The king of Joseon was required to be a great scholar as well as a ruler, and he was often an accomplished artist and insightful connoisseur. This seal was used by King Heonjong, the 24th ruler, and bears an inscription of four Chinese characters “萬幾餘暇” (mangiyeoga), literally meaning "a break amid thousands of duties."

King Heonjong was very fond of calligraphy and painting and he became a collector of great artworks from all periods. He was also a talented writer and a calligrapher who excelled in seal-script (篆書) and official script (隸書). Moreover, he was highly interested in epigraphy, the study of ancient scripts on steles and bronze, this being fashionable at the time. As a dedicated collector of the seals, scripts and paintings of great scholars, he kept his collection in Seunghwa-ru (承華樓, Pavilion of Continuing Magnificence), located behind Nakseon-jae (樂善齋, Hall of Delighting in Goodness), his private study in Changdeok Palace. One of his great pleasures was to enjoy seeing them with scholars. There were a large number of seals that were engraved for the private use of King Heonjong himself including those bearing his names or titles; those bearing building names in the palace such as Nakseon-jae or Boso-dang (寶蘇堂, Hall Treasuring Su Dongbo); and those bearing scripts reflecting his friendship with Kim Jeong-hui (金正喜), a great contemporary scholar who shared King Heonjong’s artistic and literary tastes.

Many of the seals in the collection of King Heonjong exhibit the art of 19th century seal engraving and scholarly exchanges between great scholars of Joseon and Qing – Kim Jeong-hui and Weng Fanggang. King Heonjong published his seal collections in the Bosodang Seal-Mark Catalogue (Bosodang-injon, 寶蘇堂印存). Although this catalogue survives today, a considerable number of the seals were unfortunately lost in a number of frequent fires in the palace but they were replicated during the reign of King Gojong.