¹In November 1907, Sangjenim conferred upon Gyeong-seok the Dosu of Confining Oneself and thus prohibited him from leaving his house, causing his family’s means to decline into unspeakable poverty.²By July 1911, Gyeong-seok was unable to acquire any provisions, and so his family starved for ten days, suffering a bloating of their bodies and jaundiced skin, so sapped of strength that they could not even stand.

³At this time, Gim Gyeong-hak visited Gyeong-seok while on a journey and was appalled by what he witnessed. He returned home immediately and sent two seom of rice to Gyeong-seok, who was then able to overcome his plight.

⁴One day in August, Bak Gi-cheol, a wealthy man of Jeongeup County, visited Gyeong-seok and said, “Do not be so inattentive to your livelihood.” He encouraged Gyeong-seok to begin a grain-selling business and expressed his desire to finance this enterprise.⁵Consequently, Gyeong-seok borrowed six hundred won from Bak Gi-cheol and prepared to launch his grain-selling business.

⁶In mid-September, Subunim returned to Gyeong-seok’s house in Daeheung-ri Village after Her stay at Gyeong-su’s house and commanded Gyeong-seok to prepare for a chiseong commemorating Sangjenim’s incarnation.⁷Gyeong-seok hence used some of the money intended for his business to purchase implements and food for the offering, then he prepared for the chiseong.

⁸In the early morning of September 19, Subunim offered the chiseong, inaugurating the annual observances of Sangjenim’s Incarnation Chiseong.