효성 김원벽의 생애와 민족운동

Abstract

In 1894, Kim Won-Byeok(1894∼1928) was born as the son of a pastor in Eunyul, Hwanghaedo. He grew up in Christian circles and got into Yonhee College after being graduated from Kyungshin School. He emerged as the leader of Christian students due to the movements of the YMCA and Seungdong Church. Also, he led the alumni association and the regional students’ society, and interacted with Becker, Park Hui-Do, and Lee Byeong-Jo. Kim Won-Byeok played a key role in organizing the student leadership, which was an important group of the March 1st Movement with the religious circle. After the Daegwanwon meeting, he led the student movement with Kang Gi-Deok and Han Wi-Geon. He engaged in the agreement of the unification of religious and students groups, and led the 2nd Protest at the Namdaemun Station Square. Kim Won-Byeok worked hard on social movements after leaving prison on November, 1921. He gave lectures on the reality and problems of the Japan-occupied Korea. He organized the Sinsaenghwalsa with Park Hui-Do, Lee Byeong-Jo, and others of the Hawnghaedo network, and published New Life (『新生活』) with socialists of the ‘New Life Group’, who shared the ideas of overcoming the reality of colonial Joseon. This was the ‘new movement’ of ‘new life’ to renovate colonial Joseon. After the persecution of Sinsaenghwalsa, Kim Won-Byeok worked as a journalist but went to his hometwon, Sariwon, because of his illness. And he participated in the regional mass movement. There he was active in the Seonundonguhoe and argued against the One Station-One Office Policy of Japanese Imperialism, supporting the One Station-Two Office Policy.