대한통의부 군사위원장 申八均 戰死의 재조명

Abstract

Shin Pal-gyun was an independence activist, serving as a bridge between the Korean Empire Army and the Manchurian Independence Army. According to the documents of the Pyeongsan Shin family, Bangchaegi and Suipgi, he was a management officer of Bomyeong School during 1910-1915, when he returned to his hometown Jincheon. Jincheon's land register confirms that his economic condition was bad, barely above a poor peasant. This paper argues that his exile was in around 1914 and he kept the connection with the independent movement forces such as Lee Seung-hee and the Daedongdan. It is known that Shin Pal-gyun died in a fight with Chinese bandits who struck to seize weapons so far. However, it is found that this attack was related to the Japanese Army who pushed warlord Zhang Zuolin to subdue the independence army. It was the Japanese Army's revenge for the shooting at Saito Makoto in May 1924. While the governor of Dongbian, Bing Kezhuang, a close friend of Shin Pal-gyun, heard of Shin Pal-gyun's inauguration as military chief of Daehantongeuibu and attempted to meet his friend, his Chinese Army made an unexpected attack to kill Shin Pal-gyun. This paper reconstructs his honorable death for the first time. This paper also argues that the suicide of Lim Soo-myeong, the wife of Shin Pal-gyun was a patriotic death, and fixes some misunderstandings. After her husband's death, she returned to her hometown following the insistent recommendations of her friends and lived in poverty. When she lost her young son Hyeon-gil not long after the painful loss of her husband, she killed her young daughter Kye-young and herself. Shin Pal-gyun's eldest son, Shin Hyeon-chung, moved to Beijing in 1927, when the mourning ritual for his father, stepmother, and his half-brother and sister ended. He went to study at the Northern Military Academy to become an officer in the Independence Army, but he committed suicide suffering from illness. This paper discusses his suicide based on the journal of Lee Se-young and the fact that his father-in-law was Cho Seong-hwan who was a comrade of his father. It is appropriate that his activities are regarded as a part of the independence movement following his family tradition as a famous military clan.