Independence patriot · Righteous army · Order of Patriotic Merit (Aegukjang, 1990)
| Life | 1868 ~ 1939 |
| Era | 근현대 |
| Clan | 파평 윤씨 |
Yun Ja-hyeong was appointed a righteous army commander by Emperor Gojong and led resistance forces centered on Mount Jiri.
Born in Yesan, Chungcheongnam-do, he passed the military examination in 1891 and served as a royal messenger. After the 1905 Eulsa Treaty he raised a righteous army based on Mount Jiri, was named commander-in-chief of the three Honam provinces' forces in 1907, and was appointed righteous-army general and commander-in-chief of the three southern provinces by Emperor Gojong in 1908. He later supported the independence activities of Park Eun-sik and Yi Si-yeong, and in 1923 founded the Wongak-gyo religious movement in Manchuria to foster national consciousness among Koreans there before his death in 1939. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Merit for National Foundation in 1990.