Kim Ga-jin (1846 – 1922) was a civil official, politician, and independence activist during the late Joseon Dynasty and the Korean Empire.
After the Japanese occupation of Korea in 1910, he was given the title of baron under the Japanese colonial government’s “Korean Nobility Ordinance.”
However, in 1919, he participated in the failed plot to help Prince Uichin escape and later joined the independence movement.
Kim, along with his son Kim Ui-han, fled to Shanghai and joined the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
Translation:
This saying of Confucius means: “If wealth could be obtained through pursuit, I would even take on the humble work of holding a whip, but if it cannot be obtained this way, I will follow what I love.”
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