일본 유학시기(1915-1918) 송산 김명식의 사회인식과 활동

Abstract

Kim Myeong-Sik was the first journalist of Jeju islanders during the Japanese colonial rule, and one of the important theorists to introduce the socialism theory to Joseon Society. As the organizer and social critics, he was on the main stage among the fierce and serious paper wars. He entered the department of Political and Economics, Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan in 1915. During his childhood, He had been experienced the Ban Seong Chil Uprising and Lee Jae Soo Uprising. His studying in Japan gave him opportunities to meet the Koreans who led the ideological stream in Joseon Society and to put into the organizational activities. His meeting with Chusong Jang Deok-Joon was greatly influenced to his life. He realized the reality of the Korean laborers who had worked in Japan by Jang Deok-Joon. By these social recognition and the analyses of Joseon society, his papers on Joseon Students Friendship Association's organ, Hakjikwang, have still appropriate until now. He urged graduates in Japan to jump into the realities of Joseon society and have same paces to Koreans, and learn from them. He had already remarked three new thinking trends of the scientism, legalism and mammonism in the early 20th century. He bitterly criticized these trends and demanded the improvement of morality and economy. He also engaged in the organizational activities. He became the secretary general and the chair person of Joseon Students Friendship Association in Japan[Joseon Yoohaksaeng Hakoohwe], and official of Joseon Youth Christian Association[Joseon Gidok Cheongnyeonhwe]. He joined the New Asia Alliance Group[SinaDongmaengdang] which was a secret organization of early socialism and collected the funds. He also joined the East Asia Alliance Meeting[DongaDomaengHwe]. By the experience of his studying in Japan, he could actively able to write a lot of articles and papers in Dongailbo Newspaper and other journals and joined the organizational activities. This year is 120th anniversaries of his birth. It is regrettable that his collection of the papers is not published yet.