Contents
The work's 50 volumes (gwon 권 卷, originally meaning "scroll") are composed of:
- Records of Silla (Nagi 나기 羅紀 or Silla bongi, 신라 본기, 新羅本紀) (12 volumes)
- Records of Goguryeo (Yeogi 여기 麗紀 or Goguryeo bongi, 고구려 본기, 高句麗本紀) (10 volumes)
- Records of Baekje (Jegi 제기 濟紀 or Baekje bongi, 백제 본기, 百濟本紀) (6 volumes)
- Chronological tables (Yeonpyo, 연표, 年表) (3 volumes)
- Monographs (also translated as Treatises) (ji, 지, 志) (9 volumes): ceremonies and music (the two were intimately connected), transport and housing, geography, and official offices and ranks
- Biographies (yeoljeon, 열전, 列傳) (10 volumes)
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