unidentified individuals of foreign origins (such as Chinese or Indians) as supposed ancestors of past royals with no grounded evidence. Such claims have also been made by Il-yeon within Samguk Yusa, in regards to the origins of Heo Hwang-ok being ancient India.

Claims made by Samguk Yusa (the source material Lady Saso is first mentioned in) is presumed to be the result of Chinese Sinocentrism, aligning with the claims that the Japanese