The article profiles the poet Hyŏn Chingŏn who was born in Taegu and got his education there, in Japan and China. It states that he and his friend Yi Sanghwa produced a journal called Kŏhwa (Torch) and did a story collection Chosŏn ŭi ŏlgul (The faces of Korea). It also states that the story "Kohyang" (Home) which appeared in 1926 is the source of the phrase Chosŏn ŭi ŏlgul.