"Hunmongjahoe", published in 1527, describes this game as "padok".

Reflected in paduk is the ancient people's outlook on the universe that the sky was round and the earth was square. The flat paduk board indicates the earth, four sides of the board the four seasons (spring, summer, autumn and winter), 361 crossings in the board one year and the black and white, round paduk stones the universe, day and night. The central point of the board is called "chonwonjom" (the center of the universe) in the meaning that the earth was the center of the universe.

The moves of paduk are incalculable, and it is a long practice in playing the game that the elder selects the white stone and the weak has the first move.

Paduk was widely disseminated in the middle ages, following the ancient times, and it impacted on other countries. According to historical records of foreign countries, people of Koguryo (B.C. 277-A.D. 668), Paekje (late 1st century B.C.-660) and Silla (early 1st century-935) were fond of playing paduk.

"History of Koryo Dynasty" published in 1451 says that good paduk players were called "guksu" in Koryo and they played paduk even in foreign lands in the middle of the 13th century.

Tales and verses related to paduk can be seen in old books published in the period of the feudal Joson dynasty (1392-1910). Among them is a record that Ri Sun Sin (1545-1598), a famous patriotic general in the period of the Imjin Patriotic War (1592-1598), played paduk in leisure hours at battlefield.

Today, paduk has been developed into a national sports event and a popular intellectual game under the wise guidance of the peerlessly great persons, contributing to the people's cultural and emotional life.