This thesis is searching for how the virtuous woman\'s image in folklore transformed in the process of genre spreading and also tries to scrutinize its meaning in the frame of developing process of argument on the virtuous woman.
In legend narration, the figure of civic virtuous woman who was not connected with particular family was made known as Sun San The Kims family\'s virtuous woman in Korean verse, 「Kim\'s wife\'s virtuous song」. Also it was known as having the figure of common virtuous woman in korean old novel, 「Oak lady story(옥낭자전)」, without any connection with particular family. Like this, we can assume that the virtuous woman\'s image was changed, keeping main story\'s contents intact It is because the legend folklore in which the particular meaning wasn\'t interrupted had individual writer\'s particular meaning, having the process of genre spreading. As for this aspect, the virtuous woman\'s legend folklore, The 「Kim\'s wife\'s virtuous woman song(김부인열행가)」, 「Goak story(곽씨전)」, and 「Oak girl story(옥낭자전)」didn\'t have the character of individual work in which had each originality. Otherwise, all of them was derived in the developing process of the virtuous woman\'s discourse connected with special events in the late Chosen dynasty. In spite of these arguments, the material origin of 「Oak lady story(옥낭자전)」 which wasn\'t known can be clearly found through this view.