The fortune of Yi Eun

Yi Eun born 1897/10/20

Slaughter	Pirate	Ego
4	7	8
(10)	(11)	(12)
Comrade	Guardian	Rebel

Owl	Guardian	Slaughter	Judge	Gambler	Collector	Gourmet	Rebel
6	5	4	3	2	1	10	9
(10)	(9)	(8)	(7)	(6)	(5)	(4)	(3)
4	14	24	34	44	54	64	74
1901	1911	1921	1931	1941	1951	1961	1971

Yi Eun was the 28th Head of the Korean Imperial House, an Imperial Japanese Army general, and the last crown prince of Korea. Although his posthumous title is prince, he was in fact the last Emperor of Korea Empire. He was crowned 1927/4/27. His emperorship is not recognized because Imperial Japan was defeated.

Japan merged Korea in 1910. The royal family of Yi was absorbed into Japanese royal family. He was assigned a Japanese wife who was a princess of Japan. It was a political marriage. But royal marriages are always political, even Edward VIII couldn’t marry whoever he wanted. Fortunately, his wife was virtuous. She changed her name to Yi, and tried hard to be a Korean. In 1922, upon Korean’s request, the Yi family went to Korean to re-hold the wedding ceremony. During their stay, Korean nationalists poisoned Yi Eun’s 8-month-old son, because this successor of Empire was half Japanese.

Yi Eun received military education, and he performed professionally in actual combat. Japan was defeated 1945, the fate of Yi Eun fell to the bottom. The American forced Japan to abolish the royal family, and taxed them to the impossible level. As a royal member, warfare was all Yi had learned. Yi lost everything including his Japanese nationality. His wife abandoned Japanese nationality as well to be with him.

The Yi couple were both registered as Koreans in Japan, but they cannot return to Korean. The president of Korea Syngman Rhee was a distant relative of the royal family, he was afraid that the legitimate royal could have too much influence. The Korean war started 1950, military experts were extremely needed. After Hong Sa-ik’s execution, the only South Korean General officer who knows how to fight was the Emperor Yi Eun. The American suggested Syngman Rhee to take Yi back and appoint him as the defense minister. Of course, Rhee refused it. The King returns as the defense minister? What about the president?

So Rhee repressed Yi even harder. He confiscated all properties of the Yi family in Korea, and refused to give passport to any of the Yis. In order to live, Yi started to sell house, cars, furniture and cloths in Japan. His son went to USA as a refugee because of Rhee’s repression.

In 1958, Yi visited his son’s graduation ceremony in USA, but he couldn’t afford the return ticket, a Japanese movie producer funded him $5000. In the same year, after suffering a variety of tragedies, Yi had a stroke and had no money for the treatment. His son worked at a laundry shop. Koreans poured into the shop to humiliate him. Japanese still respected him as a royal. They didn’t use him to wash clothes, and gave lot of helps, such as helping solve the passport problem with Japanese embassy.

Park Chung-hee overthrow the Syngman Rhee government and became the new president of Korea in 1961. Like Yi Eun, Park Chung-hee also received Japanese military education, and served Imperial Japanese Army. After taking office, Park released goodwill to Yi Eun immediately. He ordered Korean government to pay for Yi’s medical treatment. He also recognized the Korean nationality of the Yi family. In 1963, Yi returned to his birth place Seoul on stretcher. He died there in 1970 for stroke, with his wife accompanied the side. He was given a was given a state funeral by President Park. After his death, his wife remained in Korea, she spoke Korean, dressed Korean. She sold her work and set up charity foundations for helping Korean physically challenged people. Her Japanese relatives have continued supporting her charity foundations even after her death in 1989.

Yi Eun was an overall strong with Authority and Talent. They couldn’t be both favors. His birth hour is unknown but he was political, which is a hint that Authority served as the favor. In another word, his favor was Fire. As an overall strong, Earth-Metal served as foe. (8)(7)(6) are the three steps of Fire fortune. He was crowned in the (8) fortune. He had best time in his life in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, because Emperor Meiji kept his promise that Yi Eun would have the treatment same as Japanese royals and Emperor Taishō. Japanese was defeated 1945. It was the (10) year of the (6) fortune. (10) merged (6) to Metal as foe. The year was not only bad itself, it also changed the fortune from good to bad. Since 1951, the fortune moved to (5) which was Water tomb and would merge (10) to Metal as foe. So 1950s was the hardest time in his life.

Since 1961, the fortune moved to (4). (4) merged (11) to Fire as favor. So the fortune came back to him. President Park Chung-hee was elected 1961. As we know that president Park was key for Yi Eun’s return to Korean as well as his senior life expense.

As an overall strong, Earth and Metal served as foe. (11) is Earth that contains Metal, so (11) years were always bad for him: he lost his first son 1922; he had his first stroke 1958; and he died for stroke in 1970. These are all (11) years.