Choong-Jang
tul (52 moves)
In his encyclopaedia General Choi told us:
Choong-Jang
is the pseudonym given to General Kim Duk Ryang who lived during the Lee (Yi)
Dynasty, 16th century. This pattern ends with a left-hand attack to
symbolize the tragedy of his death at 27 in prison before he was able to reach
full maturity.
What I’ve discovered
Kim
Duk Ryang (Possibly
also Chung Ki Ryong or Kim Duk Nyung?) was born in 1567;
he was a commander in the army during the Yi
Dynasty.
In
1592 when Toyotomi Hideyoshi began the Imjin Wars, Kim Duk Ryang was promoted
to General.
The invading Japanese were armed with around
300,000 imported muskets and faced Korean forces mostly armed with swords,
bows, arrows and spears in guerrilla groups.
On land the Korean forces struggled, while at sea the naval forces of Admiral Yi Sun-Sin were victorious.
In 1594 Kim Duk Ryang was promoted to Commander in Chief
of the
The Japanese greatly feared Kim Duk Ryang and gave him the name General Ho-Ik meaning Tiger Wing.
The bitter rivalries at court also had their impact on Kim Duk Ryang, when he was arrested in 1595 in connection with the killing of a slave girl.
His success on the battlefield may have led to the King’s intervention and his release by royal decree.
He was finally killed in 1596, by poisoning; after allegations that he took part in the Mong Hak Lee (Yi) rebellion, he was posthumously cleared of all charges and dishonour.
For
sources of this information please see the bibliography section of the site.
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