general, Keyamura Rokusuke, to join her. The general attempted to lure Nongae away from the rock. However, she eventually led him to the cliff-side, where she embraced him, clasped her fingers with rings that locked her around him, and cast herself along with the general into the river, killing them both. It is said that she sacrificed herself not only in revenge for Choi's murder but also out of love for her country. However this story is highly dubious and it is most likely to have originated from Park Jonghwa's (Hangul: 박중화, Hanja: 朴鍾和) Nongae and Gyewolhyang (1962). After death In 1625, 32 years after Nongae died, during the 3rd year of King Injo's reign, stories of her spread to the people of Jinju and "Uiam" was carved on the rock from which she jumped. In 1650, during the 2nd year of King Hyojong's reign, a court official arrived to examine a disaster that happened in Gyeongsang-Udo, and noted that he saw the words "Uiam" engraved on the rock when he visited Jinju. In 1721, during the 1st year of King Gyeongjong's reign, a Gyeongsangwoo soldier, Choi Jin-han (Hangul: 최진한, Hanja: 崔鎭漢), built the Uiamsajeok monument right above the Uiam carving to memorialize Nongae. In 1739, during the 16th year of King Yeongjo's reign, another Gyeongsangwoo soldier, Nam Deok-ha (Hangul: 남덕하, Hanja: 南德夏), built Uigisa, a shrine dedicated to Nongae, next to Chokseokru in Jinju. In 1846, Jong Joo-seok (Hangul: 중주석) of Jangsu Hyeongam, built a memorial to honor Nongae. It was designated as Local Monument No. 46 in 1955, and the birthplace of Nongae has been restored in Juchon Village, Daegok-ri, Janggye-myeon, Jangsu-gun, where Nongae was born. The rock from which she leapt, Uiam (Hangul: 의암, Hanja: 義巖), has been called "the Rock of Righteousness". During the mid 20th century, it was rumored that Nongae was a daughter and heir of a fallen yangban family and was eventually promoted to be the Jeongsil (정실 부인), wife, of Choi after he died. Family Father Joo Dal-mun (주달문, 朱達文) (d. 1578) Uncle: Joo Dal-mu (주달무) Mother Lady Park of the Miryang Park clan (본관: 밀양 박씨, 密陽 朴氏) Brother Older brother: Joo Dae-ryeong (주대룡) Husband Choi Gyeong-hwi of the Haeju Choi clan (최경회, 崔慶會) (본관: 해주 최씨, 海州 崔氏) (1532 – June 1593) Son Choi Hong-nam (최홍남) Memorial According to 1868 records in Gyobang Gayo written by a local official, Jeong