Yun Chi-byeong (尹致昞, 4 June 1880 lunar calendar – 24 January 1940 solar calendar) was a military officer and soldier of the late Korean Empire. He was the grandson of [[Jungchubu|Vice Director of the Jungchubu]] [[Yun Chwi-dong]] and the fourth son of [[Yun Yeong-ryeol|Topo-sa]] (provincial constabu
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He was born in Sinhang-ri, Dunpo-myeon, Asan County, South Chungcheong Province, as the fourth son of Yun Yeong-ryeol, who in the late Joseon period served as an inspector in the Saheonbu, Topo-sa, and magistrate of Anseong County, and of his wife Han Jin-suk of the Cheongju Han clan, Han Jin-suk. His maternal uncle was Han Jin-chang, who served as governor of a province. His eldest brother Yun Chi-o's son was Yun Il-seon, who after studying in Japan became an early Korean pathologist and anatomist, and who served as professor of pathology and anatomy at the medical school of Seoul National University, vice president of Seoul National University, and president of Seoul National University. His second brother Yun Chi-so's eldest son was , the former 4th President of the , and his sixth son was , who served as a clerk in the and as . The independence activist and enlightenment advocate was his cousin. His third brother was also a military man.
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His younger brother Yun Chi-yeong, the sixth younger brother, was an independence activist and one of the closest associates of Syngman Rhee, and after the establishment of the Government of the Republic of Korea he served as Minister of Home Affairs, Mayor of Seoul, and chairman of the Democratic Republican Party.
Military career
He entered public service as a sosa (筮仕) and rose to office, serving as Jinmu Buwi (進武副尉) and in other posts. On 23 May 1900 (the 3rd year of Gwangmu), he was appointed Armyinfantryensign and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion of the 6th Jinwi Infantry Regiment. On 30 February 1901 he was ordered to take leave, but was reinstated in early March. On 27 January 1905, when officials who had taken part in the funeral procession of Queen Hyojeong were rewarded, he was reportedly granted one bolt of cloth as a gift. On 7 August 1905 (the 8th year of Gwangmu) he was dismissed from office. On 7 August 1905 he was assigned to the 1st Battalion of the Jinwi Infantry, became a platoon leader, and on 18 November was promoted to army infantry lieutenant. On 1 September 1906 he was dismissed from his post as infantry lieutenant and as platoon leader of the 1st Battalion.
On 1 September 1906 he was appointed army infantry captain and assigned to the Infantry Section of the Military Affairs Bureau at the headquarters of the Military Department (軍部). In January 1907 (the 10th year of Gwangmu), he took part in repairs to the damaged main shrine area of the Jojeong-dan altar, and on 20 January, when officials who had worked on the repairs of the Jojeong-dan main shrine were rewarded, he was promoted to 6th rank. On 30 August he was removed from his post and placed on standby, and on 3 September, after Prime Minister Yi Wan-yong recommended dismissing all officers without posts who were not members of the royal family, he was removed from the rank of army captain.
During the Japanese colonial period, he refused all public service and lived in seclusion. Having no sons, he adopted his nephew Yun Taek-seon (尹澤善), the fifth son of his elder brother Yun Chi-so, to continue the family line.1Yun Chang-gu, a scientist at KAIST who was a son of Yun Taek-seon, was his adoptive grandson.
Because he did not hold public office during the Japanese colonial period, he was not labeled a pro-Japanese collaborator. His adoptive son Yun Taek-seon served as a National Assembly committee expert after liberation, and his grandson Yun Chang-gu was a physicist who conducted research at KAIST.
The fourth daughter of his second brother Yun Chi-so, Yun Gye-gyeong (尹桂卿, 13 February 1918 – ?), married Lee Jae-yeong (李宰寧, ? – ?).2 Lee Jae-yeong was the son of Lee Byeong-muk (李炳默), elder brother of Lee Byeong-do, and the grandson of JeoldosaLee Bong-gu (李鳳九).2
Grandmother: Lady Kim of Andong (1800 – October 1900)
Aunt: Lady Yun of Haepyeong (1835 – 1920)
Uncle by marriage: Lee Won-si (李源始, of the Yongin clan), 2 sons and 2 daughters
Maternal cousin: Yongin Lee clan
Maternal cousin's husband: Lee Jeong-gu (李鼎九), of the Uiseong clan
Father: Yun Yeong-ryeol (尹英烈, 15 April 1854 – 4 November 1939)
Mother: Han Jin-suk of the Cheongju Han clan (淸州韓氏 韓鎭淑, 1851 – 1938), sister of Han Jin-chang (韓鎭昌), who served as governor of Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province in the late Korean Empire and as a brigadier general in the army
Eldest brother: Yun Chi-o (尹致旿, Japanese name: Ito Chiu (伊東致旿), 5 August 1869 lunar – 2 December 1949 solar)
Second brother: Yun Chi-so (尹致昭, Japanese name: Itō Chishō (伊東致昭), 25 August 1871 lunar – 20 February 1944 solar)
Nephew: Yun Bo-seon (尹潽善, 26 August 1897 – 18 July 1990)
Nephew: Yun Won-seon (尹源善, 27 October 1910 – 16 December 1971)
Third brother: Yun Chi-seong (尹致晟, 2 March 1875 lunar – 11 August 1936 solar)
Younger brother: Yun Chi-myeong (尹致明, September 1885 lunar – 21 April 1944 solar)
Eldest sister: Yun Hwal-ran (尹活蘭, had 5 sons and 3 daughters)
Second sister: Yun No-deok (尹老德, 14 June 1889 – 24 November 1979, also known as Yun Jeong-suk (尹貞淑), the first female elder of Jeongdong Church)
Second brother-in-law: Lee Byeong-rim (李丙琳), a first cousin once removed of historian Lee Byeong-do, 1 son and 4 daughters
Nephew-in-law: Lee Yeong-hui, professor at the College of Music of Ewha Womans University
Younger brother: Yun Chi-yeong (尹致暎, Japanese name: Itō Chiei (伊東致映), 10 February 1898 – 9 February 1996)
Younger brother: name unknown
Stepmother: Jang Bok-cheom (張福瞻, 22 January 1902 – 3 August 1950)
Half-brother: Yun Chi-jeong (尹致晶, 25 November 1921 – ?)
Half-sister: Yun Gil-hui (尹吉喜, 16 June 1924 – 28 June 1973)
Half-sister: Yun In-hui (尹麟喜, 17 January 1927 – ?)
Half-brother: Yun Chi-il (尹致日, 10 February 1935 – 8 April 1985)
Wife: Lady Heo Byeong-suk (貞夫人 許丙淑, 1884 – 6 July 1954)
Adopted son: Yun Taek-seon (尹澤善, 20 November 1914 – 6 April 1998), served as an elder of Andong Church in Seoul34
Adopted son's wife: Lee Gi-hwa (1914 – 30 May 1996)
Granddaughter: Yun Gyeong-nam (尹慶男, 1936 – ), a translator and literary figure who graduated from Ewha Womans University. She served as director of the Shalom Senior Culture Center and as a director of the Yun Chi-ho Cultural Projects Association.56
Adopted grandson: Yun Chang-gu (尹昌求, 18 December 1941 – 27 July 1991, chemist)
Granddaughter-in-law: Shin Sun-ja (申順子, 3 September 1941 – , political scientist and legal scholar, daughter of Shin Dong-uk (申東旭), dean of the law school of Yonsei University)
Adopted grandson: Yun Seok-gu (尹奭求)
Uncle: Yun Ung-yeol (尹雄烈, 17 April 1840 lunar – 22 September 1911 solar)
Aunt: Lady Yi of Jeonui, first wife of uncle Yun Ung-yeol
Aunt: Lady Yi of Jeonju (全州李氏, 27 September 1844 – 12 February 1936)
Father-in-law's grandfather: Heo Gye (許棨, 1798 – 1866, Vice Commissioner of the Royal Court of Justice and Chief of the General Staff, posthumous name Hyomin (孝敏))
Notes
Footnotes
윤치호 일기 - 한 지식인의 내면세계를 통해 본 식민지 시기(윤치호, 역사비평사, 2002) 190페이지 ↩↩2
Some sources give 10 February 1895 and others 17 February 1895 as his birth date (Haepyeong Yun Clan Genealogy, vol. 3, 1983, p. 611). The family register transcript and the Army Headquarters "Officer Personal Record" give 16 February 1895. ↩
He was born in Sinhang-ri, Dunpo-myeon, Asan County, South Chungcheong Province, as the fourth son of Yun Yeong-ryeol, who in the late Joseon period served as an inspector in the Saheonbu, Topo-sa, and magistrate of Anseong County, and of his wife Han Jin-suk of the Cheongju Han clan, Han Jin-suk. His maternal uncle was Han Jin-chang, who served as governor of a province. His eldest brother Yun Chi-o's son was Yun Il-seon, who after studying in Japan became an early Korean pathologist and anatomist, and who served as professor of pathology and anatomy at the medical school of , vice president of Seoul National University, and president of Seoul National University. His second brother 's eldest son was , the former 4th President of the , and his sixth son was , who served as a clerk in the and as . The independence activist and enlightenment advocate was his cousin. His third brother was also a military man.
His younger brother Yun Chi-yeong, the sixth younger brother, was an independence activist and one of the closest associates of Syngman Rhee, and after the establishment of the Government of the Republic of Korea he served as Minister of Home Affairs, Mayor of Seoul, and chairman of the Democratic Republican Party.
Military career
He entered public service as a sosa (筮仕) and rose to office, serving as Jinmu Buwi (進武副尉) and in other posts. On 23 May 1900 (the 3rd year of Gwangmu), he was appointed Armyinfantryensign and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion of the 6th Jinwi Infantry Regiment. On 30 February 1901 he was ordered to take leave, but was reinstated in early March. On 27 January 1905, when officials who had taken part in the funeral procession of Queen Hyojeong were rewarded, he was reportedly granted one bolt of cloth as a gift. On 7 August 1905 (the 8th year of Gwangmu) he was dismissed from office. On 7 August 1905 he was assigned to the 1st Battalion of the Jinwi Infantry, became a platoon leader, and on 18 November was promoted to army infantry lieutenant. On 1 September 1906 he was dismissed from his post as infantry lieutenant and as platoon leader of the 1st Battalion.
On 1 September 1906 he was appointed army infantry captain and assigned to the Infantry Section of the Military Affairs Bureau at the headquarters of the Military Department (軍部). In January 1907 (the 10th year of Gwangmu), he took part in repairs to the damaged main shrine area of the Jojeong-dan altar, and on 20 January, when officials who had worked on the repairs of the Jojeong-dan main shrine were rewarded, he was promoted to 6th rank. On 30 August he was removed from his post and placed on standby, and on 3 September, after Prime Minister Yi Wan-yong recommended dismissing all officers without posts who were not members of the royal family, he was removed from the rank of army captain.
During the Japanese colonial period, he refused all public service and lived in seclusion. Having no sons, he adopted his nephew Yun Taek-seon (尹澤善), the fifth son of his elder brother Yun Chi-so, to continue the family line.1Yun Chang-gu, a scientist at KAIST who was a son of Yun Taek-seon, was his adoptive grandson.
Because he did not hold public office during the Japanese colonial period, he was not labeled a pro-Japanese collaborator. His adoptive son Yun Taek-seon served as a National Assembly committee expert after liberation, and his grandson Yun Chang-gu was a physicist who conducted research at KAIST.
The fourth daughter of his second brother Yun Chi-so, Yun Gye-gyeong (尹桂卿, 13 February 1918 – ?), married Lee Jae-yeong (李宰寧, ? – ?).2 Lee Jae-yeong was the son of Lee Byeong-muk (李炳默), elder brother of Lee Byeong-do, and the grandson of JeoldosaLee Bong-gu (李鳳九).2
Grandmother: Lady Kim of Andong (1800 – October 1900)
Aunt: Lady Yun of Haepyeong (1835 – 1920)
Uncle by marriage: Lee Won-si (李源始, of the Yongin clan), 2 sons and 2 daughters
Maternal cousin: Yongin Lee clan
Maternal cousin's husband: Lee Jeong-gu (李鼎九), of the Uiseong clan
Father: Yun Yeong-ryeol (尹英烈, 15 April 1854 – 4 November 1939)
Mother: Han Jin-suk of the Cheongju Han clan (淸州韓氏 韓鎭淑, 1851 – 1938), sister of Han Jin-chang (韓鎭昌), who served as governor of Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province in the late Korean Empire and as a brigadier general in the army
Eldest brother: Yun Chi-o (尹致旿, Japanese name: Ito Chiu (伊東致旿), 5 August 1869 lunar – 2 December 1949 solar)
Second brother: Yun Chi-so (尹致昭, Japanese name: Itō Chishō (伊東致昭), 25 August 1871 lunar – 20 February 1944 solar)
Nephew: Yun Bo-seon (尹潽善, 26 August 1897 – 18 July 1990)
Nephew: Yun Won-seon (尹源善, 27 October 1910 – 16 December 1971)
Third brother: Yun Chi-seong (尹致晟, 2 March 1875 lunar – 11 August 1936 solar)
Younger brother: Yun Chi-myeong (尹致明, September 1885 lunar – 21 April 1944 solar)
Eldest sister: Yun Hwal-ran (尹活蘭, had 5 sons and 3 daughters)
Second sister: Yun No-deok (尹老德, 14 June 1889 – 24 November 1979, also known as Yun Jeong-suk (尹貞淑), the first female elder of Jeongdong Church)
Second brother-in-law: Lee Byeong-rim (李丙琳), a first cousin once removed of historian Lee Byeong-do, 1 son and 4 daughters
Nephew-in-law: Lee Yeong-hui, professor at the College of Music of Ewha Womans University
Younger brother: Yun Chi-yeong (尹致暎, Japanese name: Itō Chiei (伊東致映), 10 February 1898 – 9 February 1996)
Younger brother: name unknown
Stepmother: Jang Bok-cheom (張福瞻, 22 January 1902 – 3 August 1950)
Half-brother: Yun Chi-jeong (尹致晶, 25 November 1921 – ?)
Half-sister: Yun Gil-hui (尹吉喜, 16 June 1924 – 28 June 1973)
Half-sister: Yun In-hui (尹麟喜, 17 January 1927 – ?)
Half-brother: Yun Chi-il (尹致日, 10 February 1935 – 8 April 1985)
Wife: Lady Heo Byeong-suk (貞夫人 許丙淑, 1884 – 6 July 1954)
Adopted son: Yun Taek-seon (尹澤善, 20 November 1914 – 6 April 1998), served as an elder of Andong Church in Seoul34
Adopted son's wife: Lee Gi-hwa (1914 – 30 May 1996)
Granddaughter: Yun Gyeong-nam (尹慶男, 1936 – ), a translator and literary figure who graduated from Ewha Womans University. She served as director of the Shalom Senior Culture Center and as a director of the Yun Chi-ho Cultural Projects Association.56
Adopted grandson: Yun Chang-gu (尹昌求, 18 December 1941 – 27 July 1991, chemist)
Granddaughter-in-law: Shin Sun-ja (申順子, 3 September 1941 – , political scientist and legal scholar, daughter of Shin Dong-uk (申東旭), dean of the law school of Yonsei University)
Adopted grandson: Yun Seok-gu (尹奭求)
Uncle: Yun Ung-yeol (尹雄烈, 17 April 1840 lunar – 22 September 1911 solar)
Aunt: Lady Yi of Jeonui, first wife of uncle Yun Ung-yeol
Aunt: Lady Yi of Jeonju (全州李氏, 27 September 1844 – 12 February 1936)
Father-in-law's grandfather: Heo Gye (許棨, 1798 – 1866, Vice Commissioner of the Royal Court of Justice and Chief of the General Staff, posthumous name Hyomin (孝敏))
Notes
Footnotes
윤치호 일기 - 한 지식인의 내면세계를 통해 본 식민지 시기(윤치호, 역사비평사, 2002) 190페이지 ↩↩2
Some sources give 10 February 1895 and others 17 February 1895 as his birth date (Haepyeong Yun Clan Genealogy, vol. 3, 1983, p. 611). The family register transcript and the Army Headquarters "Officer Personal Record" give 16 February 1895. ↩