Kim Hŭmsun (, born c. 599) was a

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in 7th-century

Silla Silla (; Old Korean: wikt:徐羅伐#Old Korean, 徐羅伐, Yale romanization of Korean, Yale: Syerapel, Revised Romanization of Korean, RR: ''Seorabeol''; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) was a Korean kingdom that existed between ...

. He is said to have been the great-grandchild of King Guhae of Geumgwan Gaya, the last ruler of the Geumgwan Gaya state. This would have given him a very high position in Silla's

bone rank system The bone-rank system () was the system of Aristocracy, aristocratic rank used in the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla. It was used to segregate society, and particularly the layers of the aristocracy, on the basis of their hereditary proximity to ...

, which governed the political and military status that a person could attain. His elder brother,

Kim Yu-sin Kim Yu-sin (; 595 – 21 August 673) was a Korean military general and politician in 7th-century Silla. He led the unification of the Korean Peninsula by Silla under the reign of King Muyeol and King Munmu. He is said to have been the great ...

, was known as one of the great general of Korean history, and he led the unification of the

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''. Military history of Korea Silla people Silla Buddhists Silla generals Gimhae Kim clan People from Gyeongju 590s births Year of death unknown Hwarang {{Korea-bio-stub