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This paper focused on Jeong-Muk Kim’s, who was a Confucian scholar in the late Joseon Dynasty, work <Maesan-byulgok>. <Maesan-byulgok>,which recited about a life in nature, is a new lyrics that has not been known until now. Therefore, the original context of <Maesan-byulgok> was introduced and were examined in this paper. The author Jeong-Muk Kim was a descendent of Jang-Saeng Kim who succeeded the scholastic mantle of Yul-Gok Lee in the Joseon Dynasty and he was a Confucian scholar who devoted himself to his studies during his entire life in nature. He was a scholar in the family Nakron among the school Noron, and he strived to protect the authenticity of Taoism while studying issues related to people’s mind. In his recently discovered work <Maesan-byulgok>, written while looking at the natural scenery of a village named Maesan where he lived, he realized that eternal essence was contained in the hidden side of the scenery and said people to bring up their minds. The narrator in the work is pledging himself to adapt to nature in the reign of peace and live a peaceful life while enjoying Tao. The nature appearing in <Maesan-byulgok> is not simple nature but an idea that contains the truth of Tao in its hidden side. This lyrics work is characterized by the fact that the work was combined with the issue of minds pursued by him.

Gwajae(過齋), Kim jeong-muk(金正默), <Maesan-byulgok(梅山別曲)> Gwajaeyugo(過齋遺稿), one's mind, Horak's debate, Sumium(首尾吟)