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Heo-Kyoon(1569, Seonjo, 3rd year, Gwnahaegun, 10th year) was a writer who showed timeless life and literary excentricity. This study aims to review the life that Heo-Kyoon aims for, being focused on Heo-Kyoon’s <Jeon>. Heo-Kyoon was yearning for a new human type who can relieve complaints about the real world. “Eomcheosajeon” tried to show truthful “Yoosang”(Confucian scholar) who could alert the “Wihakja(persons who pretend to be truthful scholar)” who were criticized in “Hakron”. Therefore, Heo-Kyoon tried to emphasize that Eomcheosa was a classic scholar who practised “Hyo(filial duty)” and “Gyung(dutiful respect)” with definite view about source and historical perception. “Songoksaninjeon” is a story of Lee, Dal(1539-1618(?)), a teacher who taught poetry to Heo-Kyoon. Heo-Kyoon, through this, tried to deliver the message about his great poetic talent, effort, sublime as a poet, the life of a poet who transcended mundane life. In “Namgungseonsangjeon”, he tried to show the truth that a life was a series of endless frustration and anguish. “Namgundu”, left the real world in frustration and anguish and found a new life in the world of Taoist hermits, but he returned to the arms of a human being, in the end. It seems that he realized that the life that adapted itself to the given destiny was the most enjoyable life. Heo-Kyoon wanted his life suffering from frequent highs and lows, consoled by “Namgungdu” the hero.

Heo-Kyoon, “Eomcheosajeon”, “Songoksaninjeon”, “Namgungseonsangjeon”