say such a thing?”
“I am Emperor Gahng!” Sahng-jeh-nim loudly answered.
- 17 “How can You be Emperor Gahng?”
“Because you call Me Emperor Gahng, I am Emperor Gahng. I shake the whole world.”
- 18 Hearing this, Hyung-yul and Ja-hyun almost fainted. They said that they would all surely die.
- (JSD Dojeon 5,155)