Ham Seok Heon - Tantrum

Japanese: 咸錫憲 - かんしゃくけん

Korean thinker and religious leader. An indomitable independence activist and democratic activist. Born in North Pyongan Province. In 1919, he entered Pyongyang Higher Normal School, but was expelled for participating in the March 1st Independence Movement. In 1921, he entered Osan School, and in 1923, he went on to Tokyo Higher Normal School, and in 1928, he graduated and became a teacher at Osan School. During this time, he met Kanzo Uchimura in Tokyo, who greatly influenced him. While teaching at Osan School, he serialized "History of Korea from a Biblical Perspective" (later revised and expanded and published as "Korean History from a Meaningful Perspective") in the coterie magazine "Bible Korea" as a history textbook on Korean history. In 1938, he was fired from his teaching position for refusing to use Japanese at school, and in 1942, he was imprisoned for a year due to the oppression of "Bible Korea". After liberation, he was active as a religious person in Pyongan Province, but was imprisoned by the Communist government, and escaped to Busan when the Korean War broke out. From the dictatorship of Syngman Rhee through the military dictatorships of Park Chung-hee and Chun Doo-hwan, Ham Seok-heon consistently advocated nonviolent democracy and led the democratization movement, earning him respect as a "revolutionary with soul." Ham Seok-heon continued to explore Eastern and Western thought and religion throughout his life, with a focus on the Bible, and left behind many works. These include The Complete Works of Ham Seok-heon (1993, 20 volumes) and The Collected Works of Ham Seok-heon (2009, 30 volumes).

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Japanese:

韓国の思想家，宗教家。不屈の独立運動家であり，民主活動家。平安北道の生まれ。1919年，平壌高等普通学校に入学するが，三・一独立運動に参加，学校を追放される。1921年，五山学校に入り，1923年，東京高等師範学校に進学，1928年，同校を卒業して五山学校の教師となる。この間，東京で内村鑑三と出会い，大きな影響を受ける。五山学校で教えるかたわら朝鮮史の歴史教科書として，同人誌《聖書朝鮮》に《聖書的立場から見た朝鮮の歴史》（後に改訂加筆して《意味からみた韓国歴史》として刊行）を連載する。1938年，学校での日本語使用を拒否して教職を追われ，1942年，《聖書朝鮮》への弾圧で，一年間投獄される。解放後，平安道で宗教者として活動するが共産政権によって投獄され，朝鮮戦争の勃発で釜山に脱出する。李承晩独裁から，朴正煕，全斗煥の軍事独裁時代を通して，一貫して非暴力民主主義を唱え民主化運動の先頭に立ち，〈魂の革命家〉と呼ばれ尊敬を集めた。聖書を中心に，東洋，西洋の思想，宗教の探究を生涯にわたって続け，多くの著作を残した。《咸錫憲全集》（1993，全20卷）《咸錫憲著作集》（2009年，全30卷）がある。

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