¹One night in July 1894, Jeung-san sat alone without lighting a lamp and immersed himself in deep meditation. ²He entered into a communion with heaven and earth’s Primordial Spirit, which abounds with the power of creation-transformation, and recited a passage from an old poem to foreshadow the fate of the Eastern Learning Army:

³月黑雁飛高하니 單于夜遁逃라
월흑안비고 선우야둔도
欲將輕騎逐할새 大雪滿弓刀라
욕장경기축 대설만궁도

A wild goose soars through the wan light of the moon
as the leader of the Huns escapes under the cover of night.

As the cavalry is led in pursuit,
the heavy snow buries all bows and swords.

⁴Revealing through this poem that the Eastern Learning Army would be defeated in the winter, Jeung-san urged all not to join.

⁵As Jeung-san had foretold, the Eastern Learning Army was crushed by government troops that winter. Those who heeded Jeung-san safely avoided doom, while those who did not listen to his words and instead marched with the Eastern Learning Army were all killed. ⁶Those who believed Jeung-san later called him a “divine being” and “one who knows everything without learning as though he were born with knowledge.”