Ko In-hu

Ko In-hu (高因厚, 1561 – 1592) was a civil official and righteous army leader of mid-Joseon. He was the son of Ko Kyeong-myeong and served as a general under Kwon Yul.

His family seat was Jangheung, his courtesy name was Seongeon (善建), his pen name was Hakbong (鶴峯), and his posthumous name was Uiyeol (毅烈). He was the son of the military leader and scholar Ko Kyeong-myeong and the younger brother of Ko Jong-hu. In addition, the official Ko Maeng-yeong, who served during the reigns of Jungjong to Myeongjong, was his grandfather. In 1577 he passed the Sami examination (司馬試) and became a Jinsa, and in 1589 he passed the Jeunggwang munggwa and took up the post of Kwonji Hakyu (權知學諭) at the Seonggyungwan (成均館).

During the Imjin War in 1592, he was in Gwangju when his father Ko Kyeong-myeong gathered the scattered troops. He joined his father in the campaign, entered the service of Kwon Yul at Suwon, and was killed while fighting alongside his father in the Second Battle of Geumsan.

His elder brother Imphi Duke (臨陂公) Ko Jong-hu (高從厚) begged the monk soldiers for help, recovered the body, and prepared it for burial. Although more than forty days had passed since his death, his complexion was still like that of a living person. He was buried on the mountainside at a place called Mohyang (某向) in Suguk-ri (壽谷里), Changpyeong County (昌平縣), Changpyeong, Jeolla Province.

After his death he was posthumously appointed Minister of Rites Counselor (禮曹參議). In 1601 (the 34th year of Seonjo's reign), at the request of local notables, a shrine was built to enshrine Loyal Duke Chungnyeol Ko Kyeong-myeong, with him enshrined alongside him, and it was granted the royal name Pochung (褒忠).