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The purpose of the "seven mode theory" in Akhakkwebom (a musical treatise compiled in 1493) was to present a theory that included all modes in hyangak pieces (or "native" pieces) of the Choson period. However, discrepancies between some parts of this early writing and actual facts in music history raised some questions. An analysis of the "seven mode theory" and records in Akhakkwebom relating to this theory revealed that descriptions of hyangak instruments (or "native" instruments) were either exaggerated or distorted. For example, the instrument presented for the taegum (large, transverse flute) description was actually chunggum (middle, transverse flute), and unrealistic drawings of the komungo (six-stringed zither) and the kayagum (twelve-stringed zither) were included in the treatise as well. Thus, when studying theoretical systems presented in Akhakkwebom they must be examined carefully and critically.