Hyun Sang-Yoon, a teacher in Bosung School, was one of the key persons in the March First Movement. However the historical studies on his independence movement have not done much. The historical studies of the March First declaration of Korean indepen...
Hyun Sang-Yoon, a teacher in Bosung School, was one of the key persons in the March First Movement. However the historical studies on his independence movement have not done much. The historical studies of the March First declaration of Korean independence were focused on the thirty three representatives, who signed the manifesto. Hyun Sang-Yoon was not the one of the thirty three representatives. His mission was one of the second leader group, who planned and led the March First Movement from behind. This study deals with his real role in the Mrch First declaration of Korean independence. He gave aid to the Korean students in Tokyo, who declared the Korean independence at 8th, February in 1919. Their declaration of Korean independence ha influence on the March First Movement in their homeland. He was the first man, who met Son Gye-Baek, a messenger of Korean students in Tokyo, and communicated the fact to the Chundogyo leaders such as Choi Rin, Kwon Dong-Jin, Oh Se-Chang and Son Byung-Hee. The March First Movement was planned and led by the religious leaders. Chundogyo, Christianity and Buddism were the big and influential organization in Japanese colonial period. These three powerful religious group joined one another for the Korean independence declaration against Japanese colonial rule. Hyun Sang-Yoon and Choi Nam-Sun communicated the Chundogyo leaders` plan of Korean independence movement to the Lee Seung Hoon, who was the influential leader of the Korean Christianity. By Hyun and Choi`s truly patriotic mediation, the cooperation between the Chundogyo leaders and the Christianity leaders was possible. Hyun Sang-Yoon wrote his memories of the March First Movement in 1946. His momories are vivid and real, so they have important historical value. The official records by Japanese colonialism do not say the facts which Korean independence leaders did not want to open to public for the fulfillment of independence movement and their friends` safe. This means that his memories have the importance as the historical evidence on the March First movement.