Background
He was the son of Kim Gye-hui (김계휘, 金繼輝), who was the Censor-General during the reign of King Seonjo and his mother was from the Pyeongsan Shin clan (평산신씨, 平山申氏), the daughter of Shin Yeong (신영, 申瑛).
He was the son of Kim Gye-hui (김계휘, 金繼輝), who was the Censor-General during the reign of King Seonjo and his mother was from the Pyeongsan Shin clan (평산신씨, 平山申氏), the daughter of Shin Yeong (신영, 申瑛).
Thus, he became one of the 18 sages of of Korea (동방 18 현). He was successor to the Neo-Confucian academic tradition of Yulgok Yi I (이이) and Seong Honorary (성혼).
He"s one of the famous members of the Gwangsan Kim clan and he was put in the Confucian shrine where he was honored as a Munmyo Bae-hyang (문묘배향) sage-scholar.