김동일은 부모의 상을 당하자 지나칠 정도로 슬퍼하였으며, 3년 동안 시묘살이를 할 때면 맹수가 와서 지켜 주었다고 한다.
Kim Dong-il was overwhelmed with sadness when his parents died, so a beast came and protected him while he was mourning at the graves of his parents for three years.