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As one of the representing politicians of the Noron party (Patriarch's faction), Jung-ho followed his party’s opinion under King Sukjong (r. 1674-1720) and Yongjo reign (r. 1724-76) as serious political situations occurred in the Late Choson dynasty. He expressed his intellectual and political standpoint of viewing his party. Regardless of an extreme strife among parties such as Soron (Disciples' faction) and Namin (Southerners' faction), the understanding of Jung-ho's consciousness and the view of Choson society along with the position he stood by can be ceaselessly based on complicated circumstances of reorganizing the political influence, and attitude of politicians' true recognition of Choson society.
Jung-ho, succeeding Uam's (Song, siyeol) political phenomenalearned and obeyed the principles of Neo-Confucianism (Jujahak) and tried to integrate its practice and actuality of thereality. This can be confirmed by various memorials presented to kings partic ipating in government for a long time.
He played an active part as a high-ranking official, a chief state councilor ( Yeong-uijeong ), and an outstanding scholar of Noron party.
Accordingly, he was a politician who tried to be positive to see make accomplishments in his life of Uam's thought, ideology, and philosophy and to further contribute to Noron politics.