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When we researched early Three Kingdoms, Samguksagi(三國史記) and Samkukji(三國志) were considered as the most important historical materials. We know that "DongiJeon(東夷傳)" was written in 280s, its contents have been regarded as the contemporary document. Especially, Jin Su, its author, wrote in introduction that it was based on obtained information in course of Mugugeom(毋丘儉)'s invasing Goguryeo(高句麗). Mugugeom, however, could not afford to acquire the data by that time. Because its contents contained many data in 3rd century ago, so we can know that this didn't reflected 3rd century's conditions. Meanwhile, Chae Dong who had consecutively filled the governor of Liaodong(遼東) from 41 to 69, sent people in surrounding regions to collect the information. After that, he moved his office to the central government. Given this fact, there was quite a possibility that its written contents were recorded on basis of his gathering the data. Also, he collected the data told before and could seem to contain contents in 1st century ago.