Late-Joseon righteous-army leader around Neungju and Hwasun; pen name Haengsa
| Life | 1856 ~ 1908 |
| Era | 대한제국 |
| Clan | 제주 양씨 |
Yang Hoe-il (1856-1908) was a righteous-army leader of the late Korean Empire with the pen name Haengsa. After the 1905 Eulsa Treaty he is said to have spent his estate gathering fighters and resisted Japanese forces around Neungju, Hwasun and Dongbok.
In 1907 he attacked the Neungju county office and police station but was captured and exiled; he was arrested again while trying to rise once more and is said to have died in prison. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Merit for National Foundation, Patriotism Medal, in 1990.
After the 1905 treaty he is said to have used his own property to gather and train several hundred fighters.
He took the field in April 1907 around Neungju, Hwasun and Dongbok. A record says that on 22 April he led about 100 men to attack the Neungju county office and police station and the Hwasun county office and gendarmerie post.
While trying to attack Gwangju he was captured after fierce fighting and exiled to Jido in Sinan, being freed that December.
One record says he was arrested by Japanese gendarmes in 1908 while rising again and died in prison in Jangheung. Other accounts say he died on hunger strike in prison, so the circumstances differ by source.
He was posthumously awarded the Patriotism Medal in 1990. The Haengsa silgi preserves his record and has been translated. Care is needed because his story may be mixed with other uprisings of the same region and period.
His grave location was not confirmed.
The Haengsa silgi records his deeds; a modern Korean translation has been published by the Chosun University classics institute.