 Kim devoted himself to Confucian ethics, promulgating "gahun" (family principles) and "hyangyak" (village creed).The Nokdong Seowon in Urok-ri was erected in his memory in 1789.This seowon was abolished in 1864 as part of the regent Daewon-gun's general campaign against seowon, but was reestablished in 1914 under the Japanese colonial regime.