Person1878 – 1908

Sin Dol-seok

Commoner righteous army leader who rose at Yeonghae in 1906 and fought in the eastern mountains, called the "Tiger of Taebaeksan"

A commoner from Yeonghae in North Gyeongsang, he raised a righteous army there in 1906 and waged guerrilla war along the east coast at Yeongdeok, Uljin and Samcheok and in the Ilwolsan and Taebaeksan mountains. The rise of commoner commanders showed the righteous armies spreading beyond the yangban scholars to other classes. He is said to have been left out of the Thirteen-Province Righteous Army's leadership because he was a commoner. In 1908 he was murdered by former followers seeking the bounty on him.

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1905 – 1906Eulsa Righteous Armiesmilitia leader
Righteous armies rose across the country against the 1905 treaty: Min Jong-sik took Hongju, Choe Ik-hyeon rose at Taein, and the commoner leader Sin Dol-seok fought along the east coast.
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1907 – 1909Jeongmi Righteous Armiesmilitia leader
Against Gojong’s forced abdication and the army’s disbandment, righteous armies joined by former soldiers rose across the country; the struggle became a war, and the Thirteen-Province Army attempted to march on Seoul.

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