The declaration of independence on February 8 th , 1919 , and lawyer Tatsuji Fuse ( 2 ) ( Partita Arirang Ep . 198 ) A cute young girl , who was about 10 years old , was short even in the eyes of people of Chosun but she had impressive aspects that could surprise others . It is quite normal that young girls could be scared of an eagle - owl but she was so natural as if she were looking at a tree stump . Looking at her standing in neat posture while guiding , she also seemsed to have such a strong pride . A close American missionary of mine once said that “ ladies in Chosun are like wise magicians as they are so talented in managing their life so well only with a small amount of living expenses . Although they are as small as hummingbirds , they have such a great compassion and empathy for others . ” When researching the inhabitation density of eagle - owls , it felt the wise children of Chosun were like tree stumps from Isaiah 6 : 13 . In Isaiah 6 : 13 , it says “ and though a tenth remains in the land , it will again be laid waste . But as the terebinth and oak leave stumps when they are cut down , so the holy seed will be the stump in the land . ” Just as her habit of reading the fixed letters differently based on her own belief , she had the memories of interpreting “ tree stump ” as love and virtue and experienced the love and the virtue from the children of Chosun with pure hearts . Although years passed but this remained same . Around that time , Tatsuji Fuse was talking to a little bird in the cage . “ The Japanese annexation of Korea was , however decently put in fancy words , actually capitalistic imperial aggression . ” While confessing like that , he thought about what “ a good conscience ” is . Through the end of the summer in 1918 ( which was last year ) , he couldn ' t ignore a dying bird with its wings are broken near a tree stump so he decided to keep it . Fortunately it recovered so well , and he is planning to send it back to nature this summer in 1919 . The caged little bird gave him a sense of mystery . The little bird with green feather also had a noble atmosphere and it was not easy to send the bird to the forest for her to be free as we became closer . Tatsuji Fuse concluded that deceiving his virtue was like letting Japan collapse as a result of collapse of an oak tree and this thought made him quit his job as a prosecutor and start a new chapter of his life as a lawyer with no regret . For it was consciously uncomfortable accusing a person , who tried to commit group suicide despairing about excessive poverty but ended up surviving , for attempt of murder , while apparently there were contradictions existing in the Japanese society . He thought that if he should accuse someone , its suspect should be social irresponsibility for establishing an environment that makes people unable to survive , since it could have been perceived as a social homicide in some ways . As starting second chapter of his life as a lawyer , he adapted “ live with the people and die for the people ” as his motto . This motto was created after searching for ways to save the society that was inevitable to collapse due to greed and untruth and the motto was also a compass that would guide his life . Also , he believed that the key to establish good relationship between Chosun and Japan and be prosperous together was to be responsible for the Japan ’ s wrongdoings in the past by helping Chosun ’ s independence with the virtuous mind of Japanese .