(b Kangnung, Kangwon Province, 1435; d Hongsan, South Ch’ungch’ong Province, 1493). Korean poet and calligrapher. He was one of the saeng yuksin, a group of six scholar–officials who opposed the succession by force of King Sejo (reg 1455–68) to the throne in 1455 after the assassination of his young nephew, Tanjong (reg 1453–5). Kim was born into an illustrious scholar–official family and showed a precocious talent. However, upon hearing of King Sejo’s succession, he burnt all his books and became a Buddhist monk, taking the name Solcham. Thereafter he led the life of a wanderer, writing poems expressing the transient nature of life.