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English: In 1844, during his exile in Jeju Island, w:Kim Jeong-hui produced this, his most celebrated ink painting, usually known as “Sehando” or “Wandang Sehando” (阮堂歲寒圖). ‘Wandang’ was one of Kim’s most frequently used ‘Ho’ names; ‘Sehan’ means ‘the bitter cold around the lunar new year,’ ‘do’ means ‘painting’). He gave to his disciple Yi Sang-jeok (李尙迪, 1804–1865) in gratitude for his friendship. The painting shows a simple house, barely outlined, framed by two gnarled pine trees. Beside it there are texts expressing gratitude to w:Yi Sang-jeok. Yi was an outstanding figure, a poet and calligrapher who went 12 times to China and was greatly admired by the scholars he met there. In 1845, Yi returned to China with the painting, which he showed to the scholars he met. Sixteen of them composed appreciatiative colophons which were attached to the left side of the painting, creating a lengthy scroll. After Yi’s return to Korea, some Korean scholars also added their tributes, creating a unique cumulative work combining painting, poetic writing and calligraphy.