Kim Ok-gyun Remains

This is the tomb of Kim Ok-gyun, a turbulent figure of the late Korean Empire period. His pen name was Gogyun and his posthumous title was Chungdalgong. He was born on 23 January 1851, the second year of King Cheoljong of Joseon, in Gwangjeong-ri, Jeongan-myeon, Gongju-gun, Chungcheongnam-do. In 1872, the ninth year of Emperor Gojong, he came first in the civil service examination and rose in office to become second minister of the Ministry of Taxation. In 1884 he launched the Gapsin Coup for the modernisation of his country, but it failed. In 1894, advocating a doctrine of cooperation among Korea, China and Japan for a long-term plan for East Asia, he travelled to Tianjin to consult with Li Hongzhang, the powerful Qing statesman, but on 28 March of that year he was assassinated at an inn in Shanghai by Hong Jong-u, an assassin of the conservative faction. His body was brought back to his homeland and subjected to dismemberment at Yanghwajin. After the Gabo Reform, when a cabinet of the reformist party was formed, his charge of treason was pardoned following a petition from Prime Minister Kim Hong-jip and others. In 1910 he was posthumously granted the office of Daejehak (Reader) of the Kyujanggak, and his posthumous name was Chungdal. His grave, originally at the Aoyama Foreign Cemetery in Tokyo, had his clothing and hair reinterred here on 11 September 1914, together with his wife, Lady Yu, who held the title Jeonggyeongbuin (an honorific rank granted to the wives of senior officials).

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Where it is

Region

Asan, Chungnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물