Shim Cheong’s Family Tree

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Family

• Kwak-ssi(parent),Shim Hakgyu(parent)— Marriage

  Shim Hakgyu and his wife Kwak-ssi had a daughter, Shim Cheong. Kwak-ssi died shortly after giving birth, leaving the blind father to raise the child alone on the charity of neighbors.

Associated with

• Shim Hakgyu

  Now queen, Shim Cheong hosts a great feast for every blind person in the kingdom. When her father Shim Hakgyu arrives and hears her voice, his eyes fly open for the first time — filial devotion rewarded at last.

• Yongwang

  In the Shim Cheong-jeon, Yongwang receives Shim Cheong into the Dragon Palace after her sacrifice at Indang-su, recognizing her extraordinary filial virtue and returning her to the living world inside a lotus flower.