Kim Okkyun

Kim Okgyun was a Gae-Hwa-Pa activist during the Joseon Dynasty.

Kim was born to Kim Byung-tae and his wife on 1851 in Choong-chung Nam-do state. His family was poor, and, by the age of four, they moved to Chun-an. His father opened a Sau-dang, or Korean verbal school, at which Kim was educated. When he was six, he was adopted by Kim Byung-gye, who had lost his son and was desperate to secure the continuation of his family lineage.

For four years, Kim stayed at Hanyang (present-day Seoul), and, when Kim Byung-gye was named the vice governor in Kang-reung state in spring of 1861, they moved once again. At age fifteen, Kim Byunggye was named "Bup-moo-boo Cha-gwan" in the judicial office, and his family returned to Hanyang.

• http://www.asan.go.kr/eng/art/sub_04_08_03.asp
• Woong-jin Wee-in-jun-gi #19 Kim Okgyun by Baek Suk-gi. (C) Woongjin Publishing Co., Ltd.