Ch'oe

Ch'oe Han-gi (1803–75), a sirhak scholar, completed his Chigu chnyo (Descriptions of the Nations of the World), based on Chinese works of the time.

2. Korea, 1800-1910 2001

Ch'oe Han-gi finished writing his Injng (Personnel Administration), in which he claimed that the path back to good government was through the appointment of talented men regardless of class background, and that Korea had to abandon its seclusion policy and open up to the outside world.

2. Korea, 1800-1910 2001

Similar patriotic work of a historical bent was that of Ch'oe Nam-sn (1890–1957), founder of the Society for Refurbishing Korea's Literary Legacy, which hunted down and published series of old Korean texts.

1902, Jan. 30 2001

The Tonghak (Eastern Learning) movement began to attract followers under the leadership of Ch'oe Che-u (1824–64).

2. Korea, 1800-1910 2001

Ch'oe Ch'ung (984–1068), known as the Confucius of Korea, ran one such academy.

b. Political, Social, and Cultural Patterns 2001

Syngman Rhee became president, and cabinet posts went to An Ch'ang-ho, Yi Tong-hwi (1873–1928 or 1935), Kim Kyu-sik (1881–1950), Mun Ch'ang-bm, and Ch'oe Chae-hyng.

1912 2001

Among the many thousands of Koreans living in Manchuria, the Korean Independence Army under Hong Pm-do (1868–1943) linked up with the troops of the Military Directorate under the command of Ch'oe Tong-jin and attacked Japanese forces in several border towns; 160 Japanese were killed and 300 were wounded.

1919-27 2001

A revival of interest in the Tonghak (See 1860) emerged in the cause to clear the name of its leader, Ch'oe Che-u, executed on trumped-up charges.

1892 2001

A “declaration of independence” (penned by Ch'oe Nam-sn, 1890–1957) was drawn up, as were various other documents for the international community.

1912 2001

The Chogye sect of Sn Buddhism, a tradition native to Korea, developed following the Ch'oe coup; it taught that sudden enlightenment must be followed by gradual cultivation of the mind.

b. Political, Social, and Cultural Patterns 2001