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==== Early life ====
He was born as Ki Ripbam [奇砬犯] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damyang_County Damjang County], the son of scholar Ki Tsjangdjin of the [[House of Ki|Hengdjoe Ki family]]. His mother was a Corean Catholic woman from the [http://www.andongkwon.org/ Andong Kwan clan], her name erased from historical records.
In 1858 following the collapse of the Qing dynasty, the family moved to their ancestral hometown of Hengdjoe on the outskirts of the Corean capital, Hansjang. Ripbam was tutored by Confucian scholars throughout his childhood. He spent a few weeks at a Buddhist monastery in Tsjalla province and also briefly attended a Catholic boys' academy in the capital.
==== Rise to power ====
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