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In this paper, characteristics of appearance of hell shown in 「Namyeombujujj(南炎浮洲志)」 had been told and it is summarized as follows. In 「Namyeombujujj」, Yeombuju(炎浮洲) is described as a castle of hot fire where nobody can escape from and a place where one should suffer extreme pain. But at the same time, Yeombuju is a place where King of hell educates people so that people can realize faults of the past life and be born again as a new and best being. In 「Namyeombujujj」, even a person who committed vice in the past life can reach the highest good through edification. This means that human nature is good. It is said that edification based on virtue and courtesy of Confucianism is made in Yeombuju. Virtue and courtesy is the best value of all period of present and next world. On the other hand, in Yeombuju, punishment is not added to isolated individual but punishment and edification is given at the same time in the midst of social relational network. So King of hell is described as an ideal governor who can use punishment and edification, that is, law and virtue. In short, it can be said that Kim Si-seup, an author had Confucian thinking like these - belief in possibility to recover human nature, recognition of transcendental value of punishment and edification, pursuit of idealized society operated by punishment and edification of King as a teacher of people. He assumes hell and said that 'even in the hell,' these three points are maintained without change. This is the very unique setting of 「Namyeombujujj」. People in Yeombuju get along together and receive punishment and edification from King of hell. As they are recovering human good nature in this process, they can sometimes smile and talk together even in the pain.

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