Preface / 4
Opening Remarks / 10

Chapter 1: Prodigies, Geniuses, and Passionate Patriotic Youth
The Young Prodigy of Dodonggol / 17
Studying Chinese Classics and Examining the Civil Service Exam / 21
Baejae Academy, Crossroads of Fate / 24
Awakening to Democracy / 26
Syngman Rhee's English Speech / 30
Hyupsunghoe Newsletter and Old Mokga / 31
The Scoop Reporter Who Kicked Off the Daily Newspaper Era / 34
Independence Association and Manmin Common Assembly Fighters / 38

Chapter 2: God Encountered in Hanseong Prison, That Living Hell
Tortured as a traitor / 47
Conversion in a Living Hell / 50
Formation of the 'Bokdang Comrades' (福堂同志) / 54
Prison Schools and Prison Libraries / 58
Christian Admission Written in Prison / 63
Preaching the Gospel While Mixing with Corpses / 68
"The Spirit of Independence," a vast and profoundly visionary work / 71
Poet Sings from Prison / 79
Hanseong Prison, Our Nation's Golgotha ​​/ 81

Chapter 3: Studying Abroad and Exile: Hard and Dangerous Times
Missionaries' Efforts and Syngman Rhee's Release / 91
Secret Envoy Activities of the Korean Empire / 93
Imperial Cruise, Diplomacy to Invade the Korean Empire / 98
George Washington and the Harvard Years / 104
Princeton, Our Nation's First Doctorate in International Law / 109
The YMCA and the 105 Incident / 114
A Textbook of Patriotism and Faith / 119
The first coeducational school in Hawaii / 128
Pacific Vision and Stories with Korean Residents / 131

Chapter 4: The Provisional Government President, Pro-American Diplomacy and Anti-Communist Policy
March 1st Movement and the Provisional Government Presidential Election / 137
Why the Diplomatic Path? / 139
The First and Greatest Anti-Communist: The Anti-Communist Independence Line / 146
Diplomacy Without End: Activities of the European and American Committees / 153
Bestseller in English: "Japan Inside Out" / 157
Provisional Government Approval Diplomacy / 165
The Cairo Declaration: A Dubious Promise of Independence / 171
Song of the Difficult and Lonely Crossroads / 174

Chapter 5: The Path to Nation-building, the Difficult Journey
The Soviet Occupation of North Korea and the 38th Parallel / 179
The US military's presence in South Korea and its aftermath / 183
Syngman Rhee's Return to Korea: The Twists and Turns / 186
Stalin's Division Policy and Syngman Rhee's Response / 191
The Bridge of No Return, 1946 / 200
Determination for National Salvation: Tour of South Korea and Remarks in Jeongeup / 205
Why did Syngman Rhee insist on establishing a separate government? / 207
The Showdown between Syngman Rhee and Haji / 212
1947, The Great Transformation / 216
The first free election in our history, the May 10 general election / 221
The Republic of Korea, a Nation That Began with Prayer / 227

References / 232

In a human life, light and darkness intersect.
However, Syngman Rhee's darkness is so deep that if you collect them all together, it becomes a cruel history.

The torture of Hanseong Prison, where prisoners were tied to a rope, strung with red-hot iron chopsticks, and hung in the air.
At the age of twenty-seven, I remember being among the corpses dying from vomiting and diarrhea during cholera.
During my study abroad days, I had to stay up all night hungry and unable to eat.
During the independence movement, people were criticized for having “rotten brains” and pointed at as “crazy old men.”
The US military's threat to "shoot you down" was actually followed by several assassination attempts on our own people.
A war that reduced the entire country to a pile of corpses and ashes, a war that I had to endure at the age of seventy-five.
The exhaustion he had to endure while building a country and forming alliances on his own
His later years were marked by a miserable downfall, with him being branded a dictator.
The final days were spent in isolation, confined on a lonely island in the Pacific.

Syngman Rhee's brutal history continues even now.
America's stooge, the root cause of division, a dictator of greed, a destroyer of national spirit, the embodiment of power...

But it is from cruelty that brilliance is created.
It is God's providence and heaven's art.
Just as the salvation of mankind was achieved at the miserable Golgotha,
The birth and development of the Republic of Korea was made possible by Syngman Rhee's brutal life.
Enduring cruelty and tragedy to achieve freedom and prosperity
The two pillars that supported him were faith and patriotism.


Alive or dead
Syngman Rhee, who rotted and rotted and rotted again, became fertilizer
The flowers of Korea have bloomed dazzlingly beautifully.

I express my deepest gratitude to the founding fathers of this country.
May the people of faith and patriotism rise up and achieve a unified homeland with Jesus Korea.
I pray to God, the Lord of history.