The accuracy of much that is in the Samguk sagi, a
history of the ancient three kingdoms up until the Silla unification, is a
source of much historical debate. The
Koreans seem more willing than outside historians to take its account at face
value, or near face value, perhaps understandably. It has only been recently that Koreans have begun to question the
foundation dates of the three kingdoms as given by Kim Pu-sik, dates that
clearly do not mesh with the evidence. However, it also must be
said that much in the Samguk sagi, especially its later dates, has been corroborated in this
century by the archaeological record, which continues to come to light.
I compiled this section out of interest in the Samguk sagi (for
more information on this topic you can go here), as well as an interest in both
the modern historiography of ancient Korea and the Confucian historiography
that animated Kim Pu-sik, the chief compiler of the Samguk sagi. After all, history is historiography.
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