This question is always something that I've wondered but I have only been able to find conflicting sources in regards to it. Why did Hwang Kee resist General Choi's attempt to unify the kwans? I've read that during this period, he faced threats, intimidation, his house was vandalized, people tried to steal his danbon lists, students of his were attacked, etc. If this was the environment of the times, there must have been a good reason to face all of that...