247_FFP-Black-shelled Jade Sculptures Cult of Mago

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Epilogue

The Heavens Orders ()

My mother says that she had a precognitive baby dream of a boy wearing a band

around his head with the words, , when she waspregnant with me.

Since the first grade in Elementary School, I had dreams of becoming an artist, and I

still am an artist. An artist is someone who searches for his own identity more diligently

than anyone else. And as an artist, it is impossible not to research about his own race,

and further, about the root of humanity, as he studies along the root of his own. I have


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received the order to return to life, and a surgery was performed on the silver ropeconnecting my spirit and body. At the hospital, all my cells were rapidly falling to the

state of necrosis, but suddenly started returning to life. For 6 days, I travelled through

the afterlife, but awoke on February 10. My spine was broken, but after a great surgery

of inserting three metal pins in my spine at Kyunghee University Hospital, I now live like

a normal person.

The reason I was brought back to life was because of the order of the heavens to writethe book , which is to uncover

the contents of . Through this book, I revealed the story of Mago and

his descendant, Qiu, and of the black shell statues.


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The immortal, Wang Fangping () came down to the house of Cai Jing ()

during the reign of Huan of Han. As the time of his arrival came near, the sounds of the

gold gong, the six-holed bamboo flute, the pipe, and men and horses were heard. The

people of the house of Cai Jing stood as audience for Wang Fangping. Wang Fangping

wore the wonyugwan on his head, a red cloak, a large belt with jewelry decorating the

head of a tiger, and five colors strings. He also wore a sword and was a man of

standard height with sparse yellow beard. He rode an ox cart pulled by five dragons.

Each dragon had different colors. From those holding the flags and to those servants

displayed dignity. The band playing the instruments all rode giraffes (kirins) and gathered

together on the yard came down from the sky. The personal servants of Wang Fangping

all were heights of 242~303 cm.

As soon as they arrived, these personal servants hid their appearances and were

nowhere to be found. Only Wang Fangping visited the parents and siblings of Cai Jing.

Wang Fangping sat alone for a while and sent an emissary to visit Mago (). At the

house of Cai Jing, none knows who Mago is. The emissary was told to deliver her this


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up, and several loose strands hung down to her waist. Her clothes were well shapedalthough it was not tinsel woven; it shimmered, dazzling the eyes, and was indescribable

with the words of this world.

She approached and bowed to Wang, who bade her rise. When the seats were

arranged, Mago brought out the food. With only gold plates and jade cups, the food

consisted mainly of fruit types, which smelled within and outside. Dry meat was torn and

served, which was kirin meat grilled on charcoal.

Mago declared: "Since I entered your service, I have seen the Eastern Sea turn tomulberry fields three times. Since your last visit to Mount Penglai, the sea level became

only the half of it. I wonder whether it will turn to dry land soon."

Wang answered with a sigh, "Oh, all the sages say that the blowing dust will rise from


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When the liquor ran out, Fangping said to the people on his left and right, No need to

go afar to get some more liquor. Go and buy it from the old woman of

Cheonmunyeohang. Soon, liquor full of bag polished with royal-foxglove oil was brought

forth. It had near the amount of 90 liters. The message, although the liquor of earth is

delicious to the mouthwas delivered from the old woman of Yuhang.

Magos fingernails resembled bird claws. When Cai Jing looked them, he thought to

himself, when my back itches, wouldn't it feel so good if I could get her nail to scratch

my back?" Now, Wang Fangping knew what Cai Jing was saying in his heart, so he

ordered him bound and whipped, chiding, "Mago is a divine being. How dare you think

that her nails could scratch your back!" The whip lashing Cai Jing's back was the onlything visible; no one was seen wielding it. Wang added to Cai Jing, "My whippings can

never be earned."

That day, Wang Fangping granted Jianwu (), the neighbor of Cai Jing, a talisman of


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Commentary:

1. The immortal, Wang Fangping () came down to the house of Cai Jing ()

during the reign of Huan of Han.

:In the , the name of Wang Fangping () is recorded as Wang Yuan

(). The date is recorded as July 7th.


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The letter, Kyung () means the weft, which goes over the loom when weaving. Mago

(Jiknyo) passes through the weft, Kyung, to move warp threads and weave the lives of

humans and the space just as a net.

2. Mago declared: "Since I entered your service, I have seen the Eastern Sea turn to

mulberry fields three times. Since your last visit to Mount Penglai, the sea level became

only the half of it. I wonder whether it will turn to dry land soon."

: This becomes the etymology of the saying, Sang-jeon-byuk-hae (convulsions of

nature). The Eastern Sea, referred to here, is the view from China, thus is the Yellow

Sea today. Because Emperor Huan is a person from year 132~167, the fact that the

Eastern Sea has become half as shallow in 500 years since the last they had met at

Mount Penglai, states that the area has become land around 1400. Then in 2400, after


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to write a book that conveys the truth, which is a precious treasure.

4. Fangping referred to the house people of Cai Jing and said, I wish to serve them

some liquor. This liquor has come from the kitchen of the heavens palace, so its taste

is rich, thus is not appropriate for the common people to drink. If they do, their intestines

might melt. Water will be mixed to this drink, so do not think of it as strange. He then

mixed 18 liters of water to one doe (1.8 liters) of the liquor, shook the mixture, and gave

a doe to each house person of Cai Jing.

: Liquor refers to art or academia. In other words, an artistic or intelligent being will be

born among the descendants of Cai Jing. Mixing water into liquor is called hisuk,

dilution. This refers to the figure, Chai Hisuk as the exceptional figure among Cai Jing

s descendants.


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There is reference to the royal foxglove tree, where this tree is hollow, as well as the

sack. This signifies that the mentioned person has a wide heart as the ocean and

accommodates all arts. 5 mal is omal (/one oclock after noon), which refers the

time period right before the universe enters the season of Fall.

6. Magos fingernails resembled bird claws. When Cai Jing looked them, he thought to

himself,when my back itches, wouldn't it feel so good if I could get her nail to scratch

my back?"

: This is the original text of the idiom of the saying, Mago Payang (). The

scratching of the back by Mago refers to the resolution of all difficulties.


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: The cicada was the insect of the skies, signifying immortal gods. Cai Jing wished topass on this gift of the immortal gods to his descendants.

Cai Jing of the Han Country was reborn in the Northern Song era, who had the

same pronunciation but different characters as Cai Jing, Ja (nickname of after

married) was Yuanchang ().

He was one of the four disloyal subjects in Shui Hu Zhuan and historically one of the

six enemies of Northern Song. His talent as an author was exceptional, thereby he

greatly contributed to the rise and fall of Northern Song culture. He had manydescendants; however, each of his descendants was lazy. It is said that Cai Yu, the son

of Cai Jing had climbed up a tree naked at the court and cried like a cicada and acted

as to obtain the Tao of casting off.


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Youngman, the President of Yeseowon publishing house, and to Choi Samju, the Headof Editorial Department, who stood solidly behind me in publishing this book. I would like

to extend my heartfelt thanks to Kim Eunha for striving to translate this book. Above all,

Kim Yunhui, my wife, who had ungrudgingly supported me both materially and spiritually

right from the moment this book was being conceived and finally produced

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(" : Thousand Character Classic")

( Zhou Yi)

Texts & Images: ChaeHeeseok

Publisher: Choi Youngman

Photography: Choi Samju

Edit: Kim Jinyoung, Yi Soeu,

English translation: Kim Eunha

The black-shelled jade sculpture images brought to this book are from Mr. Kim and four


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