수부님께서 경수의 집에 머무르실 때 마침 시아버지께서 오시거늘 며칠을 더 계시다가 태종을 데리고 대흥리로 돌아오시니라.

¹Subunim grieved in solitude for many days, deep in countless thoughts.

During this time, Subunim’s daughter, Tae-jong, contracted smallpox.²During her sickness, Tae-jong one day began persistently begging Subunim to take her to Gaengmang-ri Village, until Subunim finally gave in and set out for the village with Tae-jong.

³On their way, they reached a crossroads, and Tae-jong insisted that they take a side road. Traveling that road, they arrived in Unsan-ri Village. ⁴Tae-jong suddenly pointed to one house and demanded fretfully, “Let’s enter this home.” As they passed through the gate, Subunim recognized that it was Shin Gyeong-su’s house.

⁵By chance, Gyeong-su was in the yard, and when he saw Subunim enter the yard, he greeted Her respectfully.

⁶Subunim asked, “Is this house indeed yours?”

“Yes, it is,” he answered.

Gyeong-su began leading them to the inner room, but Tae-jong insisted, “Let’s go into the other room, instead.”⁷Subunim gave in to her daughter’s insistence, and they entered the house’s second room.⁸As She sat down and gazed about the room, Subunim discovered that Sangjenim had pasted the words dao mastery (道術) on the room’s four walls while conducting a work of renewal.⁹After Tae-jong entered the room, she began playing cheerfully. Subunim and Tae-jong stayed for several days, and Tae-jong recovered naturally from smallpox.