Jeon Bong-jun

Infobox Korean name


caption = Jeon Bong-Jun
hangul= 전봉준
hanja =linktext|全|琫|準
rr= Jeon Bong-jun
mr= Chôn Pong-chun
hangulja=명숙
hanjaja=linktext|明|淑
rrja=Myeongsuk
mrja=Myôsuk
hangulho=해몽
hanjaho=linktext|海|夢
rrho=Haemong
mrho=Haemong

Jeon Bong-jun (1854 - 1895) was born in Taein, Jeollabuk-do, Korea. At a young age he became a convert of the "Donghak Peasant Revolution", Due to his physical appearance, he was called "Nokdu Janggun" (녹두장군 literally "General mung bean")

truggle and Revolution

In 1892 Jeon Bong Jun and other farmers pleaded with a Local magistrate to lift the heavy (and some say illegal) taxes and to also return extorted property taken from people accused of unsubstantiated crimes. Jeon Bong Jun and the others were ultimately rejected. In reaction to this rejection he, along with other farmers, revolted and attacked the county office and threatened to punish corrupt officials if they did not cease all corruption.

The Revolution Ends

On April 28th 1892, Jeon Bong Jun’s revolution became anti-Western and anti-Japanese because of the oppressive and brutal actions of the Japanese army in punishing the Korean farmers. This revolution spread from town to county as the peasant army vowed to eradicate the entirety of the Korean ruling class and expel all Japanese and western parties. By September his peasant revolt came to an a violent end as his army of farmers were decisively defeated by a well trained, better equipped Japanese military in the Battle of Ugeumchi. Jeon Bong Jun was captured and in March of 1895 was put to death.

ee also

*Donghak Peasant Revolution
*Cheondoism
*Son Byong-Hi

External links

*ko [http://100.empas.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=245810&v=42 전봉준 全琫準] at the Empas / EncyKorea
* [http://gongju.go.kr/html/en/culture/culture_04.html Gongju official visitor cite]
* [http://i815.or.kr/EN/Inspect/tombstone/55.htm The Independence Hall of Korea]
* [http://www.clickkorea.org/books/english/book_kind/boardread.asp?pageno=5&book_number=15707&section=section01&order=pub_year clickkorea.org]