The controversy about Gil Jae's integrity,which was carried out by Korean historians of Lee Dy-nasty,is related to the"debate on the orthodoxy of King Sin"in History of Goryeo because of the issue of"Sin Dynasty".The debate is the clash of two historical ideas,i.e.those who agreed with the official history records and those who opposed the official narrators.Tracing back to the origin of the debate,it can be found that the debate was the product of the political revolution and a battle of public opinion initiated by the political group with the powerful minister Yi Seong-gye as the core.By taking advantage of the royal ethical crisis at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty,the official narrative of History of Goryeo finally accomplished.The objective understand-ing of the debate is of great significance to the research on the scholars'behavior in the late Goryeo Dynasty.
History of GoryeoGil Jae"debate on the orthodoxy of King Sin"Lee Dynasty of Korea