Career
Im Yunjidang belonged to the yangban class and lived a life according to accepted convention. Due to the gender bias of the Confucian society, her work, Yunjidang Yugo, could not be published until after her death. She is counted as the first female Confucian philosopher in of Korea, and one of the few female ones alongside Kang Jeongildang.
She was also one of few women to be published in Joseon-of Korea, alongside the poet Seo Yeongsuhap (1753-1823), and Yi Bingheogak, who published the women"s encyclopedia Guyhap chongseo about household tasks in 1809.