김성숙의 생애와 독립운동

Abstract

If you look at the life of Kim Seong Suk and his independence activities, you find the joys and sorrows of his life treading a thorny path, as well brought out in his epitaph. He was consistent with the ideal and constancy in his lives as a Buddhist priest, independence activist and politician. He, after participated in 3․1 Independence Movement, endured the hardships of prison life in Seodaemun prison for 14 months and exiled in China in 1923. In the 1920's Kim Seong Suk studied at National University of Joongsan, activited in Uiyoldan and participated in Guangzhou Uprising. He was a member of National United Front of Korea and the Korean Volunteers Corps in the 1930's, both of which joined hand with the Natioanl Party in China, and with the Council of United Revolutionary Movement in Korea with 7 Associations opened at Gigang in 1938 as a momentum joined Joongkyung Provisional Government. Kim Seong Suk made an effort to combine the various powers of independence movement over competing factions and lines, as a result he chose to join the Korea's provisional government. After joined provisional government, although the part of powers of Korean independence movement accused Kim Seong Suk for 'communist' because of his working as communist activist, he took the initiative to unite the powers of Korean independence movement around provisional government. This strategy was the realistic measure that could be chosen by Kim Seong Suk understanding the international situation and the internal situation of China at that time. During the World War II, the Allied Powers, based on anti-fascist United Front of International, was discussing how to deal with the Korea the Peninsula after war. Kim Seong Suk made a conclusion that Korean will achieve independence and break away from the interests of world powers by making the position of Provisional Government foursquare in the course of dealing with Korea Peninsula by the world powers after war. Kim Seong Suk wrote many papers as an executive editor of organizations as well as organized and worked on the various organizations. Although it is very difficult that restore entirely the whole life of Kim Seong Suk and make it abundantly clear the his idea, we can correctly judge his ideas and activities by in-depth studying his papers. Kim Seong Suk was progressive nationalist that clamor for integration and unity to delink from Japanese Imperialism over the wall of ideology.