안중근의 연해주 의병투쟁 연구

Abstract

After fleeing from Korea in August, 1907, Ahn Jung-Geun took a part in a righteous army in Primorie. He worked for the righteous army as a middle class commander under the supreme commander, Chun Je-Ik. His righteous army left Yanchian, Primorie on 7th of July, 1908 and made an advance to the north part of Korea, crossing the Tumen river. At this time, 1,000 Primorie righteous army soldiers advanced to Korea, and 200 soldiers among them belonged to Ahn Joong-Geun. On 7th of July right after crossing the river, his army attacked Hongeui-dong, a village near the Dooman river, and achieved success in battle to kill 4 Japanese soldiers. In succession, his army went up to Shinahsahn and defeated the Japanese guards there on 10th of April. Even though he captured a number of Japanese soldiers in the battle, he released them from a humanitarian point of view. After achieving a victory in the battles of Hongeui-dong and Shinahsahn, his army went down to Samsoo, Hamgyeongnam province to join Hong Beom-Do’s righteous army. However, his army was defeated by the Japanese army which blocked his way to Samsoo. This was the battle of Yongsan, in Hoiryeoung-gun on 21st of July. Other than his army, 400 Primorie righteous army soldiers under the command of Woo Deok-Soon and Kim Young-Seon took part in the battle, too. After the battle, he came back to Primorie at the end of August, 1908. As he advanced to Korea for a month and a half in the summer of 1908, he suffered acute anguish, however, he believed that all Korean people should hold together to defend the independence of Korea. As a result, he formed Danji union (Cutting off a finger union as their pledge) with his 11 comrades. Therefore, his patriotic deed to kill Ito Hirobumi was a part of the righteous army battle that Korean people carried out.