Hong Chin (Korean:홍진;Hanja:洪震; 27 August 1877 – 9 September 1946), also known as Hong Myŏnhŭi (홍면희;洪冕喜), was a leader of the Korean independence movement. He is also sometimes known by his art nameMano (만오;晩悟), and his Christian name, Andre.
He was born in the Joseon period in Yeongdong, Chungcheong Province, to a yangban family of the Pungsan Hong lineage. He had practiced law in Korea in the private sector and in the government sector as a prosecutor and a judge before joining the independence movement.
In 1928, he established the Korean Independence Party (한국독립당;韓國獨立黨) with Kim Ku, Yi Dong-nyung, and he was elected to an executive position in the Korean Independence camp (한국광복진선;韓國光復陣線) in 1938. After the independence of Korea was gained, he returned to South Korea having earned recognition as a Provisional Government leading figure who acted as Chairman of the Emergency National Council (비상국민회의;非常國民會議). Hong was posthumously honored by the government of South Korea with the Order of Independence Merit for National Foundation in 1962.
His biography by Professor Han, Si Joon contains a detailed family tree of Hong Chin tracing back to Goryeo dynasty's Hong Ji-gyeong, later known as a great master of Korean classical verse in the Joseon period. The current family jokbo contains surviving members of the family who are naturalized American citizens.
