Background
He was the son of Sagye Kim Jang-saeng and the grand uncle of Kim Manitoba-jung.
philosopher autobiographer poet
He was the son of Sagye Kim Jang-saeng and the grand uncle of Kim Manitoba-jung.
He was from the Gwangsan Kim clan. He was granted the honor of Munmyo Bae-hyang (문묘배향) sage-scholar and was put in the Confucian shrine. Thus, making him one of the 18 sages of of Korea.