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Person1759 – 1791

Yun Ji-chung

Catholic of Jinsan executed for burning his mother’s ancestral tablet and refusing Confucian rites (the Jinsan incident)

A maternal cousin of Jeong Yak-yong, he was executed in 1791 together with his cousin Gwon Sang-yeon. Jeongjo kept the affair relatively contained, but it fuelled criticism that Catholicism defied the Confucian order (the Sinhae Persecution). Around this time the government banned the import of Catholic books.

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    1791Sinhae Persecution (Jinsan Incident)participant

    Yun Ji-chung, a Catholic of yangban birth in Jinsan, was executed for burning his mother’s ancestral tablet and refusing the rites — the first major crackdown on Catholicism.

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