Samguk Sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms)

Timeline

1. c. 1140–1145Kaesong · GoryeoKim Busik, serving as Chief Councillor (munha sijong) and others, by order of King Injong of Goryeo, led Choi Bu, Yi Yangchun, and others in collecting surviving records of the Three Kingdoms and accounts in Chinese official histories, organizing them by basic annals, chronological tables, treatises, and biographies. In 1145 fifty volumes were presented, becoming the Goryeo official standard history of the Three Kingdoms.
2. 1145–1201Kaesong · GoryeoAfter its completion, the Samguk Sagi became the authoritative text for Goryeo court historians and Confucian officials narrating the peninsula's ancient history. Its bias toward Silla orthodoxy and selective use of Buddhist historical materials influenced later understandings of Three Kingdoms relations, and provided a point of comparison for private histories such as the Samguk Yusa.
3. 1392Korean Peninsula · Korean PeninsulaThe Joseon dynasty continued to use the work as the basic source for Three Kingdoms history; modern movable-type and critical editions made it a core document for Korean ancient history and comparative East Asian historiography. Its omissions and Confucian historical perspective must be read alongside archaeology and the Samguk Yusa.