At the end of the 19th century, Tomun Gamgyesa Lee Joong-ha risked his life against the coercive attitude of the Qing Dynasty to take over the land of Gando by confirming the Tumen River border. However, he became a forgotten figure through the dark history of the colony of Japanese Imperialism era. The newsmaker, which is campaigning for the restoration of Gando, discovered Lee Joong-ha's track record. Through two faded photographs, his imposing majesty, who had been asleep for 100 years, appeared for the first time. The great-grandson, Kyu-young (78) and Kyu-cheong (70), revealed the image of Lee Jung-ha, who was cherished in the family. The photo of Lee Jung-ha, who was sitting in official clothes, was taken in his youth and middle age, although the exact time is unknown. In particular, photographs of young people retain their spirit at that time. Lee Kyu-cheong said, "My great-grandfather often interacted with foreign missionaries, and it is said that the missionary took pictures of my great-grandfather." In a column of a daily newspaper, Park Kyung-ri, author of the prawn novel "Land," described Lee Joong-ha as a "righteous man" who "hanged his neck to protect the homes of refugees who have already left the country." Lee Joong-ha, who was the deputy governor of Anbyeon in Hamgyeong-do, was appointed as Gamgyesa by the government in 1885. He became a diplomat representing Joseon at the Eulyu Gamgye Dialogue (border talks), which determines the border between Joseon and the Qing Dynasty. Cheong, who had been stationed in Yongsan, Seoul since the Imo War in 1882, claimed to be a permanent state against Joseon. It is said that the power of Cheong was so great that Won Se-gae rode in and out of the palace in a kiln and stood to observe King Gojong. Park Yong-ok, a former professor of history at Sungshin Women's University, said, "The representative of the Qing Dynasty tried to define boundaries very threateningly during the event of the Joseon Dynasty, but he refused to do so, expressing a strong will to protect the country." The Qing Dynasty tried to expel ethnic Koreans from the land of Gando. Korean-Chinese refugees had to choose between naturalizing in Cheong Wa Dae and returning to the south of the Tumen River. Against Cheong Wa Dae's pressure to make the Yalu River-Tumen River a border, he insisted until the end that the Tomun River, which appeared in 1712 in the Jeonggyebi of Baekdusan Mountain, was a tributary of the Songhwa River flowing north, not the Tumen River. Among them, Deokok, Gawongye, and Jinyoung, representatives of the Blue House, visited the Baekdusan Mountain Jeonggyebi and investigated the source of the controversial river. The investigation prevented the Blue House from working on their claims. In the end, the two countries could not determine their boundaries. In 1887, the Cheong Wa Dae came out with a more high-handed attitude at the Jeongjeong Gamgye negotiation. Even at this time, Lee Joong-ha, who was appointed as a Gamgyesa, ignored the Cheong Wa Dae's demand by saying that he would give up his life. He pretended to make concessions, but he handled them wisely, breaking down the negotiations. Kang Seok-hwa, a professor at Gyeongin National University of Education, said, "It is a great achievement of not reaching a conclusion on territory at the border talks between countries," adding, "I don't know if he did it on purpose, but he was visionary when it comes to territorial issues." It is explained that the territorial issue of Gando could still be valid as a "conflicted area" thanks to the talks at this time when there was no compromise. [Precious data on the claim of Gamgye Diary] It is also a feat of Lee Jung-ha that detailed the details of the negotiations and the site records of the Jeonggyebi-Tomungang through his exploration of Baekdusan Mountain. His [Gamgye Diary] [Gamgyejeonmal] is a valuable resource for the claim of sovereignty over Gando. The Gamgye Diary depicts a situation in which he suffered while exploring Baekdusan Mountain in winter for almost a month in October 1885 with a representative of the Blue House. "On October 17, I went to 30 ri and arrived at the Yupdak of the Jeolpa gunner, and it was dark and I slept. The barracks were very poorly constructed and also had no ondol. The rest of the people and horses who had been fighting the snow all day long waited for dawn in the open air even though they were all frozen. I had a hard night." It was a journey to depart Hoeryong, Hamgyeong-do at the end of September, go to Jeonggyebi of Baekdusan Mountain on October 18th, and arrive at Musan on October 27th again. Lee Joong-ha's bold spirit is revealed in the diary, saying, "It was also plastic because it seemed reluctant to follow slowly." He also wrote several poems during his tour, calmly describing how he felt about climbing Mt. Baekdu after receiving the king's Through Lee Joong-ha's descendants, the press team discovered a vivid anecdote at the time of the visit to the Jeonggyebi Monument in Baekdusan Mountain. This anecdote is included in Lee Joong-ha's account, written by his son Lee Beom-se. When I saw Cheong's Gawon-gye groaning with abdominal pain, I was told to use a pre-prepared pill. However, as the stomachache worsened after taking the medicine, the Cheong Wa Dae representative threatened Lee Joong-ha with a weapon that he had given him poison to kill him. At this time, Lee Joong-ha poured the remaining medicine into his mouth in front of the Cheong Wa Dae representative. When the stomachache subsided the next morning, the Cheong Wa Dae representative reportedly apologized. Only the traces of the time when it was Tomungamgyesa Temple were revealed, and Lee Jung-ha's appearance was not found anywhere since then. When Iljinhoe insisted on the Korea-Japan merger in 1909, there is a brief record of organizing a national campaign team with Min Young-so and Kim Jong-han, holding a speech at the National Assembly, and attacking the injustice of the Korea-Japan merger. In his tracks since the news team discovered him, he was a beautiful righteous man even from the back. Although he reached the government post of "Gyujanggak Jehak" given to one or two items of Jongjong, he returned to Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi-do with his son when he lost his country due to the Korea-Japan annexation in 1910. The government gave me 3,000 won as a retirement allowance. But he didn't accept the money. Later, he was awarded a medal to commemorate the merger. He couldn't contain his anger and sent back with a rebuttal. Lee Kyu-cheong, a great-grandson, said, "Later, my great-grandfather was blind and did not receive the marquis given by the Governor-General, and the Japanese put a caterpillar in his eyes to test it," his father said. In 1917, seven years after the annexation of Korea, Lee died without forgetting the anger of losing his country. His tomb is located in Seonsan, Changdae-ri, Yangpyeong-eup, Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do. His son, Lee Beom-se, was also an upright scholar who continued Lee Jung-ha's will. He was called the "Three Geniuses of Hanyang" along with Lee Si-young and Lee Sang-seol. It is said that he strengthened his friendship by learning theology with them. He passed the examination in the past and went to the government office, but he returned home after the Korea-Japan annexation with his father, Lee Joong-ha. Since then, he has tried to spread his will to resist Japan by serving as president of the [XiXi Ilbo] in Seoul, but the newspaper was soon closed. He also died in 1940 without seeing liberation, and was buried in Seonsan, Changdae-ri, Yangpyeong, alongside his father, Lee Joong-ha.
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