Hwang Sayǒng (English)

Japanese: 黄嗣永 - こうしえい（英語表記）Hwang Sayǒng

[Born] King Yeongjo 51 (1775)
[Died] Sunjo 1 (1801). A Christian from the Joseon Dynasty in Seoul, Korea. Born in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province. His pen name was Deokso. His baptismal name was Alexandre. He passed the Jinshi exam at the age of 16, and later married the daughter of Yakcheon, the elder brother of Jeong Yakyong, a leading figure in the Korean Christian community. He became deeply devoted to Christianity, and helped the Chinese priest Zhou Wenmo, who had infiltrated Korea, and worked hard to spread Christianity. In the year Sunjo 1 (1801), when persecution of Christianity occurred, he fled to Jecheonshuron in South Chungcheong Province. He was arrested and executed in the Bansho Incident, in which he appealed to Alexandre de Goubéa of the Beijing Christian Church to send warships and use force against the Korean government in order to secure freedom for Christian missionary work in Korea. This Bansho Incident led to the Korean government's persecution of Christians becoming even more severe. (→ Christianity in Korea)

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Japanese:

[生]英祖51(1775)
[没]純祖1(1801).ソウル
朝鮮，李朝時代のキリスト教徒。慶尚南道昌原の人。字は徳紹。洗礼名はアレキサンドル。 16歳のとき進士に合格，のち朝鮮キリスト教界の重鎮丁若鏞の兄若銓の娘をめとって以後，キリスト教に深く帰依し，朝鮮に潜入した中国人神父周文謨を助け，布教活動に努力。純祖1 (1801) 年キリスト教に対する弾圧が起った際，忠清南道の堤川舟論に逃れた。北京のキリスト教会アレキサンドル・ド・グベーアに対し朝鮮におけるキリスト教の布教自由のため，西洋諸国が軍艦を派遣して，朝鮮政府に武力的威嚇を加えることを訴えた帛書事件で逮捕，処刑され，この帛書事件で朝鮮政府のキリスト教徒に対する迫害は一層きびしくなった。 (→朝鮮のキリスト教 )

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