In the 6th century, Korea was divided into three dynasties. Among them was the Silla dynasty, the emperor of which determined that something greater would be required than the amalgamation of fighting techniques currently in practice throughout the kingdoms. Jin Heung, the emperor, decided to develop a class of elite warriors, called the Hwarang, which would follow the Hwarang Do, or “the way of the flowering youth.” To assist with this, he contracted a Korean monk who had studied in China, named Won Kwang, to develop a system of fighting based on the present techniques, as well as a system of teaching other arts such as music, dance, and poetry, and a set of ethics to guide it. The system that was created is the foundation of modern day Taekwondo.