According to Samguk Sagi, in 637, Kim Yu-sin, a Korean general of Silla rallied his troops to defeat rebels by lofting a kite with a straw man which looked like a burning ball flying to the sky.

* Kim Bu-sik, Korean historian of the Goryeo Dynasty who compiled the Samguk Sagi historical text

* 57 BC: Silla is founded in southeastern Korea ( traditional date according to Samguk Sagi, a 12th century historical document ).

* 37 BC: Goguryeo is founded in southern Manchuria ( traditional date according to Samguk Sagi ).

* 18 BC: Baekje is founded in midwestern Korea ( traditional date according to Samguk Sagi ).

* Kim Pusik and his team of historians finish the compilation of the Korean historical text Samguk Sagi.

Baekje's foundation by King Onjo in 18 BC as stated in the Samguk Sagi, followed those of Goguryeo and Silla.

The Samguk Sagi (" History of the Three Kingdoms "), for instance, includes passages on Balhae, but does not include a dynastic history of Balhae.

* Samguk Sagi, a history of the Three Kingdoms period of Korea.

According to the Korean historical document Samguk Sagi ( 삼국사기, 三國史記 ), Goguryeo sent a diplomatic representative to the Han Dynasty in 32 AD, and the Emperor Guangwu of Han granted the official rank of Goguryeo.

* According to the Samguk Sagi ( Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms ), Baekje and Silla sent their princes as hostages to the Yamato court in exchange for military support to continue their already-begun military campaigns ; King Asin of Baekje sent his son Jeonji in 397 and King Silseong of Silla sent his son Misaheun in 402.

According to the history records in Japan ( Nihon Shoki ) and Korea ( Samguk Sagi ), Korean prince was sent to Japan as a hostages.

Information on the Hwarang are mainly found in the histories Samguk Sagi ( 1145 ) and Samguk Yusa ( ca.

According to the Samguk Sagi and Samguk Yusa, two bands of females called Wonhwa ( 원화, 源花, " original flowers ") preceded the Hwarang.

The Samguk Sagi, compiled by the general and official Kim Busik, emphasizes the military exploits of certain Hwarang, while the Samguk Yusa emphasizes the group's Buddhist activities.

The biographies section of the Samguk Sagi describes young Hwarang who distinguished themselves in the struggles against the Gaya confederacy and later Baekje and Goguryeo.

According to the Hwarang Segi, as cited in the Samguk Sagi and Haedong Gosuengjeon, “... able ministers and loyal subjects are chosen from them, and good generals and brave soldiers are born therefrom .”

Samguk Sagi ( History of the Three Kingdoms ) is a historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla.

In taking on the task of compiling ( this term is more accurate than " writing " because much of the history is taken from earlier historical records ) the Samguk Sagi Kim Busik was consciously modeling his actions on Chinese Imperial traditions, just as he modeled the history ’ s format after its Chinese forebears.

There were various motivating factors behind the compilation of the Samguk Sagi in the 12th century.

In this context it should be remembered that the compilation of the Samguk Sagi was an officially sponsored undertaking, commissioned by the Goryeo king, with the members of its compilation staff approved by the central bureaucracy.

The founding legend of Gojoseon, which is recorded in the Samguk Yusa ( 1281 ) and other medieval Korean books, states that the country was established in 2333 BC by Dangun, said to be descended from heaven.

However, the fact that " native heritage " is primarily interpreted by the Samguk Sagi to mean " Three Kingdoms heritage " brings us to the work ’ s ostensibly broader purpose, and that was to promote Three Kingdoms, in contrast to the competing neighbors like Buyeo, Mahan, Gaya, which were absorbed into Three Kingdoms, as the orthodox ruling kingdoms of Korea, and to thus solidify the legitimacy and prestige of the Goryeo state, as Three Kingdoms ’ s rightful successor.

The only full Western language translation of the Samguk Sagi to appear to date is a Russian edition that appeared in two parts, 1959 and 2001.

The concept of akkamu is also discussed in the music section in the Korean Samguk Sagi.

Samguk Yusa, or Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms, is a collection of legends, folktales, and historical accounts relating to the Three Kingdoms of Korea ( Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla ), as well as to other periods and states before, during, and after the Three Kingdoms period.

The first mentioning of this name however does not appear until the Samguk Yusa and other medieval-era records, Gojoseon is said to have been founded in 2333 BC by Dangun in the legend, who is said to be a Posterity of Heaven.

Since the chronology is inconsistent with the Samguk Sagi, the Dongbuyeo mentioned in the stele is widely speculated by historians to have been a revival movement of Dongbuyeo, formed around 285.

The founding date is widely questioned today, as the Samguk Sagi was written from the viewpoint of Silla, claiming Silla's superiority and antiquity over the rival Goguryeo and Baekje kingdoms.

The Hwarang segi survived to the time that Kim Busik 金富軾 ( 1075 – 1151 ) compiled the Samguk sagi, but is believed to have been lost since the 13th century, because no reference to the Hwarang segi was made after reference to the text found in monk Gakhun's 覺訓 Haedong goseung jeon 海東高僧傳 ( Lives of Eminent Korean Monks, ca.

The first confirmed historical reference to Ulleungdo is in the Samguk Sagi for the year 512.

According to a legend in the Samguk Yusa, Mu was a Baekje peasant who married Princess Seonhwa of Silla ( making her Uija's mother ), but this is not considered orthodox history.

The Samguk Yusa describes him as the son of Wideok, but this is considered an error.

It is described in the Chinese chronicle San Guo Zhi and the much later Korean chronicles Samguk Yusa and Samguk Sagi.

Some scholars interpret the Korean records Samguk Sagi and Samguk Yusa to mean that Goi was the younger brother of the mother of King Chogo, implying that he is of the Utae-Biryu lineage, rather than a direct descendent of the traditionally recognized founder Onjo.

The Samguk Sagi was written on the basis of the Gu Samguksa ( 舊三國史, Old history of the Three Kingdoms ), and other earlier historical records such as the Hwarang Segi ( 花郞世記, Annals of Hwarang ), most of which are no longer extant.

Although Samguk Sagi records that Silla was the earliest-founded of the three kingdoms, other written and archaeological records indicate that Silla was likely the last of the three to establish a centralized government.

According to the Samguk Sagi ( Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms ), written in 1145, King Asin sent his son Jeonji as a hostage in 397.

According to the Samguk Sagi ( Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms ), written in 1145, the geomungo was invented by prime minister Wang San-ak by using the form of the ancient Chinese instrument guqin ( also called chilhyeongeum, literally " seven-string zither ").

According to Samguk Sagi ( the oldest surviving Korean history book, written in the 12th century ), Onjo, the son of Goguryeo's founder Jumong, founded the nation of Sipje ( 십제, 十濟 ; later became Baekje ) on Wiryeseong in 18 BCE, while his elder brother Biryu established himself in Michuhol ( 미추홀, 彌鄒忽 ) further to the west.

The founder of Balhae, Dae Joyeong was possibly a former Goguryeo general of Sumo Mohe stock, although the Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms ( Samguk Yusa ) written by Koreans several hundred years later states that he was of Goguryeo stock.

In Jewang Ungi ( 제왕운기 ), which was written around the time of Samguk Yusa, wormwood and garlic are described as ' eatable medicine ', showing that, even in times when incantatory medicine was the mainstream, medicinal herbs were given as curatives in Korea.

As written in Samguk Sagi ( The history of Three Kingdoms ), the oldest written record of history, in Silla Dynasty, knots were used in everyday life and the rulers enjoyed using knots to adorn horses.

Both these classic works were written much after the Unified Silla, in the subsequent Goryeo dynasty, yet the poems in the Samguk Yusa appear to be based on no-longer-extant records actually from the Silla period.

It is written in Samguk Sagi: " During the era of King Munmu, a new pond was made in the palace and flowers and birds flourished in this pond ".