환국 이후 梵亭 張炯의 사회교육 활동

Jang Hyeong’s Socio-Educational Movement after 1945

Jang Hyeong is the man who had achieved high deed on the national movement from Japanese colonial period through the last time of life. His socio-educational movement after 8·15 in 1945 has three characteristics. First, Jang Hyeong continued the independence movement after 8·15 in 1945. The Korean Provisional Government and Kim Koo thought they need to nourish young students to make a unification country of both governments south and north. Therefore the Korean Provisional Government and Kim Koo opened a academy, Geon’guk-silcheonwon-yangseongso(建國實踐員養成所) for their aim. Jang Hyeong helped Kim Koo maintain the academy in many ways. Besides, Jang Hyeong also made up several organizations to help ex-fighters for national independence and heir families such as Daehan-sun’guk-chungnyeol-saeophyeopwe (大韓殉國忠烈記念事業協會, 1956), Dongniptusa-chinmoke(獨立鬪士親睦會, 1961), Dongniptusajanyeo-janghake(獨立鬪士子女獎學會, 1963). Second, Jang Hyeong devoted himself in enlightenment movement by education. As a case in point, Jang Hyeong established Dankook college to educate young men. Kim Koo supported Jang Hyeong to make the college Dankook. Jang Hyeong had tried to make Dankook the best national college. Third, Jang Hyeong helped the poor in all his lifetime. Jang Hyeong typically organized organizations like Bandogohakseng-chinmoke(半島苦學生親睦會, 1921), Jeonkuk-tong’ilhakseng-chongyeonmeng(全國統一學生總聯盟, 1948) for working students. Besides, Jang Hyeong was famous for his good deed on newspapers at that time. The most important legacies Jang Hyeong turned over to us are independence spirit and consciousness of unification. Jang Hyeong succeeded to Kim Koo’s patriotic ideology. But Jang Hyeong met several difficulties on the way to realize Kim Koo’s ideology through socio-educational movement.