particularly its Monographs (ji ?), book 2 (ranks and offices). The Samguk Sagi's depiction of Silla life, however, has often been criticized for being excessively static. Unfortunately, since other sources are scarce, it is difficult to judge what sort of changes may have taken place in the bone rank system over the centuries.

Brigham Young University historian Richard McBride writes that the hereditary privileges and social limitations of Sillan society cannot be undestood outside the context of the