It is also a unique historical source material, with various Korean royal court vocabulary describing appropriate behavior for a woman in accordance with neo-Confucian values.

Naehun is the oldest known surviving work by a Korean female writer and shows the effects of the Confucian social values on women's status during the Joseon period.

It was published several times, during different periods, and the notation, vocabulary and writing style changed as well, making it an important resource for the study of the Korean medieval language.

VOLUME 3: Parents, Mother, Cordiality, Frugality All persons at birth receive the spirit of Heaven and Earth, and all are endowed with the virtues of the Five Relations.

The order and disorder, the rise and fall of a country are related to the wisdom and ignorance of men, but are also closely tied to the goodness and badness of women.