South Han Mountain City is another masterpiece of famous Korean novelist Jin Xun after Song of Knife and Song of String. It is a historical novel, which tells the story of the struggle between the warring factions and the peace faction when Korea was at war with the Qing Dynasty in 1636. There are many characters in this novel that are rarely involved in official history. On the basis of respecting history, they use their imagination and add vivid plots and details, which makes the whole novel more full, richer in levels and ups and downs. Jin Xun, the author, said that this is only a novel, which does not represent his historical evaluation of the characters in the novel.
"Mountain City South Han" is based on the historical background of1the siege of the Qing Dynasty and the humiliating surrender of the Korean defenders in the early 7th century. Hundreds of thousands of Qing troops surrounded Nanhan Mountain City, where the king was hiding, and adopted the tactics of encircling but not attacking. The people surrounded in the city were divided into two factions with fierce confrontation, discussing whether to choose glorious death or shameful peace.