Her pen names were Saim (사임; 師任), Saimdang (사임당; 師任堂), Inimdang (인임당; 姻姙堂), and Imsajae (임사재; 姙師齊).

Through her paternal great-grandmother, Lady Shin was also the great-great-great-granddaughter of Queen Wongyeong and King Taejong through her great-great-grandmother, Princess Jeongseon.

Lady Yi had continued living with her parents after her marriage, which gave her greater autonomy in how she chose to educate Saimdang and her other daughters.

Saimdang and her sisters learned the Thousand Character Classic, Dongmongseonseup (동몽선습) and Mingxin baojian from Shin Myeong-hwa.

On August 20, 1522, the 17-year-old Saimdang married the 22-year-old Yi Won-su, and with his consent she continued to spend time at her parents' home in Gangneung.

Yi Won-su's house was in Paju, but Saimdang's father died in the same year that they got married, so she moved back and forth between the two homes in order to care for her mother.

In this era, obedience was considered an important mark of a good wife, but Saimdang did not listen to her husband Yi Won-su easily.

Yi Won-su argued that Confucius, Zengzi, and Zhou Dunyi had broken their marriages, but Shin Saimdang contradicted him by telling him that none of those people had remarried.

Kwon was considered to be a rash girl who acted unpredictably, the opposite of Shin Saimdang, and it was also said that she was the same age as her eldest son, Yi Seon.

The family members who were searching for the missing Yi I were moved when they found the young child sincerely praying in hopes of his mother recovering.

It is unclear why Yi Won-su made the unreasonable move to bring in Kwon, but it is also believed that it was caused by jealousy and inferiority towards his wife, Shin Saimdang.

Along with Queen Munjeong, Jeong Nan-jeong, and Hwang Jin-yi, Shin Saimdang is considered one of the most significant women to live during this period of Korean history.

Shin Saimdang's artwork is known for its delicate beauty; insects, flowers, butterflies, orchids, grapes, fish, and landscapes were some of her favorite themes.

[2] Unfortunately, not much of her calligraphy remains, but her style was greatly praised in her time, with high-ranking officials and connoisseurs writing records of her work.

The scholar Eo Suk-kwon of Myeongjong mentioned in his book Paegwan Japgi (패관잡기, 稗官雜記; "The Storyteller's Miscellany") that Saimdang's paintings of grapes and landscapes compared to those of the notable artist Ahn Gyeon.

A portrait of Shin Saimdang and her drawings, Mokpo Grapes (묵포 포도) and Chochungdosubyeong (초충도수병, the National Treasure No.

On May 5, The Bank of Korea announced that they selected Shin Saimdang as the main character of 50,000 won because she is "a representative female artist in the middle of the Joseon period" and "a person who has accomplished a remarkable achievement in gifted education by fulfilling her wife role".

[4] (Other candidate characters of 50,000 won were Kim Ku, Gwanggaeto the Great, Ahn Chang-ho, Jang Yeong-sil, and Ryu Gwan-sun).