Sir Chang Taik Sang (장택상)
Art name: Changrang · 1893–1969
Independence activist; 1st Foreign Minister and 3rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea; Acting Vice President during the Korean War. The Association bears his honorific art name.
Legacy & Leadership
A lineage of statesmanship, education, and service.
The Changrang Association takes its name from Changrang (창랑, 滄浪) — the art name of Chang Taik Sang, a founding father of the Republic of Korea. It was established by the daughters of his daughter, Dr. Chang Byoung-Hye, to preserve her immaculate lifework in education, and is led today by Acting Chairman Mr. Ghim Hyo-Jin.
Founding Father
Sir Chang Taik Sang (장택상)
張澤相 · Art name Changrang (창랑, 滄浪) · 22 October 1893 — 1 August 1969
A Korean independence activist and statesman whose career helped shape the modern Republic of Korea. Educated at Waseda University and, historically, as the first Asian student admitted to the University of Edinburgh, he brought a cosmopolitan intellectual range to Korea's founding generation.
Political Influence
- 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea — appointed on 15 August 1948, the founding day of the Republic, under President Syngman Rhee.
- 3rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea — May to October 1952, leading the cabinet of the First Republic in the midst of the Korean War.
- Acting Vice President of South Korea — June to August 1952.
- National Assembly & Liberal Party leader — long-serving legislator and a principal figure of the First Republic.
- Author of The Founding of the Republic of Korea and I (대한민국 건국과 나, 1969).
- Connoisseur & collector of Korean classical art — one of modern Korea's pre-eminent 고미술품 수장가, whose stewardship of cultural heritage is documented by the Korea Heritage Service and Yonhap News.
The Association is named for Changrang (滄浪, “Blue Wave”), the art name of Sir Chang Taik Sang.
Dr. Chang Byoung-Hye — the educator known affectionately as 대모님 (the Great Mother).
Founder of the Educational Legacy
Dr. Chang Byoung-Hye (장병혜)
Peggy Chang · Daughter of Sir Chang Taik Sang
Inheriting her father's patriotic conviction, Dr. Chang Byoung-Hye devoted her life to a different but parallel calling: education as the highest moral act of a civilization.
As an educator, scholar and mentor she shaped generations of students and teachers — insisting that wisdom, character and compassion stand at the center of every classroom.
After her passing, her daughters established the Changrang Association to ensure that her immaculate educational legacy — and the family's patriotic spirit — would continue to serve future generations worldwide.
Her teachings now live online as Great-Mother — the world's first digital wisdom institution, built directly on her educational philosophy and open to families and educators worldwide.
Leadership
Mr. Ghim Hyo-Jin — Acting Chairman
김효진 · Acting Chairman, Changrang Association
Mr. Ghim Hyo-Jin serves as Acting Chairman, carrying forward Dr. Chang's vision with renewed energy and a global outlook. His appointment marks a profound moment of expectation for the Association's mission of educating humanity.
The institutional home of this work is Interchang — the Association's online school carrying the Changrang educational mission worldwide — together with Great-Mother, the Association's digital wisdom institution carrying Dr. Chang's philosophy into a global, multilingual classroom.
Under his leadership, the Association is seeking to advance its scholastic mission through prospective partnerships with the University of Edinburgh — where Sir Chang Taik Sang once studied as the first Asian student — and other leading institutions worldwide. These early-stage initiatives aim to expand the Changrang Academy, the Great Mother AI project, and international scholarship programs across Korea, the United Kingdom, Thailand, Japan and beyond.
Principal Figures
Three generations. One mission.
Dr. Chang Byoung-Hye (장병혜)
Educator · Daughter of Chang Taik Sang
A lifelong educator and scholar whose immaculate dedication to character, wisdom and the dignity of every learner is the moral foundation of the institution.
Honored Patrons
Within a wider circle of Korean democracy.
The Association's mission is honored by the friendship and example of statesmen who shaped the modern Republic of Korea.
President Kim Young-sam (김영삼)
14th President of the Republic of Korea
A long-time friend of the family and supporter of the educational mission and civic values that anchor the Association.
President Kim Dae-jung (김대중)
15th President · Nobel Peace Laureate (2000)
A patron of humane education and reconciliation whose vision continues to inform the Association's global outlook.
Historical Timeline
From the founding of a nation to the educating of humanity.
- 1893
Chang Taik Sang (장택상, 張澤相) is born on October 22 in Chilgok, Gyeongsang Province, Joseon Korea.
- 1910s–20s
Studies at Waseda University and becomes the first Asian student to attend the University of Edinburgh, Scotland — a generation-defining gesture of Korean engagement with the world.
- Pre-1945
Active in the Korean independence movement against Japanese colonial rule.
- Aug 15, 1948
Appointed the 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea on the day of the nation's founding under President Syngman Rhee — establishing the ROK's first diplomatic relations.
- 1950–1952
Serves as a senior statesman during the Korean War, shaping wartime governance and foreign policy.
- May–Oct 1952
Serves as the 3rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea and concurrently as Acting Vice President — leading the cabinet of the First Republic during the war.
- 1950s–60s
A leading figure of the Liberal Party and a long-serving member of the National Assembly; an enduring voice in the political life of the young Republic.
- 1969
Passes away on August 1 in Seoul. His memoir, 'The Founding of the Republic of Korea and I' (대한민국 건국과 나), is published the same year.
- Later
His daughter, Dr. Chang Byoung-Hye (Peggy Chang, 장병혜), devotes her life to education, character formation and the cultural responsibilities of the teacher.
- 2024
The Changrang Association — named for Chang Taik Sang's art name, Changrang (창랑, 滄浪, 'Blue Wave') — is established by Dr. Chang's daughters to carry her educational mission and the family's patriotic legacy forward.
- Today
Mr. Ghim Hyo-Jin (김효진) succeeds as Acting Chairman, leading the Association into its next chapter of global service.