청풍 김씨 family tree
Build your family tree online청풍 김씨(淸風 金氏) — The clan takes its seat from Cheongpung in Jecheon, North Chungcheong, and traces its founder to Gim Dae-yu, a late-Goryeo Munha-sijung. It is known as a Joseon-era house that produced chief councillors and two queens.
About the 청풍 김씨 clan
The clan takes its seat from Cheongpung in Jecheon, North Chungcheong, and traces its founder to Gim Dae-yu, a late-Goryeo Munha-sijung. It is known as a Joseon-era house that produced chief councillors and two queens. In the 2015 Census the 청풍 김씨 clan numbered about 110,815 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 김, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 청풍) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
Roots and History of the Cheongpung Gim Clan
The Cheongpung Gim clan (淸風 金氏) takes its seat from Cheongpung-myeon, Jecheon, North Chungcheong, and numbered 110,815 in the 2015 census; Wikipedia gives 82,882 in 1985 and 94,468 in 2000. The founding ancestor is Gim Dae-yu (金大猷), a late-Goryeo Munha-sijung enfeoffed as Prince Cheongseong, said to descend from Gim Eun-yeol, fourth son of King Gyeongsun of Silla, with Gim Al-ji as the original ancestor. Cheongseong is said to be an old name of Cheongpung, and the descendants adopted Cheongpung as their seat after forming clan villages there.
Accounts of the Founder’s Lineage Differ
Wikipedia describes Gim Dae-yu as 11th-generation descendant of the general Gim Sun-ung, who was 6th-generation descendant of Gim Eun-yeol; a Gangwon newspaper account calls him the 18th-generation descendant of Gim Eun-yeol. Because accounts vary, both are noted here and the clan association or genealogy should be consulted.
History of Cheongpung
Cheongpung was Saryeoli-hyeon under Goguryeo, renamed Cheongpung in 757, attached to Chungju in 1018, raised to a prefecture in 1660, made a county in 1895, merged into Jecheon in 1914 and became Cheongpung-myeon in 1917. Old government buildings were moved and reconstructed in the Cheongpung Cultural Properties Complex in Jecheon after the Chungju Dam submerged the village.
Main branches (派)
Panbongsangsisa-gong-pa, Cheongno Sangjanggun-gong-pa, Yeongdongjeong Dochongje-gong-pa
Panbongsangsisa-gong-pa (判奉常寺事公派)
The Panbongsangsisa-gong branch is one of three lines said to have split off between the 3rd and 5th generations after founder Gim Dae-yu; its founder is Gim Jung-bang (金仲房). Wikipedia lists it with the Cheongno Sangjanggun-gong and Yeongdongjeong Dochongje-gong branches, and a Gangwon newspaper account names the same three founders.
Wikipedia’s generation-name table gives characters such as No, Chi, Jong, Yeon and Dong for this branch, though parts of the table are garbled. Individual members and settlements of this branch were not confirmed.
Cheongno Sangjanggun-gong-pa (淸虜上將軍公派)
The Cheongno Sangjanggun-gong branch was founded by Gim Jung-won (金仲源), whom a Gangwon newspaper account calls the mid-founder. The forebears of Gim Do-jun, who settled in Chuncheon, are said to belong to Gim Jung-won’s line.
Wikipedia’s generation-name table groups this branch with the Yeongdongjeong branch under characters such as Do, Seong and Muk, though the table is partly garbled. For detailed lineage, consult the clan association.
Yeongdongjeong Dochongje-gong-pa (令同正都摠制公派)
The Yeongdongjeong Dochongje-gong branch is another of the three lines that split between the 3rd and 5th generations; its founder is Gim Chung (金忡). Wikipedia uses this name while a Gangwon newspaper account writes Yeongdongjeong-gong, so the spelling varies.
Individual members and settlements were not confirmed. The Sampae-dong cemetery of Gim Sik, Gim Yuk and Gim Jwa-myeong is called the Munui-gong cemetery, but sources do not settle which of the three branches it belongs to.
Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.
Notable figures
김식(early-Joseon scholar, Gimyo purge), 김육(Joseon Chief State Councillor, Daedong Law), 김좌명(Joseon Minister of Taxation and War), 김우명(father-in-law of Hyeonjong), 김석주(Joseon Right State Councillor), 명성왕후(consort of Hyeonjong), 김재로(Joseon Chief State Councillor), 김종수(Joseon Left State Councillor), 효의왕후(consort of Jeongjo), 김유정(novelist), 김규식(independence activist)
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청풍 김씨 — Independence patriots
청풍 김씨 figures recognized as independence patriots (National Independence Hall / Gonghun public data). Tap a name for the citation.
Three Branches
Between the 3rd and 5th generations after the founder the clan is said to have split into the Panbongsangsisa-gong (founder Gim Jung-bang), Cheongno Sangjanggun-gong (Gim Jung-won) and Yeongdongjeong Dochongje-gong (Gim Chung) branches.
A Clan of Queens and Chief Councillors
In Joseon the clan is said to have produced eight ministers of state, three Grand Academicians, four enshrined merit subjects and two queens. Gim Yuk, a descendant of Gim Sik, became Chief State Councillor and promoted the Daedong Law; his sons Gim Jwa-myeong and Gim U-myeong became a minister and a royal father-in-law. U-myeong’s daughter was Queen Myeongseong, and Jwa-myeong’s son Gim Seok-ju led the 1680 Gyeongsin purge.
Under Yeongjo Gim Jae-ro became Chief State Councillor; his great-nephew Gim Jong-su tutored Jeongjo and rose to Left State Councillor. Gim Si-muk’s daughter became Queen Hyoui. In modern times Gim Gyu-sik and the novelist Gim Yu-jeong came from the clan.
Tombs and Villages
The Cheongpung Gim Munui-gong cemetery in Sampae-dong, Namyangju, holds the graves of Gim Sik, Gim Yuk, Gim Jwa-myeong, Gim Seong-eung and Gim Si-muk. Gim U-myeong’s tomb at Seo-myeon, Chuncheon, is Gangwon Provincial Monument No. 20. Clan villages are listed in Chungju, Cheongju, Gwangju, Pocheon, Uiwang, Ganghwa, Iksan, Gimje, Jangheung and Sangju, among others. Genealogies appeared in 1637, 1715, 1750, 1857, 1919, 1958, 1989 and 2010.
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Related reading
청풍 김씨 clan association
The 청풍 김씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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