춘천 박씨(春川 朴氏) — An ancestral seat in Chuncheon, Gangwon, whose founding ancestor Bak Hang is traditionally said to descend from Bak Eon-ji, Prince Gangnam and seventh son of King Gyeongmyeong.
An ancestral seat in Chuncheon, Gangwon, whose founding ancestor Bak Hang is traditionally said to descend from Bak Eon-ji, Prince Gangnam and seventh son of King Gyeongmyeong. In the 2015 Census the 춘천 박씨 clan numbered about 16,860 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 박, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 춘천) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
Jangbon, Wolgyo, Gotan, Pyeongcheon, Gyeongju, Noil, Yecheon, Uiseong, Sangju, Pyeonghae, Yeonghae, Geongeum, Yaksa and Bongsan branches
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박항(founder, Prince Chunseong), 박원굉(Goryeo pyeongjangsa), 박원비(Goryeo minister), 박안구(Grand Academician), 박의공(Minister of Military Affairs), 박치(presented as maternal grandfather of Yi Hwang)
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The Chuncheon Park clan (春川 朴氏) honors Silla's founding king Park Hyeokgeose as its distant progenitor and takes Bak Hang (朴恒), said to have begun as a local clerk of Chunju (today's Chuncheon), as its founding ancestor. He is recorded with the courtesy name Hyeok-ji and an earlier name Bak Dong-bo, and tradition makes him an 11th-generation descendant of Bak Eon-ji, Prince Gangnam and seventh son of King Gyeongmyeong. He reportedly passed the civil examination under King Gojong of Goryeo, served as magistrate of Chungju, and under King Chungnyeol became royal secretary and deputy of the Privy Council; for escorting the king to Yuan he was named a Jwamyeong merit subject and Prince Chunseong.
By family tradition the clan belongs to the line of the seventh prince, Bak Eon-ji. This is a genealogical tradition, and some Park clans, such as Bannam, do not accept the eight-prince account.
Bak Hang's sons were Bak Won-gwoeng, a pyeongjangsa, and Bak Won-bi, a minister. Won-gwoeng's son Bak An-gu became Grand Academician and his great-grandson Bak Ui-gong Minister of Military Affairs; Won-bi's son Bak Gwang-seon and grandson Bak Ryeo served as jikgang.
The 2000 census counted 16,860 members; a 2015 figure was not found. Clan villages are reported in Sinhwa-ri, Gangsang-myeon, Yangpyeong; Chuncheon and Yeongwol in Gangwon; Sangju, Uljin and Yeongyang in North Gyeongsang; Beolgyo, Boseong; and around Cheongju.
Descendants of Won-gwoeng and Won-bi are said to have divided into fourteen branches: Jangbon (Bak Chung-gan), Wolgyo (Bak Sin-gan), Gotan (Bak Seong-gan), Pyeongcheon (Bak In-gan), Gyeongju (Bak Ha-ryu), Noil (Bak Eun-ryu), Yecheon (Bak Su), Uiseong (Bak Jin), Sangju (Bak Mun-ro), Pyeonghae (Bak Hui), Yeonghae (Bak Byeok), Geongeum (Bak I-gyeong), Yaksa (Bak I-heum) and Bongsan (Bak Su-san). Founders are as listed in the source; generation counts and detailed lines are not confirmed.
Bak Chi, presented as the maternal grandfather of Yi Hwang (Toegye), and Bak Yeong, defense commander of Changseong under King Injo, are named. The statement that Toegye's mother was a Chuncheon Park comes from family tradition and the sources consulted and could not be independently confirmed here.
The clan is credited with six civil graduates in Joseon (Bak Gwang-seon, Bak Ryeo, Bak Mun-do, Bak Sang-beom, Bak Seong-geun, Bak Hyeong-ryang) and sixteen military graduates.
The 춘천 박씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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