Jong-Jik Kim (his pen name is Jumpiljae)`s life and his contribution to Korean tea culture can be found in various literatures, documents, research data, and field investigations. As a result, several concluding remarks are obtained as follows: First, he enjoyed drinking Korean tea and was a literary man who wrote a lot of poetry and prose about tea. Second, as Mayor of Ham-yang, he laid out a tea patch in a bamboo thicket of the north part of Um-Chun temple in order to lessen the suffering of the common people. Therefore, he was an excellent governor who achieved executive affairs efficiently and ruled wisely. Third, he was an heir to the scholastic mantle of Gil Jae (his pen name is Yaeun), Lee Saek (Mokeun), and Jung Mong-Ju (Poeun) who also enjoyed drinking Korean tea and were literary men who wrote lots of poetry and prose about tea. Fourth, Cho Woi, Lee Mok, Nam Hyo-Eun, Jung Hee-Ryang and Eu Hyo-In, who were pupils of Jong-Jik Kim, also enjoyed drinking Korean tea and were literary men. Fifth, through the facts above, we can easily understand the scholastic tradition related to Korean tea from the end of the Goryeo Dynasty to the early stage of the Choson Dynasty. So, he contributed to the development of the Korean tea culture as well as philosophy, politics, literature, and education. Therefore, his achievement combining theory and practice is worth revaluating.
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