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- ^ Il-yeon:Samguk Yusa:Legends and History of the Three Kingdoms of Ancient Korea,translated by Tae-Hung Ha and Grafton K. Mintz. Book One,page 64. Silk Pagoda (2006). ISBN 1-59654-348-5