Female poet active in the middle of Joseon dynasty hailing from Gangneung, her real name was Chohui with pen names Nanseolheon and Gyeongbeon. She was the daughter of Sung Confucianist Heo Yeop, and older sister of Heo Gyun. She was taught Chinese poems by Lee Dal (pen name Songok), one of the three famous poets active during Joseon dynasty, and demonstrated her talent in writing Chinese poems. At 8, she composed a Sangryangmun (a writing inserted on to the ridge beam) at Baekokru pavilion of Gwanghanjeon. In 1577 (10th year of King Seonjo), she was married to Kim Seong-rip, but their relationship was not good.

She begot two daughters but lost them all. To make matters worse, her maiden family members suffered from being imprisoned, and even her younger brother Heo Gyun was exiled. All this combined to make her die young at 27. She expressed her sufferings from marital life and her maiden family in poems to console herself. Her poems are sensitively and delicately worded, demonstrating a woman´s unique sentiment and lamentations.

Later, her brother Heo Gyun gave a part of her works to Ming´s envoy Ju Ji-beon. Thus, her poetry book titled Nanseolheonjib was published and highly praised in China. In 1711, it was also published in Japan by Bundaiya Jiro, and was widely read. She has handed down 142 poems such as ‘Yuseonsi’, ‘Binyeoeum’, ‘Mangseonyoyuheung’ and ‘Dongseonyo’, as well as Gasa (verse) such as ‘Gyuwonga’ and ‘Bongseonga’.