박동완의 국내민족운동

Abstract

I studied Dong-Wan Park’s national consciousness, who was one of the people representatives from Christendom at the time of the Samil Independence Movement, and his domestic campaign for liberation of the Korean people after that and Christianity in the article. The summary is as follows; Firstly, Dong-Wan Park was of noble birth in Yangpyeong on 27th of December, 1885. After his moving out to Seoul, he grew up as a leader of Christendom with Christianity and knowledge in the course of his getting a modern education. Secondly, he participated in the Samil Independence Movement as a people representative of Christendom and clarified political authority and firm independence will as a people representative. Through the outbreak of the Samil Independence Movement he emphasized that Japan’s “theory of the East Peace” proved to be false and clarified his will that he would steadily continue to develop the independence movement. His participation in the Samil Independence Movement was his independence movement based on his firm national consciousness. Thirdly, he adhered to religious belief as a faithful Christian and the line of the Christian racial movement in the domestic racial movement in 1920s. From 1915 till 1923 he worked for Gidokshinbo (a Christian newspaper) as a clerk and then an editor. After 1924, he started to contribute articles to a magazine of Christendom “Sinsaengmyeong (New life)” as a Christian journalist. In addition, he had a belief that Christian influence could change Chosun and worked to solve the pressing problems and contradiction on the basis of Christianity. Fourthly, his racial movement and social activities based on Christianity were developed in 3 directions after the Samil Independence Movement. He participated in Heungup Club (a body for the independence movement), led the movement of Shinganhoi (anti-Japanese unified front) and actively took part in the movement to support the right of Koreans in Manchuria. He tried to strengthen the position of the influence of Christianity in the organization during his work for Shinganhoi as the secretary of general affairs As was mentioned above, he adhered to thorough Christianity and consistent national consciousness in the domestic representative racial movements including the Samil Independence Movement in which he participated. His spirit and participation in the independence movement seems to be continued after his moving out to hawaii.