Sin Ch'aeho
Sin Ch'aeho | |
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| 신채호 | |
| Born | December 8, 1880 Chungcheong, Sannaeri, Joseon |
| Died | February 21, 1936 (aged 55) |
| Awards | Presidential Order of Merit for National Foundation (1962) (PH) |
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| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 19th- / 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Eastern philosophy |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 신채호 |
| Hanja | 申采浩 |
| RR | Sin Chaeho |
| MR | Sin Ch'aeho |
| Art name | |
| Hangul | 단재 |
| Hanja | 丹齋 |
| RR | Danjae |
| MR | Tanjae |
Sin Ch'aeho, or Shin Chae-ho or Sin Chaeho (Korean: 신채호; December 8, 1880 – February 21, 1936), was a Korean independence activist, historian, anarchist, nationalist, and a founder of Korean nationalist historiography (민족 사학, minjok sahak; sometimes shortened to minjok). He is held in high esteem in both North and South Korea.
Two of his works, A New Reading of History (Doksa Sillon), written in 1908, and The Early History of Joseon (Joseon Sanggosa), published in 1931, are considered key works of nationalist historiography in modern Korea. He argued that modern Koreans and the people of Manchuria were of a single race which has an ancestral claim to both Korea and Manchuria, Shin also studied Korean mythology. During his exile in China, Shin joined the Eastern Anarchist Association and wrote anti-imperialist and pro-independence articles in various outlets; his anarchist activities lead to his arrest and subsequent death in prison, February 21, 1936.