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Korean general (1840–1911) In this Korean name, the family name is Yun.
Yun Ung-nyeol
Yun Ung-nyeol (left) and a friend attired in traditional Korean clothing. The two are engaged in a game of "Go-ban" (oriental chess) in one of the rooms of Yun's home in Seoul c. 1903.
Korean name
Hangul윤웅렬
Hanja尹雄烈
Revised RomanizationYun Ung-ryeol
McCune–ReischauerYun Ungnyŏl
Art name
Hangul반계
Hanja磻溪
Revised RomanizationBangye
McCune–ReischauerPangye
Courtesy name
Hangul영중
Hanja英仲
Revised RomanizationYeongjung
McCune–ReischauerYongjung

Yun Ung-ryeol (Korean: 윤웅렬; Hanja: 尹雄烈; 18 May 1840 – 22 September 1911) was a Korean general and politician during the Joseon and Korean Empire periods. He was a member of the Gaehwa Party and a pro-Japanese scholar-official. He is also known as Yun Woong Niel or Yun Ung-nyeol. His art name was Bangye (반계; 磻溪).

Biography

Yun Ung-nyeol was a member of one of the prominent yangban families of Korea, the Haepyeong Yun clan (해평 윤씨; 海平 尹氏). His family was considered wealthy, which his father had paved the way to prominence by himself. From his early age, Yun and his younger brother were famous for their great physical abilities.

At the age of 17, Yun went to Seoul by himself and took the Gwageo Military Examination, and passed the exam, making him an official.

From 1881, Yun was in charge of the new army of Joseon Dynasty, also known as the Pyŏlgigun. As a member of the Gaehwa Party, Yun participated in the Gapsin Coup. After the short-lived new government was formed, Yun was appointed as Minister of Justice, and Vice mayor of Seoul.

In 1904, Yun Ung-nyeol was appointed as the Korea's Minister of War. On 30 September 1904, Yun was appointed as the Chief of Staff of Korean Empire but he resigned on 30 January 1905 making him the last incumbent. He died in 1911, aged 71.

In modern Korean historiography, General Yun has been designated one of the Chinilpa or pro-Japanese activists of the 1900s (decade).

See also

Notes

  1. In lunar calendar, Yun was born on 17 April 1840
  2. Emory University, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL): Yun Ch'i-ho papers, 1883-1943
  3. "100 Koreans Freed; But Baron Yun Chi-ho and Other Prominent Men Are Found Guilty," New York Times. March 21, 1913.
  4. ^ 최혁 주필의 전라도 역사이야기. 남도일보 (in Korean). 2017-07-23. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  5. 윤웅렬(尹雄烈). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  6. Speer, Robert E. (1905). "Korea, Japan and Russia," p. 60.
  7. 조선-대한제국 관보. "9月30日".
  8. 조선·대한제국 관보. "參謀部副長尹雄烈辭職疏".
  9. (in Korean) 2006년도 조사보고서 II - 친일반민족행위결정이유서, p. 257~262 친일반민족행위진상규명위원회, 11-1560010-0000002-10, 2006; n.b., investigative report II - pro-Japanese anti-national act decisive reasons, p. 257~262 pro-Japanese anti-national act truth close examination committees.

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