User:Dckewon5131/장대익 (1879년)

Jang Dae-ik (November 1879 ~ ?) was a retainer of the Hwanghae-do area during the Japanese colonial period, and served as a member of the Central Committee of the Japanese Government-General of Korea.

Life
He is from Seoheung-gun, North Hwanghae Province. He studied Chinese characters in agriculture from an early age. He was a community leader who established a modern educational institution called Myeongryun School in Seoheung-myeon.

By cultivating special crops such as fruits and ginseng, he set an example for polygonal farming that was recommended at the time, and especially worked hard to guide and encourage the sericulture industry. In 1929, he established Seoheung Industrial Company, served as a president, and engaged in the textile industry by developing artificial hemp cloth for the public.

Seoheung terms of Council members elected to the 1920 elected to three times, and for reelection.

He served as vice chairman of the Seoheung-gun Agricultural Association and an advisor to the Seoheung-gun Education Association.

In 1935, he established the Seoheung Industrial Association and became the head of the association, serving as a representative influential figure in the region.

In June 1930, he was appointed to the Council of the Central Committee, and in 1933, he participated in the Joseon Shrine Bongchan Association as a promoter and also served as an executive. The Joseon Shrine Bongchanhoe is a government-run organization led by the Japanese Government-General of Korea to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Joseon Shrine. He also participated in the Korean Federation for National Spiritual Mobilization, which was formed in 1938, and the Korean Imjeonbo Corps, which was launched in 1941.

It was selected in the Central Committee category from the list of 708 pro-Japanese groups announced in 2002 and the list of prospective candidates for the 2008 pro-Japanese biographical dictionary compiled by the Institute for Ethnic Affairs.

See more

 * Chosun Government-General's Central Office
 * the Joseon Shrine Bongchan Association
 * the Joseon Imjeonbo Corps

Reference

 * Jang Dae-ik - National History Compilation Committee