What is Yi Sang-jae?
[[File:이상재.jpg|thumb|Yi Sang-jae]] '''Yi Sang-jae''' ({{lang-ko|이상재}}, 26 October 1850 – 29 March 1927; also written as '''Lee Sang-jae''') was a [[religion|religious]] leader and [[independence]] fighter at the end of the [[Korea|Korean Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Ki-baek Yi|title=A new history of Korea|url=https://archive.org/details/newhistoryofkore0000yiki|page=[https://archive.org/details/newhistoryofkore0000yiki/page/334 334]|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1984}}</ref> He was born in Jongji-ri, Chungcheongnam-do. His [[courtesy name]] is Gye-ho. He was the president of the Independence Association and published the first Korean private [[newspaper]], ''Independence Newspaper''. When Korea was a [[Korea under Japanese rule|colony of Japan]], he was active in the movement to establish the Korean Private University. Also, he was the first president of Singanhoe, one of the biggest independence groups in Korea. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://openlibrary.org/subjects/person:sang-jae_yi_%281850-1927%29 Yi Sang-jae] on Open Library *[http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/Index?contents_id=E0044608 Profile] on the Encyclopaedia of Korean Culture {{DEFAULTSORT:Yi Sang-jae}} [[Category:1850 births]] [[Category:1927 deaths]] [[Category:History of Korea]] [[Category:Religious leaders]] [[Category:Korean people]] {{bio-stub}}