This album records the famous military feats of the courageous and brilliant leaders in Hamgyong Province from the reign of King Yejong in the Koryo dynasty to the reign of King Sonjo in the Choson dynasty. It is a book of painting with explanations of historical events.   It was probably produced in order to serve as a shining example of their activities which should be a model to the descendants. The bravery and heroic acts of various generals are depicted in a vivid and realistic manner. The contents are composed of the eight scenes of: 'Expanded Territory and Erected a Monument'; 'Got Shot at by an Arrow in the middle of a Banquet'; 'Composed a Poem during Overnight Battle'; 'Defeated the Enemy with a Trick'; 'Climbed a Mountain and Composed a Poem'; 'Defeated the Enemy with One Arrow'; 'Defended a Wooden Fence against Barbarian'; and 'Chong Mun-bu Defeated Japanese Army'. The coloring is vivid and brilliant, and has been applied rather thickly. Avoiding the simple composition in which the main character is placed at the center of the screen, the story has been pushed to the right-hand side of the screen as in 'Climbed a Mountain and Composed a Poem', or it has adopted a composition in which the main scene was drawn at one side of the screen as in 'Expanded Territory and Erected a Monument' or 'Composed a Poem during Overnight Battle'. Paintings have mainly adopted a distinct three-stage composition of the scenery in the foreground, the middle and the distant view. The motions of the people or the horses do not follow a set pattern and have been well represented to suit the roles and positions of each, and even the smallest details such as the fingers and the horseshoes have been depicted minutely in a very thin stroke. Although the presentation of the mountains and trees are deeply influenced by the landscape painting of the An Kyon style such as black and white contrast, irregular outlines, protruding hills with the pine trees and a trace of the short lines and dots technique, the Chol style (浙派) has been appropriately mixed in, for instance with the handling of the distant mountains or trees. Also, the method of depicting a cow in 'Defended a Wooden Fence against Barbarian' reflects the typical technique of the mid-Choson period in the handling of the dotted line on the backbone and light coloring of the cow's legs. In terms of style, the presentation of a simple, half moon-shaped marquee with blue folds; the emphasis on the ridge of the roof and the edge of the roof which have been colored rather darker than the surface of the roof; the technique used on the willow trees; and the formalistic expression of the mountains and trees in the An Kyon style indicate well the method of presentation in paintings of events from the late-seventeenth century to the early-eighteenth century. 'Expanded Territory and Erected a Monument' depicts the historical event in which State Councillor (平章事) Yun Kwan (尹瓘: ?-1111) and Fourth Minister of Office of Ministers-without-Portfolio (知樞密院事) O Yon-ch'ong (吳延寵: 1055-1116) were appointed as Chief Commander (行營大元師) and Commander (副元師) each in 1107 (Year 2 of King Yejong's reign) and subsequently defeated the Jurchen with an army of seventeen thousand and extended the Koryo border. They built six walled fortresses in Hamju, Pokju, Ungju, Yongju, Kilju, and Konghomjin, then erected a monument with four letters of 'Koryojigyong' (高麗之境; the boundary of Koryo) at Sonch'unryong, thereby marking out the boundary.