In 1892, two years before the Donghak Peasant War, a group of Donghak members attacked Seonunsa Temple in Mujang. They publicized that they had obtained a prophetic book that could destroy the Joseon Dynasty from the ‘navel’ of the stone Buddha carved on the cliff. This incident tells us a lot about the religious character and orientation of the early Donghak group in the Jeonbuk. The prophecies of the emergence of Jeong jinin 鄭眞人 and the establishment of the new dynasty, which were not included in Donghak's official tenets, motivated the people ‘outside’ Donghak to join the uprising. In particular, the composition of the virtual government, the belief on the island of namjoseon 南朝 鮮, and the use of the gungeul 弓乙 symbol show that the pre-modern style of rebellion was continuing and transformed in this case.