Yi Gwang-ryun Tomb

Yi Gwang-ryun was a sixth-generation descendant of Yi Haeng, posthumously titled Munjeolgong, of Goryeo; his pen name was Jungim, and he was born in Cheongyang, South Chungcheong Province, in 1546, the second year of King Myeongjong. Benevolent by nature and mindful of righteousness, he cared for his parents with filial devotion; at the age of thirty-three he was recommended for his filial conduct, sat the saengwon examination, and was appointed Chambong, a junior officer, of Munsojeon Shrine, a post he declined. When the Imjin War broke out and Japanese forces took Busan and Dongnae before pushing northward, he gathered some three hundred relatives, friends and able-bodied men from his village and joined the operation to retake Cheongju. In the campaign to recapture Cheongju Fortress he joined forces with the Buddhist monk Yeonggyu, surrounded the fortress, fought a fierce battle, and finally retook it. Riding this momentum, the force advanced towards the Geumsan area, but was ambushed there by Japanese troops already stationed nearby, and every man was killed in battle. He was afterwards granted the post of Jibui in the Office of the Inspector-General, and an order was given for a jeongnyeo, a commemorative gate erected in a village to honour loyal subjects, filial sons and virtuous women, to be built in his memory. In the sixth year of King Heonjong his rank was raised to Jaheon daebu, Minister of Personnel concurrently Overseer of the State Tribunal, and Commander-in-Chief of the Five Military Commands. His commemorative gate and tomb stand in Okgye-ri, Janggok-myeon, Hongseong-gun, South Chungcheong Province, and the tomb is furnished with a gravestone and an offering table.

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Where it is

Region

Hongseong, Chungnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물