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안중근의사기념관

Thoughts, spirits and traces

Domestic (Korea)

Han Yong-un 
(韓龍雲  pen-name Manhae, 
1879-1944)
Independence fighter, poet, and Buddhist monk
Ten thousand seom of boiling blood, and 10 mal of courage.
The spirit of long waiting and endurance, as cold as deep blue 
frost, suddenly shakes heaven and earth like lightning strikes.
Amid raining bullets, you still maintain an imposing figure.
(1 seom equals some 80 liters/ 1 mal equals some 18 liters. – Ed.)
Park Du-jin 
(朴斗鎭 1916 - 1998)
Former Yonsei University professor
Park Mok-wol 
(朴木月  1916 - 1978)
Poet, former Hanyang University 
professor
Jo Ji-hun 
(趙芝薰  1920 - 1968)
Poet, former Korea University 
professor
Syngman Rhee,
pen-name Unam
(李承晩  1875 - 1965)
The first, the second, and the third 
president of the Republic of Korea
The Bright Moon of the East
Yi Si-yeong 
(李始榮  1869 - 1953)
The first vice-president of the Republic of Korea 
A gunshot of righteousness at the Harbin Railway Station
Kim Gu 
(金九  Pen-name Baekbeom, 
1876-1949)
The president of the Provisional Government of the 
Republic of Korea
It is hard to learn a way of living and it is easy to put it into practice.
Park Chung-hee 
(朴正熙  1917 - 1979)
The fifth, the sixth, the seventh, the eighth, and the ninth president 
of the Republic of Korea
Reunification of the Nation and World Peace
Bak Eun-sik 
(朴殷植 pen-name Baekam,
1959-1925)
The second president of the 
Provisional Government of the 
Republic of Korea, nationalist 
historian
With regard to the personal history of Ahn 
Jung-geun, some evaluate him as a patriot 
who sacrificed himself to save the nation 
while others call him a passionate fighter 
who revenged the tragedy of Korea. 
I believe those eulogies alone fall far short 
of his actual accomplishment. Ahn Jung-geun 
is a man who posed himself as a 
representative of world peace and had the 
luminosity of world-view. 
From “Reunification of the Nation and the World Peace”
in Painful History of Korea (Hanguk Tongsa)
by Park Eun-sik.
Kim Taek-yeong 
(金澤榮 pen-name Changgang,
1850-1927)
 
Scholar of Chinese classics, nationalist historian
After having heard that Ahn Jung-geun, the leader of the righteous army, had 
revenged the tragedy of the nation

A man of great strength from Pyeongan-do opened his eyes wide and killed the 
head of the enemy state as if he had butchered a nanny goat.  How happy I am to 
hear the news before I die. With a bout of my joyful singing and dancing, even a 
chrysanthemum seems inflated with pride. After a giant hawk was circling around 
the sky of Vladivostok, a flash of lightning struck on the platform of the Harbin 
Railway Station. I don’t know how many heroes and masterminds are there in the 
five  oceans and six continents, but they all might have dropped their  spoons, 
chopsticks or forks in the blowing fall wind. Since ancient times, no nation has 
been free from the danger of collapse. The culprits who destroy their nation are 
always corrupt government officials. Look at a hero who dare propped up the 
falling sky!  Even during the period of a nation’s ruin, I see a flash of light.
Yi Gang 
(李剛  Pen-name Osan,
1878-1954)
Independence fighter and chief editor of the Daedong 
News Company.
Sin Gyu-sik 
(申圭植 pen-name Yegwan,
1879-1922)
 
Independence fighter
I see that, before the spirits of the deceased, the number of Hirobumi Ito-alike 
public archenemies is hundreds and thousands and even countless. 
Although our warlord Ahn has gone up to heaven, such great heroes like Ahn will 
appear again and again. 
Gye Bong-u 
(桂奉瑀  Pen-name Danseon,
1880 -1959)
“The Immortal Patriotic Fighter: the Story of Ahn Jung-geun”: 
An article series released between June and August 
1914 in The Gwoneop Sinmun.
Kim Hyeon-seung 
(金顯承 Pen-name Dahyeong,
1913 -1975)
 
Poet, former Soongsil University professor.