Kim Mun-gi Remains Stele, Okcheon

Yuheo means a 'remaining site' or 'old site', referring to a place where a wise forebear was born, lived, stayed, or died for a cause. This stele records the old traces of Kim Mun-gi, a civil official of early Joseon. Baekchon Kim Mun-gi (1399–1456) passed the civil service examination in 1426, the eighth year of King Sejong, and after serving as Governor of Hamgil-do in 1453, the first year of King Danjong, rose to Minister of Personnel. In 1456, the second year of King Sejo, he took part in the plot to restore King Danjong, was captured, and, refusing to yield even under torture, died a martyr's death together with the Sayuksin, the Six Martyred Ministers. In 1730, the seventh year of King Yeongjo, following a memorial from his ninth-generation descendant Jeonggu, his official posts were restored to him and he was given the posthumous title 'Chungui' (Loyalty and Righteousness). The stele now preserved inside its pavilion was erected in 1804, the fourth year of King Sunjo, and was moved to its present location in 1846, the twelfth year of King Heonjong.

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Where it is

Region

Okcheon, Chungbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물