Yun Ung-nyeol

General Yun Ung-nyeol or Yun Woong Niel[1] (also known as Yun Ung-ryeol (윤웅렬, 1840-1911), was Joseon Dynasty and Korean Empire's soldier and politician. a member of Party Gaehwa(개화당;開化黨).

In this Korean name, the family name is Yun.
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 RomanizationYun Ung-nyeol
McCune–ReischauerYun Ungnyŏl
Pen name
Hangul
반계
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBangye
McCune–ReischauerPangye
Courtesy name
Hangul
영중
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYeongjoong
McCune–ReischauerYoungjung
General Yun Ung-nyeol is seated, wearing the western uniform of the Korean Empire. This photograph shows the general with his family c. 1910. Standing next to the old general is his son, Yun Chi-ho.

a Pro-Japanese scholar-bureaucrat of Joseon Dynasty and the Korean Empire in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. a penname was Bangye(반계, 磻溪).

Biography
Yun Ung-nyeol (1880s)

Yun Ung-nyeol was a member of one of the prominent yangban families of Korea. His family was considered wealthy.[2] but he was illegitimate child of his father. In 1857, Yun passed the military examination(무과; 武科).

he was long times Movementing of member Party Gaehwa with Kim Ok-gyun and Hong Yeongsik.

In 1904, Yun Ung-nyeol was the Korea's Minister of War.[3] 1911 died, aged 71.

In modern Korean historiography, General Yun has been designated one of the Chinilpa or pro-Japanese activists of the 1900s (decade).[4]

See also

Notes
  1. Emory University, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL): Yun Ch'i-ho papers, 1883-1943
  2. "100 Koreans Freed; But Baron Yun Chi-ho and Other Prominent Men Are Found Guilty," New York Times. March 21, 1913.
  3. Speer, Robert E. (1905). "Korea, Japan and Russia," p. 60.
  4. (in Korean) 2006년도 조사보고서 II - 친일반민족행위결정이유서, p. 257~262 친일반민족행위진상규명위원회, 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.

References
  • Kranewitter, Rudolf. (2005). Dynamik der Religion Schamanismus, Konfuzianismus, Buddhismus und Christentum in der Geschichte Koreas von der steinzeitlichen Besiedlung des Landes bis zum Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts. Münster: LIT Verlag. ISBN 978-3-825-88628-8; OCLC 181472594
  • Leibo, Steven A. (2006). East and Southeast Asia. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications. OCLC 61691567
  • Speer, Robert E. (1905). "Korea, Japan and Russia," in The Ideal Home Educator: a Superb Library of Useful Knowledge. Chicago: Bible House. OCLC 17303311
  • Wells, Kenneth M. (1991). New God, New nation: Protestants and Self-Reconstruction Nationalism in Korea, 1896-1937. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824813383; OCLC 216760168
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