Kim Heumun金歆運
1Kim Heumun does not seek a name
金歆運，奈密王八世孫也。父達福迊飡。歆運少遊花郞文努之門時，徒衆言及某戰死留名至今，歆運慨然流涕，有激勵思齊之貌。同門僧轉密曰：「此人若赴敵，必不還也。」永徽六年，太宗大王憤百濟與高句麗梗邊，謀伐之。及出師，以歆運為郞幢大監。於是，不宿於家，風梳雨沐，與士卒同甘苦。抵百濟之地，營陽山下，欲進攻助川城。百濟人乘夜疾驅，黎明緣壘而入，我軍驚駭顚沛，不能定。賊因亂急擊，飛矢雨集。歆運橫馬握槊待敵，大舍詮知說曰：「今賊起暗中，咫尺不相辨，公雖死，人無識者。況公新羅之貴骨，大王之半子，若死賊人手，則百濟所誇詫，而吾人之所深羞者矣。」歆運曰：「大丈夫旣以身許國，人知之與不知一也，豈敢求名乎？」强立不動。從者，握轡勸還，歆運拔劒揮之，與賊鬪殺數人而死。
Kim Heumun was a descendant of King Naemil in the eighth generation. His father was Dalbok, who held the rank of japchan.
When Heumun was young and went about at the gate of the hwarang Munno, the company spoke of a man who had died in battle and left a name that lasted until now, and Heumun was stirred and shed tears, and his face showed that he was roused and wished to be his equal. Jeonmil, a monk of the same gate, said, "If this man goes against an enemy he will surely not come back."
In the sixth year of Yeonghwi, King Taejong the Great was angry that Baekje and Goguryeo together were blocking the border, and he planned to strike them. When he sent out the army he made Heumun daegam of the Nangdang.
From then on Heumun did not sleep at home. He combed his hair in the wind and washed in the rain, and he shared what was sweet and what was bitter with his soldiers.
They came to the land of Baekje and made their camp below Yangsan, and they meant to go forward and attack Jocheonseong. The men of Baekje rode through the night and came fast, and at first light they climbed the rampart and came in, and the Silla soldiers were startled and stumbled and could not steady themselves. The bandits took advantage of the disorder and struck hard, and the flying arrows gathered like rain.
Heumun set his horse across the way and gripped his spear and waited for the enemy, and Jeonji, who held the rank of daesa, tried to persuade him and said, "The bandits have risen out of the darkness, and men cannot tell one another apart a foot away. Though you die, there will be no one who knows it. And you are of the noble bone of Silla and the son-in-law of the great king. If you die at the hands of bandits, Baekje will boast of it, and our people will be deeply ashamed."
Heumun said, "A great man has already given his body to his country. Whether others know it or do not know it is all one. How would I dare seek a name?" He stood firm and did not move.
His follower took hold of the reins and urged him to go back, and Heumun drew his sword and swung it, and he fought the bandits and killed several men and died.
2The historian's comment — worthy men come out of the hwarang
於是，大監穢破、少監狄得相與戰死。步騎幢主寶用那聞歆運死曰：「彼骨貴而勢榮，人所愛惜，而猶守節以死，況寶用那生而無益，死而無損乎？」遂赴敵，殺三數人而死。大王聞之傷慟，贈歆運、穢破位一吉飡，寶用那、狄得位大奈麻。時人聞之，作陽山歌，以傷之。論曰：羅人患無以知人，欲使類聚群遊，以觀其行義，然後，擧用之。遂取美貌男子，糚飾之，名花郞以奉之。徒衆雲集，或相磨以道義，或相悅以歌樂，遊娛山水，無遠不至。因此知其邪正，擇而薦之於朝。故大問曰：「賢佐、忠臣，從此而秀，良將、勇卒，由是而生者。」此也。三代花郞，無慮二百餘人，而芳名美事，具如傳記。若歆運者，亦郞徒也。能致命於王事，可謂不辱其名者也。
At this Yepa the daegam and Jeokdeuk the sogam fought side by side and died.
Boyongna, commander of the Bogi regiment, heard that Heumun had died and said, "His bone rank was noble and his standing was splendid, and men held him dear, and even so he kept his integrity and died. How much more should Boyongna, whose life brings no good and whose death loses nothing?" Then he went at the enemy and killed two or three men and died.
The great king heard of it and was grieved and stricken, and after their deaths he gave Heumun and Yepa the rank of ilgilchan, and Boyongna and Jeokdeuk the rank of daenama. The people of that time heard of it and made the song Yangsanga and grieved for them.
Kim Busik comments.
The people of Silla were troubled that they had no way to know men, and they wished to have them gather in companies and go about together, so that they could watch how they acted and how they held to what is right, and then take them up and use them. So they chose young men of fair face and dressed them and named them hwarang and honored them. The companies that followed gathered like clouds. Some polished one another with the Way and with right, and some delighted one another with song and music, and they went about among the hills and streams, and there was no place so far that they did not reach it. By this the crooked and the straight among them were known, and the chosen ones were recommended to the court.
So Kim Daemun said, "Worthy ministers and loyal subjects stood out from this, and good generals and brave soldiers were born of it." This is what he meant.
The hwarang of three generations were some two hundred men and more, and their fair names and their fine deeds are all set down in the records. Heumun too was one of the hwarang companies. He was able to give his life in the affairs of the state, and it may be said that he did not shame his name.