충무공이순신

Yi sun-shin was the hero that saved his country under the biggest crisis of Joseon, and in the meantime, he was a son with the extreme filial devotion. For him, parents were the intrinsic part of his life and the reason for him to live on before the idea of parents as the subject for obligatory support for they gave a birth for you.

Yi sun-shin had his father passed away when he was 39 years old, but the news came to him after 50 days for his station war far away. After he came down to his homeland, he served 3 years of memorial service for his deceased father.

Thereafter, Yi sun-shin was a criminal ordered for service as a commoner that he was unable to hold the funeral service of his mother. Furthermore, the Geumbudosa urged to go on. Because of that, he could not hold the memorial service for his mother. Under the rough situation where he was a criminal with the war still going on but losing his mother also placed Yi sun-shin in deep sorrow and despair. However, even under the situation where he lost his mother, he carried out his duties to the fullest with the thinking to save the country while the war is still going.

As such, his devotion to his parent was indispensible to his royalty to the country. He saw it as one for filial duty and royalty to the country. Thinking of his mother was sublimed into the spirit of sacrifice even at the battle field and love toward his country with the mind to miss his mother.