¹As Cha Gyeong-seok served Taemonim at his house in obedience to Sangjenim’s command, he oversaw all the internal and external matters of the dojang and received all visiting followers.²Meanwhile, Taemonim established the core doctrine and guidelines concerning dao affairs for Gyeong-seok and other senior followers,³and She gave detailed instruction on the specifics of moral truth, benevolent conduct, and meditation precepts.⁴However, Gyeong-seok only feigned obedience and no longer accepted Taemonim’s teachings in his heart.⁵Moreover, as his immense ambition diverged from the aspirations of other disciples, Gyeong-seok eventually came to desire to seize control of the dao’s following and its influence.

⁶Sangjenim’s disciples saw through Gyeong-seok’s designs and became outraged, and some of them left the dojang to meet with followers in other areas and found separate dao orders.⁷Others campaigned to move the dojang to a different location, away from Gyeong-seok.