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Park Pil-byeong (May 2, 1884 – September 14, 1949) was a businessman during the Japanese colonial period and served as a member of the Central Committee of the Japanese Government-General of Korea. The pen name was Hyeseok Geosa.

Life
He was from Anseong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, and was a famous rich man in this area. From the 1920s to the 1940s, he was the best businessman in the Anseong area and owned a number of companies representing Anseong. A study on how to improve the national management of land during the Japanese colonial period published in 2006 estimated that the land holdings of pro-Japanese group figures were about 130 pyeong, including Park Pil-byeong's land.

Starting as a member of the Myeon Council in the 1920s, he has been active as a regional maintenance member, including serving as a member of the Gyeonggi-do Provincial Council. Anseong Agricultural School, which opened in 1939 with the donation of Park Pil-byeong's private property, later developed into Hankyung University through Anseong Agricultural High School, Anseong Agricultural University, and Anseong Industrial University. At the end of the Japanese colonial period, he joined the Joseon Imjeonbo National Guard, and was also selected as a member of the Central Committee.

The National Medal of Merit was awarded in 2003 in recognition of his contribution to fostering talent by the establishment of Anseong Agricultural School.

It was included in both the list of 708 pro-Japanese groups announced in 2002 and the list of prospective candidates of the National Institute of Humanities of Japan released in 2008, it was also included in the list of 705 pro-Japanese anti-national activities released by the Committee on the Truth of Pro-Japanese Anti-National Activities in 2009.

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 * Chosun Government-General's Central Office
 * the Joseon Imjeonbo National Guard
 * Hankyong National University