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Shin Jaiyo and Pak Heonbong were not Pansori performers themselves, but they supported modern development of Pansori and established infrastructure for Pansori. They were experts in Pansori knowledge, and they used it to educate Pansori performers and improved on theoretical aspects of Pansori.

They were genuine patrons of Pansori. They assisted the performers by both material and spiritual means. They also were composers, who wrote modern Pansori music and lyrics. With their authentic knowledge for Pansori, they wrote many important books on the subject. They were Pansori educators as well, Shin Jaiyo bringing up many gifted performers in his household, and Pak Heonbong establishing Seoul Traditional Music School(국악예술학교).

They made invaluable contribution to Pansori, bringing it up to its perfection, is priceless effort. They were great thinkers, disclosing philosophical meanings embedded in Pansori lyrics. The Pansori today owe great deal to those two.