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written by Chung-Am (冲菴) while he was exiled in Jeju are listed. Since the number of poems is small and there are not enough records to deduce the circumstances of the time, it is hard to understand the background and social interactions of Chung-Am during his exile in Jeju. There are several points to be noted; the fact that 37 poems were listed in the anthology 「Haedorok」 from the beginning; that 「Haedorok」 existed right up to the publication of its second edition; that the comments were edited and their histories were judged arbitrarily while Chungamjip was published twice; that a lot of works in the early days of Chung-Am were untitled, that Jejuilgi (濟州日記), which is another assumed work of Chung-Am, existed until the time of compilation of <Chungamsunsaengyeonbo> (冲庵先 生年譜), and other facts are worthy of attention. Despite the severe surveillance of the Hungupa, who were looking for opportunities to wipe out the power of Confucian scholars, Sajedang (思齊堂), An Chu-Sun (安處 順) helped the Gimyo-sages (己卯諸賢) both materially and morally. Letters from An Chu-Sun and the Gimyo-sages provide a glimpse into the harsh political situation and the daunted position of the Gimyo-sages; they also contain an intent to deliver information about the state of affairs of the time. The frequent concealment or distortion of characters in the poems of Chung-Am written in Jeju can be regarded as representing efforts to get rid of any source of possible trouble, given that detection by radar of the Hungupa could have brought about a fatal result to the entire family. On the other hand, the names of some of local residents of Jeju and Lee Un, the governor of Jeju of the time, were fully stated in his works, because those works were distant from personal affection or allegations of conspiracy.

Chung-Am, Kim Jung, 「Haedorok」, Chungamjip, An Chu-Sun, Gimyo-sages