 Her innate talent for "hanmun" (Chinese) verse prompted him to be her first tutor in her early years, and introduce her to Chinese writing, such as the Confucian Five Classics.However, Heo Pong was also an outspoken and influential political scholar, and was eventually exiled to Kapsan for three years for his political leanings.Her younger brother, Heo Gyun, was a similarly gifted poet who studied under , a specialist of Tang poetry and a friend of Heo Pong, and he took part in her education, especially after her elder brother's exile.