서한을 통해서 본 이태준의 독립운동

Abstract

This article was resulted from cautiously reading the newly acquired letters with the materials used in the previously published research papers. After a copy of Yi Tae-jun’s letter to Kim Kyu-sik written on May 10, 1920, which was just eight months before Yi’s tragic death, was obtained from Jeong Byeong-jun, a professor at Ewha Woman’s University, I have a chance to analyze letters related to Yi, including letters to Ahn Chang-ho. It led me to self-reflection on the research style for tracking down absorbedly Yi’s life and activities. The possibility, though overcoming the limitations of shortage of historical materials is challenge, is found to broaden the scope of the Yi Tae-jun study by paying a attention to the people, organizations, and events that had been carelessly overlooked. Magyar, a Hungarian prisoner of war who helped Yi Tae-jun, is highlighted by consultation of Professor Bartor of Mongolia, as well as some Hungarian scholars who majored in Mongolian studies. And the fact is revealed that Gim Eun-sik, Yi Tae-jun’s wife, who had participated in the anti-Japanese movement after her husband’s death even though Gim Eun-sik’s life and further activities remain an unsolved issue. In addition, Yu Dong-yeol who had a plan to establish a secret military academy in Mongolia together with Gim Gyu-sik, was the figure that I want to fucus on through the article. One of future research topics are also suggested that the lives and activities of the Korean students who participated in the Northern Expedition during the Xinhai Revolution (1911) and who met with Yi Tae-jun in Nanjing, China.