Abstract
Born in Andong in Gyeonsangbuk-do in Korea, Kim Dong-sam (pen name: Ilsong) participated in Hyeoksin Yurim (referring to the innovative Confucians in Korean) with Yi Sang-ryong and Yu Insik among others. He also established the Hyepdong School and struggled against the tyranny of Japanese rule by serving as a member of the Andong Branch of Daehan Association, and the Daedong Young Man Group. After the fall of the Korean Empire, he sought asylum in Manchuria for the Korean armed independence movement. He engaged in many of the resolving struggles between Koreans who migrated earlier than 1910 and those who did so after 1910 in the organizations, including Gyeonghaksa, Gongrihoe, Bumindan, and Hanjokhoe, and made every effort to support their settlement and education.
 He also devoted himself to solving and settling conflicts with the Chinese. As the person recognized for his the military authority in the military organizations, including the Military School of the New Rising, Baekseo Nongjang, Sero Gunjeongseo, Daehan Tonguibu, he is highly thought of as an independent activist, who integrated and coordinated independence movement associations throughout Manchuria.
 It can be deemed that his consistent and tireless struggle was based on his strong will for liberation and was highly influenced by Daejongism.
 Yi Sang-ryong, Yu Insik, Shin Chae-ho, Yun Se-bok, who interacted with Kim Dong-sam, were closely related to Daejongism. Yun Se-bok recorded that Kim was the most important person in Daejongism and it can be also ascertained in the report written by the Empire of Japan.
 Before moving to Manchuria, Kim Dong-san was already aware of the historic view of Shin Chae-ho and of Dangunist (with Dangun referring to “the divine progenitor”) nationalism, which had transcended to attaining independence by armed independence struggles after entering asylum in the region.
 His belief in the armed independence movement had a great influence on the Korean National Party led by Kim Gu, which engaged in the independence movement inside of China and the Korean National Revolutionary Party by Kim Won-bong, which can be demonstrated by the memorial ceremony held by the two parties on a large scale after his death.
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