koreanhistory1-1, Exercise 2: Kinds of source (a sample; yours will differ)

Model answer:

Inscriptions: can tell a historian what a state said about itself at the time. The Gwanggaeto Stele (414) is a Goguryeo memorial in Classical Chinese. Care: the reading is disputed (Suga, Chong In-bo and others read the 391 passage differently), characters are missing, and the article's character counts differ (1,802 vs 1,775).

Court records: can show what a government recorded day to day. The Joseon Veritable Records are described as thought to be the longest continual documentation of a single dynasty, kept by historians with legal protection. Care: copies were lost in the 1592-1598 invasions (only the Jeonju copy survived), the last two kings' records were affected by Japanese interference, and the article is inconsistent on the end date (1865 vs 1910).

(Later chronicles: the Samguk yusa is the main source for the Gojoseon founding story but dates differ between articles. Archaeology: the founding legend has no supporting evidence in the article.)