▁and ▁I ms aj ae . ▁She ▁was ▁a ▁contemporary ▁of ▁the ▁poet ▁He o ▁N ans se ol he on , ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁women ▁were ▁considered ▁riv als . ▁ ▁Life ▁ ▁Child hood ▁and ▁education ▁ ▁Shin ▁Sa im d ang ▁was ▁born ▁and ▁raised ▁in ▁Gang ne ung ▁at ▁the ▁home ▁of ▁her ▁mat ernal ▁grand par ents . ▁Her ▁father , ▁Shin ▁My e ong h wa ▁( <0xE7> <0x94> <0xB3> 命 和 ) ▁was ▁a ▁government ▁official ▁and ▁a ▁friend ▁of ▁the ▁scholar ▁Jo ▁G w ang jo , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁polit ically ▁active . ▁Her ▁mother ▁was ▁Lady ▁Y i , ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁Y i ▁Sa on ▁( 李 思 <0xE6> <0xBA> <0xAB> ). ▁Sa im d ang ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁of ▁five ▁daughters . ▁Her ▁father ▁initially ▁lived ▁in ▁Hans ung ( 한 성 부 ), ▁so ▁lived ▁largely ▁apart ▁from ▁the ▁family ▁for ▁ 1 6 ▁years . ▁He ▁continued ▁his ▁imperial ▁exam ination ▁prepar ation ▁with ▁his ▁wife ' s ▁side ▁family ' s ▁assistance , ▁and ▁visited ▁home ▁several ▁times ▁a ▁year . ▁Sa im d ang ' s ▁mother ▁assist ed ▁his ▁studies . ▁However , ▁Shin ▁My e ong h wa ▁did ▁not ▁go ▁beyond ▁j ins a ▁test ( 진 사 ), ▁an ▁elementary ▁test ▁for ▁y ang ban , ▁and ▁gave ▁up ▁the ▁da eg wa ( 대 과 ) ▁test ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁mass acre ▁of ▁sch ol ars ▁at ▁k im yo ▁year