Koshidan - Koshidan

Japanese: 興士団 - こうしだん

A character training organization founded in the United States in 1913 by Ahn Chang-ho, a Korean independence activist. Its purpose was to cultivate the virtues of "diligent work, diligence, loyalty, and bravery" and to create "healthy personalities" that possessed the three facets of "virtue, body, and intelligence." The Heungsadan also became a political force within the Korean community in America and was often in conflict with the Dojikai, a group affiliated with Syngman Rhee. In the 1920s, a sister organization, the Doyukai, was formed in Korea, but in 1937, 150 members, including Ahn Chang-ho and Lee Kwang-soo, were arrested and the organization was dissolved.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1913年朝鮮の独立運動家安昌浩がアメリカで結成した人格修養団体。その目的は，〈務実，力行，忠義，勇敢〉という徳性の涵養を中心に，〈徳，体，知〉3面かねそなえた〈健全な人格〉を創出することにあった。興士団は在米朝鮮人社会の中で一つの政治勢力ともなり，李承晩系の同志会としばしば対立した。20年代に朝鮮内にも姉妹団体ともいうべき同友会が結成されたが，37年安昌浩，李光洙ら会員150名が一斉検挙され解体した。

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