TY - JOUR

T1 - Autobiography by Kim Gu “Baekbeom Ilji” as the source of historical information: methodological problems

AU - Kurbanov, S.O.

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - Kim Gu (1876 – 1949) was one of the leaders and the last president of the Provisional government of the Republic of Korea, which was located in China in 1919 – 1945. He was also one of the political leaders who played important role in the process of establishing of the Republic of Korea after 1945. During his life in exile in China he has written a personal diary, describing his life in connection with the Korean independence movement. At the present time the diaries by Kim Gu are published in modern Korean language and they are a very popular source for studying both the private life of Kim Gu and Korean independence movement in general. The paper describes the diaries “Baekbeom Ilji” (Recordings by Baekbeom made in solitude) and discusses a number of the methodological problems helping to get the proper knowledge from writings of this type. They are: 1) Categories of historical facts: “simple” (describing events and objects of material world) and “complicated” (describing spiritual activities of human bein

AB - Kim Gu (1876 – 1949) was one of the leaders and the last president of the Provisional government of the Republic of Korea, which was located in China in 1919 – 1945. He was also one of the political leaders who played important role in the process of establishing of the Republic of Korea after 1945. During his life in exile in China he has written a personal diary, describing his life in connection with the Korean independence movement. At the present time the diaries by Kim Gu are published in modern Korean language and they are a very popular source for studying both the private life of Kim Gu and Korean independence movement in general. The paper describes the diaries “Baekbeom Ilji” (Recordings by Baekbeom made in solitude) and discusses a number of the methodological problems helping to get the proper knowledge from writings of this type. They are: 1) Categories of historical facts: “simple” (describing events and objects of material world) and “complicated” (describing spiritual activities of human bein

KW - Kim Gu

KW - Independence movement

KW - Provisional government of the Republic of Korea

KW - diaries

KW - the “Baekbeom Ilji” (Recordings by Baekbeom made in solitude)

KW - facts

KW - classification of facts

KW - “Historical Spectral Analysis” (HSA©) method

KW - biography

KW - autobiography

KW - accuracy of historical recordings

KW - evaluation of historical personality.

M3 - Article

SP - 171

EP - 182

JO - Вестник Центра Корейского Языка и Культуры

JF - Вестник Центра Корейского Языка и Культуры

SN - 1810-8008

IS - 18

ER -