- Sahng-jeh-nim Becomes Su-bu-nim,
Su-bu-nim Becomes Sahng-jeh-nim
- 1 One day in 1908, Sahng-jeh-nim had about ten disciples stand in the yard. Then, He sat with Su-bu-nim on the floor of a room that opened to the yard and had Gyung-suk hold a hammer.
- 2 Sahng-jeh-nim told Gyung-suk to strike Him and Su-bu-nim with the hammer as one would strike a bridegroom at a wedding reception.
- 3 After Gyung-suk did this, Su-bu-nim ran into another room, saying, “If I am to die, I will die only once, not twice.”
- 4 Sahng-jeh-nim praised Her highly for this. He then told Ahn Nae-sung to strike Gyung-suk with the hammer and ask him what he would do.
- 5 Gyung-suk replied, “I will revolt.”
- 6 After Su-bu-nim came back out, Sahng-jeh-nim said to Her, “You are twenty-nine years old, and I am thirty-eight.
- 7 Subtract nine years from My age, and I become You; add nine years to Your age, and You become Me.
- 8 This is the work through which I become You, and You become Me.”
- (JSD Dojeon 6,28)
