In his reminiscences "With the Century" the President says, "My grandfather and grandmother were old country people who knew nothing but farming. But truth to tell, I marveled at their firm revolutionary spirit and was greatly inspired by it".

She encouraged all the family members to take part in revolutionary activities for the country and nation, not just for the happiness of her family, with a steadfast faith.

When her son Kim Hyong Jik, an indomitable revolutionary fighter and founder of the Korean National Association, passed away, she did not yield to sorrow.

She told the President that he should devote himself to the struggle for national independence, continuing what his father had done, though he could not to take care of her and his mother.

It is her disposition not to bow to any pressure and tolerate any injustice.

She never gave up her firm conviction and principles when she was taken hostage by the Japanese imperialists to make the President surrender.

Whenever she got news that the Korean People's Revolutionary Army won a battle, she shouted in high spirits before the enemy, "My grandson is great. I hope he will crush all the Japanese imperialists on our land!"

Though she had neither regular education nor revolutionary cultivation, she could stand against enemies in defiance of hard trials and difficulties because she had a strong belief in the victory in the Korean revolution guided by the President.

Even after the liberation of the country, she continued farming until she died although she was the grandmother of the head of the state.