Yi Jae-wan (李載完, December 5, lunar calendar, 1855 – August 11, 1922) was a late Joseon scholar-official and member of the royal family, as well as a member of the imperial family and an official of the Korean Empire. His family seat was Jeonju, his childhood name was Eulgyeong (乙經), his courtesy nam
Born~Died Jan 22, 1856 ~ Aug 11, 1922Last edited Oct 15, 2026, 2:51 PM
Yi Jae-wan (李載完, December 5, lunar calendar, 1855 – August 11, 1922) was a late Joseon scholar-official and member of the royal family, as well as a member of the imperial family and an official of the Korean Empire. His family seat was Jeonju, his childhood name was Eulgyeong (乙經), his courtesy name was Sunchil (舜七), and his art name was Seokho (石湖). He was the adopted son of Heungwan-gunYi Jeong-eung and a fifth-generation descendant of Crown Prince Sado. In 1899 he was enfeoffed as Wansun-gun, and after the Japan–Korea Annexation in 1910 he was granted the title of marquis by the Japanese government and became a Joseon noble.
In 1855 (sixth year of King Cheoljong), he was born in Wagong-myeon, Yangju County, Gyeonggi Province, the fifth son of Yi Sin-eung (李愼應) and his wife, Lady Choe of the Jeonju Choe clan. Yi Sin-eung was the ninth-generation descendant of Prince Gyeongchang Yi Ju (慶昌君 李珘), the ninth son of King Seonjo by a concubine. Yi Sin-eung had held the posts of chambong and hyeonryeong through the hereditary appointment system and was posthumously conferred the title of Left State Councillor of the Uijeongbu. His given name at birth was Eulgyeong and his courtesy name was Sunchil. In 1864, by King Gojong's order, he was chosen as the adoptive heir of Yi Jeong-eung (興完君 李晸應), who had no children. Upon being designated as Heungwan-gun's adopted son by the king's command, his name was changed from Eulgyeong and Sunchil to Jae-wan.
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He had four older brothers, but they died young, so he was in effect the eldest son; nevertheless, he was designated as the adopted son of Heungwan-gun Jeong-eung. His younger brother Yi Jae-gon took on the role of eldest son in the birth family. He also had one older sister who married Hong Dae-hu (洪大厚) of the Namyang Hong clan. Hong Dae-hu passed the civil service examination as a Jinsa and served as a gyori.
His birth family descended from Prince Gyeongchang Yi Ju in the ninth generation, but the royal courtesy due to them ended with his seventh-generation ancestor, Seocheon-gun Yi Hwang (西川君 李榥). Among the sons of Yi Jeong-seo (李廷熽), younger brother of his sixth-generation birth ancestor Yi Jeong-uk (李廷煜), Yi Chae (李埰)'s son Su-sin was designated as the adopted son of Yeonryeong-gun Hwon, a son of King Sukjong by a concubine. He changed his name to On, became Nakcheon-gun, and was adopted into the household of Yeonryeong-gun. Since Nakcheon-gun also had no children, the adopted son Yeong, who was the son of Deokheung Daewongun's household, was enfeoffed as Dalseon-gun and adopted. However, after a conflict with his stepmother, Lady Seo, he killed himself, and the second concubine son of Crown Prince Sado, Eunsin-gun Jin, was adopted. Since Eunsin-gun had no sons, he again adopted Yi Chae-jung, eighth-generation descendant of Prince Inpyeong Yo, second son of King Injo, changed his name to Gu, and enfeoffed him as Namyeon-gun. The great-grandfather of the adoptive line, Nakcheon-gun Yi On, was the birth family's great-great-uncle. Meanwhile, his adoptive father Yi Jeong-eung was 21 degrees of kinship removed from King Injo's descendants, and counting from the adoptive grandfather Namyeon-gun Gu through the birth line of Prince Inpyeong, the kinship was also 21 degrees.
On July 23, 1873 (tenth year of Gojong), he became a Dongmong instructor (童蒙教官). In 1875, in commemoration of Heungwan-gun's sixtieth birthday, Yi Jae-wan was specially granted the qualification to proceed directly to the civil service examination.
Career as an official
In April 1875 (twelfth year of Gojong), he passed the literary examination,1 and on May 20 he was appointed Gajuseo (假注書). On June 20 he was again appointed Gajuseo. On December 8 he was appointed Bungajuseo, and in January 1876 he entered the Hallim.
In 1876 (thirteenth year of Gojong), he was selected as Yemun-gwan Gyeomseogwan and Chunchugwan Gijugwan and promoted to sixth rank. That year he concurrently held the posts of Gyeomseolseo and Gyeomchunchu. In 1877 (fourteenth year of Gojong) he was promoted to senior third rank and was appointed Seungjeongwon Dong Buseungji. In 1878 he went out as magistrate of Goksan. In 1879 (sixteenth year of Gojong) he was promoted to junior second rank. That October he became Seungjeongwon Dosunggi, and in December he became Buje-jo of the Uiyakcheong. In February 1880 (seventeenth year of Gojong) he was appointed Vice Minister of the Board of Personnel,2 and on May 18 he was appointed Vice Director of the Hongmungwan (弘文館副提學).3 In 1882 (nineteenth year of Gojong) he went out as Magistrate of Chuncheon, and that July he was selected as Scribe (書寫官) of the Sanneung Dogam. That autumn he took up the post of Magistrate of Yeongbyeon Dohobu,4 but soon returned upon being appointed Seungji of the Seungjeongwon.5
In December 1884 (twenty-first year of Gojong), during the Gapsin Coup, he was appointed Minister of War in the cabinet of the Gaehwa Party (開化黨).6 After the Gapsin Coup failed, Seo Jae-pil, Kim Ok-gyun, Yi Gyu-wan and others fled into exile, and Hong Yeong-sik and others were killed. However, Yi Jae-wan was not punished because he was a close relative of the royal family and was not a member of the Gaehwa Party.
In 1885 (twenty-second year of Gojong) he was promoted to senior second rank, and after serving as Minister of Justice,7 and Jigyeongyeon Sa, he was appointed Daesaeonhwan of the Saheonbu.8 In 1886 (twenty-third year of Gojong) he was appointed Yemun-gwan Jehak, Hongmungwan Jehak,9 Left Vice Bingeok of the Siganwon,10 Yemun-gwan Jehak,11 and Pan-yun of the Hanseong Prefecture.12 In 1887 he was exiled with Yi Jae-won to the coast of Gyeonggi Province for disobeying an order to reprimand, and was later released. In 1890 (twenty-seventh year of Gojong) he served as Pan-yun of the Hanseong Prefecture, then again as Minister of Justice and Jehak of the Hongmungwan, and in 1891 (twenty-eighth year of Gojong) he served as Minister of Personnel and Minister of Rites. In 1892 (twenty-ninth year of Gojong) he was promoted to junior first rank. That December he became Pan-uigumbu-sa. On May 20, 1894 (thirty-first year of Gojong) he became Minister of Works, on May 29 he became Pan-uigumbu-sa, and on June 13 he served as Left Chanchan of the Uijeongbu (議政府左參贊).
Activities during the Korean Empire
On May 5, 1895 (thirty-second year of Gojong), he was appointed Special Adviser (宮內府特進官) of the Gungnaebu, a chimnim-gwan (勅任官) rank. On January 1, 1896 (first year of Geonyang), he served as Gyeong of the Jongjeongwon concurrently Gyeong of the Gwijokwon (宗正院卿兼貴族院卿); in October he served as Jeje of the Bingjeon (殯殿提調); and in 1897 (second year of Geonyang) he served as Jeje of the Sanneung Dogam (山陵都監提調).
In 1897 (first year of the Gwangmu era), he played a leading role in establishing the Hanseong Bank. In 1898 he was appointed Hakssa of the Hongmungwan (弘文館學士) and Special Adviser of the Gungnaebu; in 1899 (third year of Gwangmu) he was appointed Minister of the Imperial Household. In September of the same year, in accordance with the rule for successive heirs of four generations, he was enfeoffed as Wansun-gun (完順君), and he rose to the senior first rank of Bokguk Sungrok Daebu (輔國崇祿大夫).13
When Japan and the great powers sought to acquire railway construction rights within the Korean Empire, Yi Jae-wan, together with Yi Gyu-hwan (李圭桓), Park Gi-jong (朴琪淙), Yun Gi-yeong, Yi Jun-ho, Seo O-sun and others, came forward, insisting that railway management must be carried out by Koreans themselves,14 and in 1899 he took part in the founding of the Daehan Railway Company.
In 1903 (seventh year of Gwangmu), when the Hanseong Bank was reorganized as the Public Hanseong Bank, Yi Jae-wan was elected its president. In January 1905 (ninth year of Gwangmu) he was dispatched to Japan as Bobing Daesa (報聘大使) and returned in February. On April 27, 1907 (eleventh year of Gwangmu), he was appointed Vice-General (副將) of the Korean Imperial Army, and in August of the same year he was appointed Chongchon of the Seungnyeongbu (承寧府總管).
On July 28, 1909, at a shareholders' meeting of the Hanseong Bank, it was resolved that Yi Jae-wan would be moved from the post of president to adviser and that Yi Yun-yong (李允用) would assume the presidency.15
Later life
On October 2, 1910, the <Treaty of Annexation between Korea and Japan> was concluded between the Korean Empire and the Empire of Japan, and with the promulgation of the Japanese Imperial Household Ordinance No. 14, the <Joseon Nobility Ordinance> (朝鮮貴族令), he was enfeoffed as marquis by the Japanese government and was granted 336,000 yen in government bonds.
In 1912 he resigned as president of the Hanseong Bank. On September 9, 1912, when Heungchin Prince Yi Jae-myeon died, Yi Jae-wan persuaded Yeongseon-gun Yi Jun-yong, who was trying to avoid and shun the funeral, and conducted the funeral. At the wake for Heungchin-wang, Yi Jun-yong neither shed tears nor showed grief, and Wansun-gun rebuked Yeongseon-gun Yi Jun-yong. However, this was the result of multiple factors, including the disappointment that his father, the elder brother of the king, had been unable to request the rehabilitation of his son and had not been able to prevent assassins from going to Japan, as well as the fact that during his exile in Japan his father had not provided sufficient financial support and had failed to manage the household properly.16 Yeongseon-gun resented his father for failing to protect him from assassination threats and violence, from the mortal danger during the assassination of Kim Hak-u, and from Joseon assassins who had infiltrated Japan; he protested that the family and relatives had done nothing for him. Afterward, a three-year mourning period was observed, but it was perfunctory, and when the small and large memorial rites were held, Gojong and Deoksugung (Sunjong) sent expenses and ritual officials to offer sacrifices, but he responded only in form.
On the afternoon of September 9, when Gojong, who had become Retired Emperor (이태왕), visited Yi Jae-myeon's wake, Yeongseon-gun Yi Jun-yong left the place. Having been informed in advance of Gojong's visit to the funeral, he withdrew and avoided a confrontation. Yi Jae-wan completed the funeral of Heungchin-wang while persuading Yi Jun-yong. He was offered a seat as Chanui of the Jungchuwon by the Government-General of Chosen, but declined and did not take up the post.
He died in the morning of August 11, 1922, and his funeral was held on August 18 in Jaun-dong, Gyeongseong-bu. In October of the same year, his son Yi Dal-yong inherited the marquis title.
After death
His grave is located in Ahn-gol, Dogok-ri, Wabu-myeon, Yangju County, Gyeonggi Province (present-day Ahn-gol, Dogok 1-ri 97-1, Wabu-eup, Namyangju), on Gatmubong of Geumdae Mountain (金臺山), near the tomb of Heungwan-gun. Also, below the tomb of Wansun-gun is the tomb of his son Yi Dal-yong. The tomb has no tombstone, only a sangseok (table stone) and other stone objects. According to tradition, on his deathbed he expressed shame over the Japan–Korea Annexation and left instructions that no stele should be erected on his grave; his descendants therefore did not erect one, and only his name was left on the back of the sangseok. On both sides in front of the tomb stand mangju-seok (guardian posts), and in front of the tomb and directly before the sangseok stands one stone jangmyeongdeung (lantern).
Near the tombs of Heungnyeong-gun and Yi Jae-wan stood the residence of his son Yi Dal-yong. Near Yi Jae-wan's tomb there was a well, which was called Seungjimul (승지물) because SeungjiYi Dal-yong, who had once held the post of seungji, always drew water from it and drank it; the surrounding area was called Seungjimul Village. Near the tombs of Heungnyeong-gun and Yi Jae-wan stood Yi Dal-yong's large tiled residence, which had many rice paddies. Directly below the tomb of Wansun-gun is the tomb of Yi Dal-yong.
Adoptive mother: Lady Seo of the Daegu Seo clan (February 23, 1810 – February 28, 1834), daughter of Magistrate Seo Tak-su (徐鐸修); during her lifetime she was a Gunbuin, and posthumously was conferred the title Jeonggyeong Buin.
Adoptive mother: Lady Park of the Suncheon Park clan (February 3, 1818 – August 7, 1888), daughter of Park Hae-ik (朴海翊); during her lifetime she received the title of Jeonggyeong Buin from Gunbuin.
Birth father: Yi Sin-eung (李愼應, September 4, 1824 – October 30, 1870)
Birth stepmother: Lady Park of the Milyang Park clan (密陽朴氏, June 12, 1828 – February 2, 1849), first wife of his father Yi Sin-eung
Birth mother: Lady Choe of the Jeonju Choe clan (全州崔氏, March 11, 1820 – ), daughter of Choe Byeong-ik (崔秉益)
Younger brother: Yi Jae-gon (李載崑 or 李載崐, 1859 – 1943)
Wife: Jeonggyeong Buin Lady Seo (貞敬夫人 徐氏, ? – 1923)
Daughter-in-law: Lady Kim of the Andong Kim clan (March 4, 1883 – ?), daughter of Jinsa Kim Hoe-geun (金會根)
Granddaughter: Lady Yi
Grandson: Yi Hae-seon (李海善, 1905 – 1983), painter
Grandson: Yi Hae-myeong (李海明, 1911 – ?), adopted into the line of Yi Mun-yong, the second son of Heungchin-wang
Grandson: Yi Hae-sang (1913 – 1985)
Great-granddaughter: Yi Nam-ju (pianist, former professor at Sungshin Women's University)
Granddaughter: Yi Gil-yeong (1916 – ?)
Granddaughter: Yi U-yeong (李又英, 1920 – January 28, 1938)
Grandson: Yi Hae-yeong (李海英, 1925 – November 18, 1979), university professor
Son: Yi Gyu-yong (李逵鎔, June 13, 1888 – ?, chambong)
Daughter-in-law: Lady Hong of the Pungsan Hong clan, daughter of Hong Sun-gu (洪淳九), Secretary Vice Minister of the Bisowon by civil examination
Concubine daughter-in-law: Yi Gyeong-su (李慶洙, 1893 – January 18, 1968), took refuge in Won Buddhism in 1924; her Dharma name was Yi Dong-jin-hwa (李東震華) and her Dharma title was Yukta-won (六陀圓); concubine of his son Yi Gyu-yong
Daughter: Lady Yi
Son-in-law: Kim Byeong-hyeop (金炳協, served as Secretary Vice Minister of the Bisowon), son of Kim Myeon-geun (金冕根), Dosa
"財界山脈 近世 100年產業과 人物 <36> 鐵道·海運特許 (3)", Maeil Business Newspaper, June 8, 1981, p. 7, Economy section. ↩
"財界山脈 近世 100年 産業과 人物 <90> 民族銀行 創業 (8)", Maeil Business Newspaper, August 10, 1981, p. 7, Economy section. ↩
Oh Yeong-seop, Figures Who Embroidered Modern and Contemporary Korean History (1) (Oh Yeong-seop, publisher Han Young-hee, April 2007, Kyungin Publishing), p. 342. ↩
Yi Jae-wan (李載完, December 5, lunar calendar, 1855 – August 11, 1922) was a late Joseon scholar-official and member of the royal family, as well as a member of the imperial family and an official of the Korean Empire. His family seat was Jeonju, his childhood name was Eulgyeong (乙經), his courtesy name was Sunchil (舜七), and his art name was Seokho (石湖). He was the adopted son of Heungwan-gunYi Jeong-eung and a fifth-generation descendant of Crown Prince Sado. In 1899 he was enfeoffed as Wansun-gun, and after the Japan–Korea Annexation in 1910 he was granted the title of marquis by the Japanese government and became a Joseon noble.
In 1855 (sixth year of King Cheoljong), he was born in Wagong-myeon, Yangju County, Gyeonggi Province, the fifth son of Yi Sin-eung (李愼應) and his wife, Lady Choe of the Jeonju Choe clan. Yi Sin-eung was the ninth-generation descendant of Prince Gyeongchang Yi Ju (慶昌君 李珘), the ninth son of King Seonjo by a concubine. Yi Sin-eung had held the posts of chambong and through the and was posthumously conferred the title of of the . His given name at birth was Eulgyeong and his courtesy name was Sunchil. In 1864, by King Gojong's order, he was chosen as the adoptive heir of Yi Jeong-eung (興完君 李晸應), who had no children. Upon being designated as Heungwan-gun's adopted son by the king's command, his name was changed from Eulgyeong and Sunchil to Jae-wan.
He had four older brothers, but they died young, so he was in effect the eldest son; nevertheless, he was designated as the adopted son of Heungwan-gun Jeong-eung. His younger brother Yi Jae-gon took on the role of eldest son in the birth family. He also had one older sister who married Hong Dae-hu (洪大厚) of the Namyang Hong clan. Hong Dae-hu passed the civil service examination as a Jinsa and served as a gyori.
His birth family descended from Prince Gyeongchang Yi Ju in the ninth generation, but the royal courtesy due to them ended with his seventh-generation ancestor, Seocheon-gun Yi Hwang (西川君 李榥). Among the sons of Yi Jeong-seo (李廷熽), younger brother of his sixth-generation birth ancestor Yi Jeong-uk (李廷煜), Yi Chae (李埰)'s son Su-sin was designated as the adopted son of Yeonryeong-gun Hwon, a son of King Sukjong by a concubine. He changed his name to On, became Nakcheon-gun, and was adopted into the household of Yeonryeong-gun. Since Nakcheon-gun also had no children, the adopted son Yeong, who was the son of Deokheung Daewongun's household, was enfeoffed as Dalseon-gun and adopted. However, after a conflict with his stepmother, Lady Seo, he killed himself, and the second concubine son of Crown Prince Sado, Eunsin-gun Jin, was adopted. Since Eunsin-gun had no sons, he again adopted Yi Chae-jung, eighth-generation descendant of Prince Inpyeong Yo, second son of King Injo, changed his name to Gu, and enfeoffed him as Namyeon-gun. The great-grandfather of the adoptive line, Nakcheon-gun Yi On, was the birth family's great-great-uncle. Meanwhile, his adoptive father Yi Jeong-eung was 21 degrees of kinship removed from King Injo's descendants, and counting from the adoptive grandfather Namyeon-gun Gu through the birth line of Prince Inpyeong, the kinship was also 21 degrees.
On July 23, 1873 (tenth year of Gojong), he became a Dongmong instructor (童蒙教官). In 1875, in commemoration of Heungwan-gun's sixtieth birthday, Yi Jae-wan was specially granted the qualification to proceed directly to the civil service examination.
Career as an official
In April 1875 (twelfth year of Gojong), he passed the literary examination,1 and on May 20 he was appointed Gajuseo (假注書). On June 20 he was again appointed Gajuseo. On December 8 he was appointed Bungajuseo, and in January 1876 he entered the Hallim.
In 1876 (thirteenth year of Gojong), he was selected as Yemun-gwan Gyeomseogwan and Chunchugwan Gijugwan and promoted to sixth rank. That year he concurrently held the posts of Gyeomseolseo and Gyeomchunchu. In 1877 (fourteenth year of Gojong) he was promoted to senior third rank and was appointed Seungjeongwon Dong Buseungji. In 1878 he went out as magistrate of Goksan. In 1879 (sixteenth year of Gojong) he was promoted to junior second rank. That October he became Seungjeongwon Dosunggi, and in December he became Buje-jo of the Uiyakcheong. In February 1880 (seventeenth year of Gojong) he was appointed Vice Minister of the Board of Personnel,2 and on May 18 he was appointed Vice Director of the Hongmungwan (弘文館副提學).3 In 1882 (nineteenth year of Gojong) he went out as Magistrate of Chuncheon, and that July he was selected as Scribe (書寫官) of the Sanneung Dogam. That autumn he took up the post of Magistrate of Yeongbyeon Dohobu,4 but soon returned upon being appointed Seungji of the Seungjeongwon.5
In December 1884 (twenty-first year of Gojong), during the Gapsin Coup, he was appointed Minister of War in the cabinet of the Gaehwa Party (開化黨).6 After the Gapsin Coup failed, Seo Jae-pil, Kim Ok-gyun, Yi Gyu-wan and others fled into exile, and Hong Yeong-sik and others were killed. However, Yi Jae-wan was not punished because he was a close relative of the royal family and was not a member of the Gaehwa Party.
In 1885 (twenty-second year of Gojong) he was promoted to senior second rank, and after serving as Minister of Justice,7 and Jigyeongyeon Sa, he was appointed Daesaeonhwan of the Saheonbu.8 In 1886 (twenty-third year of Gojong) he was appointed Yemun-gwan Jehak, Hongmungwan Jehak,9 Left Vice Bingeok of the Siganwon,10 Yemun-gwan Jehak,11 and Pan-yun of the Hanseong Prefecture.12 In 1887 he was exiled with Yi Jae-won to the coast of Gyeonggi Province for disobeying an order to reprimand, and was later released. In 1890 (twenty-seventh year of Gojong) he served as Pan-yun of the Hanseong Prefecture, then again as Minister of Justice and Jehak of the Hongmungwan, and in 1891 (twenty-eighth year of Gojong) he served as Minister of Personnel and Minister of Rites. In 1892 (twenty-ninth year of Gojong) he was promoted to junior first rank. That December he became Pan-uigumbu-sa. On May 20, 1894 (thirty-first year of Gojong) he became Minister of Works, on May 29 he became Pan-uigumbu-sa, and on June 13 he served as Left Chanchan of the Uijeongbu (議政府左參贊).
Activities during the Korean Empire
On May 5, 1895 (thirty-second year of Gojong), he was appointed Special Adviser (宮內府特進官) of the Gungnaebu, a chimnim-gwan (勅任官) rank. On January 1, 1896 (first year of Geonyang), he served as Gyeong of the Jongjeongwon concurrently Gyeong of the Gwijokwon (宗正院卿兼貴族院卿); in October he served as Jeje of the Bingjeon (殯殿提調); and in 1897 (second year of Geonyang) he served as Jeje of the Sanneung Dogam (山陵都監提調).
In 1897 (first year of the Gwangmu era), he played a leading role in establishing the Hanseong Bank. In 1898 he was appointed Hakssa of the Hongmungwan (弘文館學士) and Special Adviser of the Gungnaebu; in 1899 (third year of Gwangmu) he was appointed Minister of the Imperial Household. In September of the same year, in accordance with the rule for successive heirs of four generations, he was enfeoffed as Wansun-gun (完順君), and he rose to the senior first rank of Bokguk Sungrok Daebu (輔國崇祿大夫).13
When Japan and the great powers sought to acquire railway construction rights within the Korean Empire, Yi Jae-wan, together with Yi Gyu-hwan (李圭桓), Park Gi-jong (朴琪淙), Yun Gi-yeong, Yi Jun-ho, Seo O-sun and others, came forward, insisting that railway management must be carried out by Koreans themselves,14 and in 1899 he took part in the founding of the Daehan Railway Company.
In 1903 (seventh year of Gwangmu), when the Hanseong Bank was reorganized as the Public Hanseong Bank, Yi Jae-wan was elected its president. In January 1905 (ninth year of Gwangmu) he was dispatched to Japan as Bobing Daesa (報聘大使) and returned in February. On April 27, 1907 (eleventh year of Gwangmu), he was appointed Vice-General (副將) of the Korean Imperial Army, and in August of the same year he was appointed Chongchon of the Seungnyeongbu (承寧府總管).
On July 28, 1909, at a shareholders' meeting of the Hanseong Bank, it was resolved that Yi Jae-wan would be moved from the post of president to adviser and that Yi Yun-yong (李允用) would assume the presidency.15
Later life
On October 2, 1910, the <Treaty of Annexation between Korea and Japan> was concluded between the Korean Empire and the Empire of Japan, and with the promulgation of the Japanese Imperial Household Ordinance No. 14, the <Joseon Nobility Ordinance> (朝鮮貴族令), he was enfeoffed as marquis by the Japanese government and was granted 336,000 yen in government bonds.
In 1912 he resigned as president of the Hanseong Bank. On September 9, 1912, when Heungchin Prince Yi Jae-myeon died, Yi Jae-wan persuaded Yeongseon-gun Yi Jun-yong, who was trying to avoid and shun the funeral, and conducted the funeral. At the wake for Heungchin-wang, Yi Jun-yong neither shed tears nor showed grief, and Wansun-gun rebuked Yeongseon-gun Yi Jun-yong. However, this was the result of multiple factors, including the disappointment that his father, the elder brother of the king, had been unable to request the rehabilitation of his son and had not been able to prevent assassins from going to Japan, as well as the fact that during his exile in Japan his father had not provided sufficient financial support and had failed to manage the household properly.16 Yeongseon-gun resented his father for failing to protect him from assassination threats and violence, from the mortal danger during the assassination of Kim Hak-u, and from Joseon assassins who had infiltrated Japan; he protested that the family and relatives had done nothing for him. Afterward, a three-year mourning period was observed, but it was perfunctory, and when the small and large memorial rites were held, Gojong and Deoksugung (Sunjong) sent expenses and ritual officials to offer sacrifices, but he responded only in form.
On the afternoon of September 9, when Gojong, who had become Retired Emperor (이태왕), visited Yi Jae-myeon's wake, Yeongseon-gun Yi Jun-yong left the place. Having been informed in advance of Gojong's visit to the funeral, he withdrew and avoided a confrontation. Yi Jae-wan completed the funeral of Heungchin-wang while persuading Yi Jun-yong. He was offered a seat as Chanui of the Jungchuwon by the Government-General of Chosen, but declined and did not take up the post.
He died in the morning of August 11, 1922, and his funeral was held on August 18 in Jaun-dong, Gyeongseong-bu. In October of the same year, his son Yi Dal-yong inherited the marquis title.
After death
His grave is located in Ahn-gol, Dogok-ri, Wabu-myeon, Yangju County, Gyeonggi Province (present-day Ahn-gol, Dogok 1-ri 97-1, Wabu-eup, Namyangju), on Gatmubong of Geumdae Mountain (金臺山), near the tomb of Heungwan-gun. Also, below the tomb of Wansun-gun is the tomb of his son Yi Dal-yong. The tomb has no tombstone, only a sangseok (table stone) and other stone objects. According to tradition, on his deathbed he expressed shame over the Japan–Korea Annexation and left instructions that no stele should be erected on his grave; his descendants therefore did not erect one, and only his name was left on the back of the sangseok. On both sides in front of the tomb stand mangju-seok (guardian posts), and in front of the tomb and directly before the sangseok stands one stone jangmyeongdeung (lantern).
Near the tombs of Heungnyeong-gun and Yi Jae-wan stood the residence of his son Yi Dal-yong. Near Yi Jae-wan's tomb there was a well, which was called Seungjimul (승지물) because SeungjiYi Dal-yong, who had once held the post of seungji, always drew water from it and drank it; the surrounding area was called Seungjimul Village. Near the tombs of Heungnyeong-gun and Yi Jae-wan stood Yi Dal-yong's large tiled residence, which had many rice paddies. Directly below the tomb of Wansun-gun is the tomb of Yi Dal-yong.
Adoptive mother: Lady Seo of the Daegu Seo clan (February 23, 1810 – February 28, 1834), daughter of Magistrate Seo Tak-su (徐鐸修); during her lifetime she was a Gunbuin, and posthumously was conferred the title Jeonggyeong Buin.
Adoptive mother: Lady Park of the Suncheon Park clan (February 3, 1818 – August 7, 1888), daughter of Park Hae-ik (朴海翊); during her lifetime she received the title of Jeonggyeong Buin from Gunbuin.
Birth father: Yi Sin-eung (李愼應, September 4, 1824 – October 30, 1870)
Birth stepmother: Lady Park of the Milyang Park clan (密陽朴氏, June 12, 1828 – February 2, 1849), first wife of his father Yi Sin-eung
Birth mother: Lady Choe of the Jeonju Choe clan (全州崔氏, March 11, 1820 – ), daughter of Choe Byeong-ik (崔秉益)
Younger brother: Yi Jae-gon (李載崑 or 李載崐, 1859 – 1943)
Wife: Jeonggyeong Buin Lady Seo (貞敬夫人 徐氏, ? – 1923)
Daughter-in-law: Lady Kim of the Andong Kim clan (March 4, 1883 – ?), daughter of Jinsa Kim Hoe-geun (金會根)
Granddaughter: Lady Yi
Grandson: Yi Hae-seon (李海善, 1905 – 1983), painter
Grandson: Yi Hae-myeong (李海明, 1911 – ?), adopted into the line of Yi Mun-yong, the second son of Heungchin-wang
Grandson: Yi Hae-sang (1913 – 1985)
Great-granddaughter: Yi Nam-ju (pianist, former professor at Sungshin Women's University)
Granddaughter: Yi Gil-yeong (1916 – ?)
Granddaughter: Yi U-yeong (李又英, 1920 – January 28, 1938)
Grandson: Yi Hae-yeong (李海英, 1925 – November 18, 1979), university professor
Son: Yi Gyu-yong (李逵鎔, June 13, 1888 – ?, chambong)
Daughter-in-law: Lady Hong of the Pungsan Hong clan, daughter of Hong Sun-gu (洪淳九), Secretary Vice Minister of the Bisowon by civil examination
Concubine daughter-in-law: Yi Gyeong-su (李慶洙, 1893 – January 18, 1968), took refuge in Won Buddhism in 1924; her Dharma name was Yi Dong-jin-hwa (李東震華) and her Dharma title was Yukta-won (六陀圓); concubine of his son Yi Gyu-yong
Daughter: Lady Yi
Son-in-law: Kim Byeong-hyeop (金炳協, served as Secretary Vice Minister of the Bisowon), son of Kim Myeon-geun (金冕根), Dosa
"財界山脈 近世 100年產業과 人物 <36> 鐵道·海運特許 (3)", Maeil Business Newspaper, June 8, 1981, p. 7, Economy section. ↩
"財界山脈 近世 100年 産業과 人物 <90> 民族銀行 創業 (8)", Maeil Business Newspaper, August 10, 1981, p. 7, Economy section. ↩
Oh Yeong-seop, Figures Who Embroidered Modern and Contemporary Korean History (1) (Oh Yeong-seop, publisher Han Young-hee, April 2007, Kyungin Publishing), p. 342. ↩