Leader of the 1862 Jinju peasant uprising
An impoverished yangban, he rallied farmers against the exactions of the Gyeongsang right army commander Baek Nak-sin and occupied Jinju. The uprising spread across the three southern provinces as the Imsul peasant uprisings, and the government sent Park Gyu-su to investigate and then set up the Office for Rectifying the Three Revenue Systems. He was captured and executed.
Peasants in Jinju rose against extortion by the provincial army commander; that year uprisings spread to some 70 counties in the south.
Twenty-fifth king of Joseon, raised on Ganghwa and placed on the throne by the Andong Kim clan; after the 1862 uprisings he set up an office to reform the three taxes
From land tax, tribute and labour to cash taxes in the Gabo Reform — burdens shifting from people and households to land
Centre of western Gyeongsang — site of the sieges of Jinju, the 1862 peasant uprising and the butchers’ equality movement