The writer studied Korean literature at Yonsei University and went on to study at the Academy of Korean Studies for his MA and Ph.D. After teaching at Hoseo University, he is currently working as the chief librarian at the Academy of Korean Studies and also as the head of the Poeun Jeong Mongju Studies Association. He majored in Korean classical literature and published books in the areas of Korean traditional landscape literature, royal family literature, and Poeun Jeong Mongju. His titles include Our Landscape and Our Literature through Ten Topics, Literature of Eight Landscapes, and Royal Family Literature of Eight Landscapes.