Yun Ung-nyeol

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Yun Ung-nyeol
Yun Ung-nyeol (left) and a friend attired in traditional Korean clothing. The two are engaged in a game of "Go-ban" (oriental chess) in one of the rooms of Yun's home in Seoul c. 1903.
Korean name
Hangul
윤웅렬
Hanja
Revised Romanization Yun Ung-nyeol
McCune?Reischauer Yun Ungny?l
Art name
Hangul
磻溪
Hanja
Revised Romanization Bangye
McCune?Reischauer Pangye
Courtesy name
Hangul
營中
Hanja
Revised Romanization Yeongjoong
McCune?Reischauer Yongjung

Yun Ung-ryeol ( Korean 윤웅렬 ; Hanja 尹雄烈 ; 18 May 1840 [1] ? 22 September 1911) was a Korean general and politician during the Joseon and Korean Empire periods. He was a member of the Gaehwa Party and a pro-Japanese scholar-official . He is also known as Yun Woong Niel or Yun Ung-nyeol . [2] His art name was Bangye ( 磻溪 ; 磻溪 ).

Biography [ edit ]

Yun Ung-nyeol was a member of one of the prominent yangban families of Korea, the Haepyeong Yun clan ( 해평 尹氏 ; 海平 尹氏 ). His family was considered wealthy, [3] which his father had paved the way to prominence by himself. From his early age, Yun and his younger brother were famous for their great physical abilities. [4]

At the age of 17, Yun went to Seoul by himself and took the Gwageo Military Examination, and passed the exam, making him an official. [4]

From 1881, Yun was in charge of the new army of Joseon Dynasty, also known as the Py?lgigun . As a member of the Gaehwa Party , Yun participated in the Gapsin Coup . After the short-lived new government was formed, Yun was appointed as Minister of Justice, and Vice mayor of Seoul. [5]

In 1904, Yun Ung-nyeol was appointed as the Korea's Minister of War. [6] On 30 September 1904, Yun was appointed as the Chief of Staff of Korean Empire [7] but he resigned on 30 January 1905 making him the last incumbent. [8] He died in 1911, aged 71.

In modern Korean historiography , General Yun has been designated one of the Chinilpa or pro-Japanese activists of the 1900s (decade). [9]

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Notes [ edit ]

  1. ^ In lunar calendar, Yun was born on 17 April 1840
  2. ^ Emory University , Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL): Yun Ch'i-ho papers, 1883-1943
  3. ^ "100 Koreans Freed; But Baron Yun Chi-ho and Other Prominent Men Are Found Guilty," New York Times. March 21, 1913.
  4. ^ a b "최혁 主筆의 全羅道 歷史이야기" . 남도일보 (in Korean). 2017-07-23 . Retrieved 2023-03-19 .
  5. ^ "윤웅렬(尹雄烈)" . Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean) . Retrieved 2023-04-06 .
  6. ^ Speer, Robert E. (1905). "Korea, Japan and Russia," p. 60.
  7. ^ 朝鮮-大韓帝國 官報. "9月30日" .
  8. ^ 朝鮮·大韓帝國 官報. "參謀部副長尹雄烈辭職疏" .
  9. ^ (in Korean) 2006年度 調査報告書 II - 親日反民族行爲決定理由서, p. 257~262 親日反民族行爲眞相糾明委員會, 11-1560010-0000002-10, 2006; n.b., investigative report II - pro-Japanese anti-national act decisive reasons, p. 257~262 pro-Japanese anti-national act truth close examination committees.

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