Samguk Sagi

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Samguk Sagi is a 12th-century Korean historical chronicle of the Three Kingdoms period, compiled under King Injong of Goryeo and regarded as one of Korea’s oldest and most important surviving histories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Korean historical chronicle
annalistic chronicle
history book
assistantCompilers Gwan Gyeong NERFINISHED
Kim Geung-ryeol NERFINISHED
Kim Gwan-ui NERFINISHED
centuryOfCompilation 12th century
commissionedBy King Injong of Goryeo NERFINISHED
compiledUnder King Injong of Goryeo NERFINISHED
compiler Kim Busik NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Korea NERFINISHED
coversKingdom Baekje NERFINISHED
Goguryeo NERFINISHED
Silla NERFINISHED
culturalSignificance foundational text of Korean historiography
dateOfCompilation 1145
describesPeriod Three Kingdoms of Korea NERFINISHED
dynasty Goryeo NERFINISHED
editor Kim Busik NERFINISHED
genre official history
historicalScopeEnd unification under Silla
historicalScopeStart founding of the Three Kingdoms
ideologicalOrientation pro-Silla NERFINISHED
importance one of the oldest surviving Korean histories
primary source for early Korean history
influencedBy Chinese standard histories
language Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
literaryStyle classical historiography
modeledOn Book of Han NERFINISHED
Records of the Grand Historian NERFINISHED
numberOfBooks 50
preservesInformationOn diplomatic relations with China and Japan
genealogies of Korean rulers
laws and institutions of early Korea
political history of the Three Kingdoms
regionDocumented Korean Peninsula NERFINISHED
relatedWork Samguk Yusa NERFINISHED
religiousPerspective Confucian
script Chinese characters
structure annals
biographies
chronological tables
monographs
subjectFocus administrative systems
political and military events
royal lineages
titleTranslation History of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED
usedSources Chinese dynastic histories
earlier Korean records

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