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Hwado poetry refers to the poetry composed in response to the poetry written by Tao Yenming and was created by many Korean and Chinese literary figures, some of whom would write a few works of Hwado poetry for literary fun and others of whom would write so many of them that they could publish them in a book. The latter group includes Maewoldang Kim Si-seup, Sangchon Shin Heum, and Mungok Kim Su-hang, who were under the influence of the dismal contemporary situations when writing Hwado poetry. Despite their prolific creations of Hwado poetry, the honor of the most Hwado poems in history goes to Hoibong Ha Gyeom-jin, who left as many as 120 Hwado poems. Since his Hwado poems were created during the period when Chinese literature was dying, they claim greater significance than the works by the literary figures during the period when Chinese literature was prospering. In his Hwado poetry, Hoibong embodied his admiration and yearning for Tao Yenming and Su Dongpo and attempted the practice of Confucian doctrines to break through the reality, which seemed so distant from the restoration of the nation‘s independence, and to promote his mental stability. It was in his attempts to practice Confucian doctrines by being content amid poverty and taking pleasure in acting in an honest way that he created his Hwado poems. He wrote his Hwado poems in the background of Deokgok Lecture Hall and Mansudang he built in his later years. He taught his pupils at the Deokgok Lecture Hall in his later years, and Mansudang was used by Confucian scholars from neighboring areas for gathering purposes. It was there that he completed his final mission of arranging the legacy of Chosun Confucianism in history by publishing 30 volumes of Dongyuhakan and Dongshihwa. His Hwado poetry was his first creation after he decided to live a reclusive life by being content amid poverty and taking pleasure in acting in an honest way and became an important turning point in the transitional period of his life.