<So Hyunseong Rok> had been written popularly, so we can hardly read the idea which writter intended. Because the writter wrote it correspond to the request of the reader. So some researcher had misunderstood these problems. And there had been opposite opinions about the theme of <So Hyunseong Rok>. Some researcher asserted that its theme has related with patriarchal ideology, and another researcher asserted that its theme related with feminism. But in <So Hyunseong Rok> the writer narrate the story correspond to the consciousness of Mrs. So who is the mother of the hero So Kyung. And As She is a widow, she hope his son to recover his familial honors, and to do familial piety ideally. So in <So Hyunseong Rok> the character of hero became typical. He leads an ideal ascetic life. And he has ideal capability. And he solve the problems between his wives successfully. So it seems the writter to propagate the patriarchal system, but in fact his perspective is correspond to female readers hope.

<So Hyunseong Rok>, <Sossi-Samdae-Rok>, Ideological prejudice, paradoxical hope, patriarchal system