The Korean statesman, historian, and general Kim Pusik (1075-1151) was a minister in the Kory dynasty government and wrote the earliest official Korean history.

The literary appelation of Kim Pusik was Noech'n (Thunder River), and his style was lpji (Establisher). He was the son of Kim Kun, a public official. In 1097, together with his brothers, Kim Pusik qualified in the government entrance examination on the Book of Documents.

In 1115 Kim was appointed to a junior position in the Office of Remonstrance. He held positions of gradually increasing responsibility until 1124, when he was made fourth secretary of the Board of Rites. Two years later he rose to the position of assistant inspector general.

Late in 1126 Kim was dispatched as an envoy to Sung China, which was under great pressure from the Jürchen troops of Wu-ch'i-mai, the second ruler of the newly founded state of Chin in Manchuria...