“Our footsteps have taken their rightful place in world history,
“Meet those shining moments!”
The wisdom and courage, culture and science, spirit and heritage of the Korean people
It vividly conveys how it has touched and illuminated the world.


The best scenes in Korean history all in one place!
-The 25 Best Scenes in Korean History, Selected by Historian Lee Deok-il

Although history education has been strengthened recently, the level of historical awareness among young people is still hopeless.
This is because of the simple idea that history is a subject to be memorized and the inconsistent historical consciousness.
Our future depends on education.
If young people develop an interest in history and a proper historical awareness, our future will be much brighter.
Lee Deok-il, a leading historian of our time, has compiled 25 scenes that marked a significant part of our history for young people.
"Lee Deok-il's Dignified Korean History" is a book published to help young people look at history with pride in being Korean and foster an enterprising spirit.


If you're a young person in Korea, you need to know this part of our history! This book brings together the proud moments we must remember, the most heart-pounding moments of Korean history.
From the people who commanded the world and moments of great victory, to the scientists and inventions that boasted the world's best science and technology, to the artists who created humanity's greatest works and the works they left behind, the 25 best scenes of our history, magnificently and splendidly decorated, unfold in a breathtaking way.

This suggests that Go Seonji's unit was composed of Goguryeo refugees who believed that they shared a common destiny with Go Seonji.
The unit, originally composed of Goguryeo refugees who were famous for their fighting prowess, was bound to be strong.
The Goseonji unit crossed the rugged Pamir Plateau at this time.
In the Pamir Plateau, there was only a path between sheer cliffs that could barely accommodate one person.
So no one in the Tang Dynasty ever thought of crossing the Pamir Plateau.
However, Go Seon-ji defied everyone's expectations by crossing the Pamir Plateau, just as the Carthaginian general Hannibal had crossed the Pyrenees and the Alps and taken the souls of the Romans away.
Tibet was so shocked when Gao Xianzhi's army suddenly appeared at their military base, Yanyun Fort (present-day Sarhad in eastern Pakistan), that they could not even imagine that the Tang army would cross the Pamir Plateau.
In the end, Toban lost the Yeonunbo without even being able to respond properly.

--- p.36~37, from the text “Go Seonji, a general from Goguryeo who became a leading figure in world history”

Silla's Gyeongju and Gaeunpo were the eastern end of the long Silk Road, which stretched 12,000 kilometers.
The fact that Westerners came to Silla can also be known through the records they left behind.
Westerners have been recording these facts since the late 9th century, and the contents are as follows.
“There is a country (Silla) in the east of China. Those who enter that country are not only blessed with clean air and wealth, fertile land and good water, but also with gentle personalities of its inhabitants, so they do not want to leave.

Any traveler who visits that place (Silla) settles down and never wants to come out again.
The reason is that it is very rich and has many beneficial things.
Among them, gold is so common that the locals even make dog chains and monkey leashes out of gold.
They also weave clothes themselves and sell them.
(The Silla people) decorate their houses with fabrics embroidered with silk and gold thread, and use gold utensils for meals.
“The people of Silla are the most beautiful in the world and have the fewest diseases.”
--- p.58, from the text “Silla, a trading powerhouse during the Three Kingdoms period”

Eulji Mundeok sent a messenger to falsely surrender, saying, “If the soldiers withdraw, I will take the king to the temporary residence and beg him.”
Umunsul was deceived by Eulji Mundeok's false surrender and began to withdraw, reaching a place called Salsu (present-day Cheongcheon River) in July.
When the Sui army was halfway across the Salsu River, the Goguryeo army suddenly launched a surprise attack.
The Sui soldiers, who were in disarray, fell like autumn leaves, and even the enemy general Shin Se-ung was killed.
According to records, the soldiers who barely survived fled a long distance of about 450 li in one day and one night.
The story is that he just ran forward without looking back.
So, when the Sui army of 305,000 men reached the outskirts of Liaodong, only about 2,700 men remained, so it was a crushing defeat like no other.
Yangje painfully realized that he could no longer defeat Goguryeo by fighting.
He held Umunsul and others responsible for the defeat and ended up retreating with them tied up in chains.
With this, the second war between Goguryeo and the Sui Dynasty ended with Goguryeo's victory, and this is the 'Battle of Salsu', which will forever shine in our ancient war history.
--- p.82~83, from the text “The Goguryeo-Sui War, the War between Goguryeo and the Sui Dynasty”

The independence fighters had to fight all day long while starving.
Women from nearby villages came up the mountain, bravely facing the hail of bullets, carrying rice wrapped in the hem of their skirts.
However, the independence fighters could not even find time to eat.
It was to the point where women had to make rice balls and feed them to the independence fighters one or two at a time.
This village, which had provided food to the independence fighters at that time, was later burned to the ground in retaliation by the Japanese army, and its compatriots were brutally massacred.
The independence fighters did not fear death because they dedicated their bodies and minds to the war for independence.
Choi In-geol, the machine gun company commander of the Northern Route Military Government, tied the machine gun to his own body after the machine gunner was killed.
And they concentrated fire on the advancing Japanese troops.
The Japanese army's attack had no choice but to falter.
When his machine gun runs out of ammunition, Choi In-geol fights the enemy with his bare body and dies a heroic death.

--- p.142, from the text “The Immortal Battle of Cheongsan-ri”

The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty is the most extensive historical book in world history.
Even in China, there is no historical record that records a dynasty in such detail over such a long period of time.
Not only China, but also Japan, Vietnam, and other Confucian cultural countries all compiled historical records, but these records are very brief compared to the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty.
There are also differences in their content.
While the annals of other countries were all influenced by the king, the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty are the only ones whose contents were not accessible to the king, and therefore contain many sensitive contents.
Because of this principle, the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty were recorded more faithfully than any other country's annals.
It is rare in world history for a royal record spanning over 500 years to be recorded under a single system, so it was designated as National Treasure No. 131 early on, and in 1997, along with Hunminjeongeum, it was registered as a UNESCO Memory of the World Register.

--- p.168, from the text, “The pinnacle of recorded culture, the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty”