Career
Nickname was Dongam(동암, 東庵), courtesy name was Jajung(자정, 子正). Yun was born in Dunpo, in Asan County in Chungcheongnam-do. While working as a state official in 1894, he became involved with the failed Gapsin Coup, for which he was exiled to Japan.
In Japan, Yun taught Korean at the Tokyo International School. father of Yun Il-seon, Il-seon was early South Korean pathologist and anatomists.
Membership
He was a member of the prominent Yun family of of Korea, which also included Yun Chi-ho (statesman and activist for Korean independence), Yun Chi-young, and Yun Bo-seon (South of Korea"s 4th President). Returning to of Korea after studying in Japan, Yun became a member of the Uijeongbu. He was recalled to Japan by an ambassadorial attache of the Privy Council of of Korea in 1897 and went on to become a member of the Munkwanjungoso Committee, Director of Parents of the Ministry of Education, Japan Student Director, and in 1907, Chairman of the Institute of Hangul.