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Kim Busik (1075-1151) was an official and a scholar during
Korea's
Goryeo period. He is best known for compiling the
Samguk Sagi, the oldest extant record of
Korean history.
Kim was a descendant of
Silla royalty, and his great-grandfather submitted to the
Goryeo court that replaced
Unified Silla, becoming the governor of
Gyeongju Province. Kim's father and three brothers were also officials of the Goryeo court.
Although he was a practicing
Buddhist, he supported
Confucianism over Buddhism as the guiding principle of governance, and favored presenting tributes to the
Chinese emperor to prevent a conflict and in deference to the lofty (
Sadae).
In
1121 Kim was appointed as Royal Diarist, or
ji, to the court of
Emperor Yejong. In
1123 Kim, along with two other historians, was charged with preparing Yejong's Veritable Records (
Sillok).
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