한말 이준의 정치 계몽활동과 민족운동

Abstract

Jun Lee's Political and Enlightenment activities and National Movement at the end of the Great Han Empire Jun Lee (1859-1907) who was from Buk-Chung, Hamkyeong Province entered the central arena of politics and served as a judge, and he was an activist who was interested in enlightening his fellow countrymen. After getting a traditional education and then graduating from a judicial training center established after the Gabo Reform of 1894 (a government system reform in 1894), he went into exile in Japan temporarily after Agwanpacheon(royal flight from the palace to the Russian legation in 1896) and he acted in concert with Japanese “Asian Solidarity”. But it seems that he started anti-Japanese activities after definitely perceiving the Japanese purpose to invade Korea before or after the compulsive conclusion of the Protectorate Treaty between Korea and Japan. Through an enlightenment movement, he attempted to recover national rights, while he tried to enforce a law fairly. When he organized Gongjinhoi (a society for an enlightenment movement) by the end of 1904 and worked on positive lines, he was connected with the Emperor. Since then, before or after the conclusion of the Protectorate Treaty in 1905, it seems that he realized the coalition between the Imperial Household and Donghak force (a force of the religion of Cheondo) according to the Emperor's secret order. Such his background made it possible for him to carry out his mission as an special envoy to The Hague in 1907. He played a leading role in the organizations for enlightening the public like Gookmingyoyookhoi (the national education society), Society for studying constitutionalism, Hanbukheunghakhoi, etc. He entered the church since around 1905 and led an active life remarkably as a Christian. He died in a fit of anger in The Hague.