13

Budo and the Great Unity

¹Imgeom returned and chose the land to build Budo (the Emblem Capital City), ²which was the northeast of the magnetic direction.

³It was the region wherein two and six mutually connected to embrace the core.

⁴Also it was the land wherein four and eight symbiotically birthing to bear fruits.

⁵Bright mountains and majestic rivers stretched ten thousand li.

⁶Seas and lands were conjoined for travel, running into ten directions.

⁷That is, it was the region wherein nine and one were ceaselessly ending and beginning.

⁸The spiritual herb of the three-branched root, the auspicious fruit of five-tipped leaves, the precious jade of the seven-shaded color, ⁹were growing in the heart of Geumgang (the Unbreakable), ¹⁰and abound throughout all regions.

¹¹It was the tender and blessed land wherein the northerly magnetic essence of one, three, five, and seven accumulated to shape things.

¹²Soon, the Altar of the Heavenly Emblem was constructed at the Bright Land of Mt. Taebaek (Great Resplendence). ¹³And the Supportive Altars were built in four directions.

¹⁴Each of the Supportive Altars was connected through the three-branched channels. ¹⁵The channels were placed one thousand li apart.

¹⁶At the left and the right ends of each channel, custom offices were established. ¹⁷Such structures were taken from the Original Stronghold of Mago.

¹⁸In the vacant regions of the low land, city districts were planned.

¹⁹In the surroundings of the Three Seas, the submerged lakes were created.

²⁰Four river ports and four sea harbors were connected every ten thousand li ²¹and encircled the east and the west.

²²Between the ports and the harbors, six villages were constructed. ²³All tribes resided in them.

²⁴As Budo was finally completed, ²⁵it was salvific, splendid, bright, and illuminant, ²⁶enough to realize the Great Unity of the Four Seas.

²⁷It was the vital pulse of all tribes.

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