Yeonggyu
| Yeonggyu | |
 | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 영규 |
| Hanja | 靈圭 |
| Revised Romanization | Yeonggyu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏnggyu |
Yeonggyu (
Life
Yeonggyu was an abbot
Yeonggyu recruited monks into a militia to resist the invasion. His force joined with a
Jo and Yeonggyu planned to recapture the capital from the Japanese, but their officers instead argued they should attack
Jo Heon's forces attacked on 22 September, but all were killed, including their leader. Yeonggyu's forces attacked in the days after. He too was killed, and the battle ended in a Korean defeat.[1]
Legacy
Yeonggyu's monk fighters and Jo Heon's volunteers are commemorated by a shrine on the site of the battles of Geumsan.[1] Yeonggyu was posthumously awarded with the post of T'ongchong Taebu by the Korean court.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Turnbull & Dennis 2012, pp. 91–92.
- ^ a b Masayuki 2015, pp. 150–151.
References
- Turnbull, Stephen; Dennis, Peter, Illustrator (November 20, 2012) [2002]. Samurai Invasion. Japan's Korean War 1592–98 (EPUB eBook) (1st Printing, Imprint ed.). London: ISBN 978-0-304-35948-6.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - Masayuki, Nukii (January 2, 2015). "Righteous Army Activity in the Imjim War". In Lewis, James B. (ed.). The East Asian War, 1592–1598: International Relations, Violence and Memory. ISBN 978-1138786639.