Jang Il-soon

Jang Il-soon
Hangul
장일순
Hanja
張壹淳
Revised RomanizationJang Il-sun
McCune–ReischauerChang Ilsun

Jang Il-Soon (3 September 1928 in Wonju – 22 May 1994) was a South Korean educator and social and environment activist. His pen names are Chunggang (clean water), Muwydang (wu-wei), and Ilsokja (a hulled millet). He was a spiritual supporter of poet Kim Chi-Ha, who represented the democratization movement in the 1970s and developed a campaign for life through Hansallim. In 1994, he died from stomach cancer.