This study was examined that characteristics of mentally retarded children with and without Cheong. The subjects of this study were 50 special education teachers who are participated into inservice training program carried out Korea Institute for Special Education in Ansan city. Research method used at this study was individual interviewing. And analyzed datum were categorizing according to categories by Choi and Choi(1990). The results were as follows: First, mentally retarded children with Cheong are characterizing have more take good care of the 'others' or 'weness' than 'I'. Second, mentally retarded children without Cheong are characterizing have laking interest or sympathy and nonsensitiveness or absence of expression.