부안 김씨(扶安 金氏) — A surname said to descend from Crown Prince Kim Il, eldest son of King Gyeongsun of Silla, with the Goryeo official Kim Gu honored as the middle ancestor. Its seat is Buan County in North Jeolla, and it is also called the Buryeong Kim.
A surname said to descend from Crown Prince Kim Il, eldest son of King Gyeongsun of Silla, with the Goryeo official Kim Gu honored as the middle ancestor. Its seat is Buan County in North Jeolla, and it is also called the Buryeong Kim. In the 2015 Census the 부안 김씨 clan numbered about 69,157 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 김, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 부안) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
Jwaseungji-gong-pa, Siseung-gong-pa, Soyun-gong-pa, Gunsa-gong-pa, Sogam-gong-pa, Nangjang-gong-pa
The Jwaseungji-gong branch is introduced in the Digital Buan Encyclopedia as descending from Kim Sik, who served as minister of personnel and left royal secretary, and who is recorded as a son of Kim Yeo-u, Kim Gu's son.
Branch lines and generations may differ by source and lineage; verify with your own jokbo.
The Siseung-gong branch descends from Kim Yong-su. Buan County sources list him as one of two sons of the Daejehak-gong, with Kim In-jeong as the other, whereas a Dangjin source says the branch split from the four sons of Kim In-jeong.
Branch lines and generations may differ by source and lineage; verify with your own jokbo.
The Soyun-gong branch descends from Kim Se-yeong, with four sub-branches (Jongsarang-gong, Jangsarang-gong, Jinsa-gong and Seunguirang-gong). A Dangjin source treats it as one of the four lines from the sons of Kim In-jeong.
Branch lines and generations may differ by source and lineage; verify with your own jokbo.
The Gunsa-gong branch descends from Kim Gwang-seo and is said to have five sub-branches (Sijik, Seungji, Jipyeong, Sajik and Jikjang). The hall Chwiseongjae honors Kim Gwang-seo, with the pavilion for Kim Jik-son's spirit-way stele beside it.
Branch lines and generations may differ by source and lineage; verify with your own jokbo.
The Sogam-gong branch is introduced as descending from Kim Gwang-sin; a Dangjin source treats it as one of the four lines from the sons of Kim In-jeong. Detailed lineage was not confirmed.
Branch lines and generations may differ by source and lineage; verify with your own jokbo.
The Nangjang-gong branch is introduced as descending from Kim Gwang-gu. Detailed lineage was not confirmed.
Branch lines and generations may differ by source and lineage; verify with your own jokbo.
Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.
김구(Goryeo scholar-official and middle ancestor), 김여우(Goryeo minister of punishments), 김직손(Joseon remonstrator), 김계(Joseon civil official), 김횡(Joseon scholar), 김명(Joseon scholar)
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The Buan Kim (扶安 金氏) take Buan County, North Jeolla, as their seat and are also called the Buryeong Kim (扶寧 金氏). The founder is said to be Crown Prince Kim Il (金鎰), eldest son of King Gyeongsun of Silla, with Kim Alji honored as the primal ancestor. When Gyeongsun moved to submit to Goryeo in 935, Kim Il is said to have opposed it and retreated to Mt. Gaegol (the Geumgang range), where he ended his life; his descendants reportedly hid in the mountains to avoid retaliation.
Later, under King Seonjong of Goryeo, the descendant Kim Gyeong-su is said to have passed the civil examination and risen to minister of personnel. His son Kim Chun was made Lord Buryeong, and the clan took Buryeong as its seat; in 1416 Buryeong merged with Boan to form Buan, and the name "Buan Kim" followed. About 150 years of lineage between the founder and Kim Gyeong-su are said to be lost, and many sources count Kim Gyeong-su as the 4th generation.
The man who raised the family's standing is Munjeong-gong Kim Gu (金坵, 1211-1278), honored as the middle ancestor. Generation counts differ by source: Buan County sources and Namuwiki put Kim Gyeong-su in the 4th generation, while a Dangjin source calls Kim Gu the founder's 9th-generation descendant. Check your own jokbo.
The 2015 census counted 69,157 Buan Kim. Wikipedia lists clan villages in Buan, Jeongeup, Namwon, Jangsu and Gokseong. The Digital Buan Encyclopedia names Udong-ri in Boan-myeon, Buan as the main seat: around 1675 Kim Hong-won is said to have bought land and houses there, and his grandson Kim Ban moved from Julpo to Udong village, forming the clan village. It also records 1,103 residents in Buan County in 2015 and says most clan villages that existed before the 1960s are disappearing. Dusan-ri in Daehoji-myeon, Dangjin, is another seat, said to have grown around a village school founded by the 20th-generation Kim Seon.
The leading Goryeo figure is Kim Gu, said to be a son of Kim Ui, a right vice-minister. Known by the courtesy name Chasan and pen name Jipo (止浦), he reportedly passed the civil examination around 1232 (the age given varies by source). As a young official on Jeju he is remembered for stone walls that protected farmland. After a mission to Yuan as secretary he served long in the Hallimwon and, trusted for his diplomatic writing, rose to a chief-minister post. His collection, the Jipojip, is given as 3 or 6 volumes depending on the source. His son Kim Yeo-u served as minister of punishments, and the line continued through Kim Gak, Kim Sik and others.
In early Joseon Kim Jik-son served as a remonstrator (jeongeon) and was known for integrity. His grandson Kim Gye (1528-1574) passed the civil examination in 1552, held posts up to governor of Hanseong, went to Ming as a secretary and was fluent in Chinese. As a lecturer he discussed learning with Yi Hwang, Kim In-hu, Gi Dae-seung and Yi I; his collection is the Ungang seonsaeng yugo.
The brothers Kim Hoeng (1541-1590) and Kim Myeong (1545-1619) were known for scholarship and both are enshrined at Yucheon Seowon. The Digital Buan Encyclopedia tallies 108 saengwon/jinsa, 28 civil and 55 military examination graduates, 30 meritorious subjects and 23 academy enshrinements from the clan.
The Digital Buan Encyclopedia says the clan has 13 major and 53 minor branches. Principal ones are Jwaseungji-gong (Kim Sik), Siseung-gong (Kim Yong-su), Soyun-gong (Kim Se-yeong), Gunsa-gong (Kim Gwang-seo), Sogam-gong (Kim Gwang-sin) and Nangjang-gong (Kim Gwang-gu). A Dangjin source instead says four sons of Kim In-jeong split into Soyun, Gunsa, Sogam and Siseung lines, so founder explanations differ. The Dusan-ri families divide into Sagan-gong, Cheomjeong-gong, Saheon-gong and Chamui-gong branches. Counts and lineages vary by source.
Figures confirmed in the sources include Kim Gu and Kim Yeo-u of Goryeo and Kim Jik-son, Kim Gye, Kim Hoeng and Kim Myeong of Joseon. Wikipedia also lists Kim Hong-won, Kim Ik-bok, Kim Su-bok, Kim Taek-sul, Kim Byeong-sul and Kim Jong-bin, but some of these are shown with a different seat in other articles (Kim Taek-sul appears as Dogang Kim), so they may be namesakes. Modern names such as Kim Hui-cheol and Kim Byeong-gwan are listed without detail.
Seokdongsan in Yeongok-ri is known as the clan's ancestral hill, with five halls for seasonal rites. Chwiseongjae (Seokdong-gil 37, Buan-eup), dedicated to Gunsa-gong Kim Gwang-seo, stands beside the shrine pavilion holding the spirit-way stele of Kim Jik-son written by Yi I, and is rated the best such hall in Honam. Kim Gu's tomb, Gyeongjijae, stele and pavilion near Unsan-ri, Byeonsan-myeon are a North Jeolla monument, and a memorial stele to Jipo stands in Seoneun-ri.
Dodong Seowon, honoring Kim Gu and Kim Yeo-u, was demolished and only the site remains; Kim Gye was also enshrined there. Yucheon Seowon in Yeongjeon-ri, Boan-myeon honors Kim Hoeng, Kim Myeong and Kim Taek-sam. Descendants raised a memorial stele for Kim Myeong at Jangseong in 1893.
The clan published the Manryeok Gapsin-bo in 1584 (King Seonjo, year 17), an 82-page woodblock edition regarded as one of Korea's early genealogies. We found no confirmed clan-association site or generation-name table, so check with your branch or jokbo.
The 부안 김씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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