Gimmyeonjanggun Site

This is a historic site that groups together the grave, spirit-way stele (sindobi), Doamsa Shrine, Doamjae, and Doam Seodang (village school) of General Kim Myeon, pen name Songam (1541–1593), who served as a righteous army commander and died in the service of his country during the Japanese invasions. When the Japanese invasions broke out in 1592, the 25th year of King Seonjo, General Kim Myeon raised righteous army forces in Goryeong, Geochang and other areas, and after winning dozens of engagements he was acclaimed as a righteous army commander. In 1593 he became Military Commander of Gyeongsang Right Province, but while stationed with the righteous armies of Chungcheong and Jeolla at Geumsan and Gaeryeong ahead of the Battle of Seonsan, he fell ill. He died leaving the loyal words, "I knew only that the country existed, and did not know that I myself existed." His writings survive as the three-volume Songam Silgi. In 1667, the seventh year of King Hyeonjong, Confucian scholars built a memorial shrine to him in the town of Goryeong. In 1789, the 13th year of King Jeongjo, the shrine was moved to its present location and a spirit-way stele was erected, so that his great loyalty would be handed down to later generations.

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Where it is

Region

Goryeong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물