In Takate in Keijo (old name of Seoul City in the period of Japan's rule) he played so well with four stones down to start the game (in the Korean rule two stones) against Haku Nankei, a Chusuin official, that he was called a 'prodigy.'
京城の高手で中枢員議官の白南奎という者と対戦、四子（朝鮮ルールの二子）にまで打ち込んで「神童来」と言われる。