Samguk Sagi

The Samguk Sagi ( " History of the Three Kingdoms " ) is a medieval Korean writing that the period of the Three Kingdoms ( 1st century BC - 7th century AD) describes. It was in 1145 by Kim Busik (金 富 轼) in classical Chinese ( Wenyan ) written and is the oldest surviving document about the history of Korea.

The Samguk Sagi includes 50 volumes:

  • Records of Silla ( Nagi; 나기 ;罗 纪)
  • Records of Goguryeo ( Yeogi; 여기 ;丽 纪)
  • Records of Baekje ( Jegi; 제기 ;济 纪)
  • Timelines
  • Several other records, including the culture, music and geography
  • Biographies

Some modern historians, the credibility of the Samguk Sagi is in doubt because the author apparently tried to emphasize the legitimacy of the dominant later Goryeo Dynasty. Nonetheless, it is the Samguk Sagi to one of the most important writings on the history of Korea.

Translations

The only complete translation of the Samguk Sagi is a two part Russian edition, which appeared in 1959 and 2001. Individual sections were translated into English since 1969. Currently, the Korean Institute of the University of Hawaii tried to a compilation of the annals of the kingdom Silla and Goguryeo.

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