Our ancestors left behind a variety of qualitative records from their lives near the sea. These records are crucial for understanding how people in the past perceived, utilized, and coexisted with the sea.

"Collected Works of Yun Seon-do" is a collection of poems and prose written by Yun Seon-do, a scholar in the late Joseon Dynasty. This compilation includes his famous sijo(a traditional Korean poetic form) series 'Fisherman’s Four Seasons.' Set in Bogildo, Wando, Yun Seon-do's hometown in Jeolla Province, this series divides a fisherman's life into four seasons—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—with ten poems for each season. However, the 'fisherman' in 'Fisherman’s Four Seasons' is not a literal fisherman who is fishing for survival, but is rather represented as a scholar who enjoys nature. It makes us imagine the old yangban(nobility) class escaping the chaotic secular world, fishing, reciting poetry, and sharing drinks surrounded by nature. Yun Seon-do observes and records the life of a fisherman from the perspective of an outsider who relishes in nature in its true form.

“Collected Works of Kim Ryeo” are 12-volume books compiling the poetry and prose of Kim Ryeo, an official and scholar from the late Joseon period. In volume eight, you will find the fish encyclopedia called Uhaeieobo. Uhaeieobo along with Jasan Eobo, is one of the most important fish encyclopedias during the Joseon dynasty. The name 'Uhae' refers to an old name for Jinhae-hyeon, which is now Masanhappo-gu, Changwon City. Kim Ryeo was exiled in this place, because of Catholic Persecution of 1801. During that time, he get acquainted with local fishmen and do a study about fish, so that he can write the fish encyclopedia.