달성 배씨(達城 裵氏) — A Bae clan seated at Daegu (formerly Dalseong), also called the Daegu Bae, said to descend from Bae Un-ryong, enfeoffed as Lord of Dalseong in Goryeo, and carried on by figures such as Bae Jeong-ji and Bae Cheon-gyeong.
A Bae clan seated at Daegu (formerly Dalseong), also called the Daegu Bae, said to descend from Bae Un-ryong, enfeoffed as Lord of Dalseong in Goryeo, and carried on by figures such as Bae Jeong-ji and Bae Cheon-gyeong. In the 2015 Census the 달성 배씨 clan numbered about 77,942 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 배, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 달성) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
Hoeun-gong-pa, Cheongjeong-gong-pa, Gobu-gun-pa
The Hoeun-gong branch is described as descending from Bae Mun-u (裵文祐), whose pen name was Hoeun. He passed the civil examination under King Gongmin of Goryeo and rose to Academician of the Bomungak; when Joseon was founded he is said to have entered Dumundong with his younger brother Bae Eul-seo to keep his loyalty. Some sources place him in the 11th generation and as father of Bae In-gyeong, but generation and lineage may vary by source.
The Cheongjeong-gong branch is described as descending from Bae Eul-seo (裵乙瑞), whose title was Cheongjeong. He passed the civil examination under King Gongmin of Goryeo and became Minister of Rites; he is said to have shared the views of Jeong Mong-ju and, after Joseon's founding, to have lived in seclusion and declined office. Some sources place him in the 11th generation, but this may vary by source.
The Gobu-gun branch is described as descending from Bae In-gyeong (裵仁敬), enfeoffed as Lord of Gobu. Known by the pen name Maneun, he studied under Gil Jae, was recommended for his learning and conduct under King Taejong and served as Uigan Daebu; he is said to have governed Goju well from 1420 and been named Lord of Gobu in 1440. Some sources place him in the 12th generation as a son of Bae Mun-u. He is a different person from the Bae In-gyeong of the Seongju Bae clan.
Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.
Bae Un-ryong(founder), Bae Jeong-ji(Goryeo military official), Bae Jung-son(Sambyeolcho leader), Bae Cheon-gyeong(Goryeo merit subject), Bae Eul-seo and Bae Mun-u(late-Goryeo officials in seclusion), Bae Sa-won(Joseon official), Bae Seung-mu(died in the Imjin War), Bae Sang-ok(Donghak chief), Bae Sang-myeon(founder of Kooksoondang), Bae Soon-hoon(president of Daewoo Electronics)
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The Dalseong Bae clan (達城 裵氏), also called the Daegu Bae clan, has its seat at Daegu (formerly Dalseong). The Bae surname as a whole venerates Jita (祗沱), said to have been chief of Geumsan Gari village at the founding of Silla, and the clan is described as taking the Goryeo founding subject Bae Hyeon-gyeong (裵玄慶) as its distant ancestor. The founder of the Dalseong line is said to be Bae Un-ryong (裵雲龍), enfeoffed as Lord of Dalseong in Goryeo; Namu Wiki additionally lists Bae Son-jeok (裵孫迪) as the clan's second founder.
Bae Un-ryong's father is said to be Bae Sa-hyeok, a Samjung Daegwang and Lord of Garak, and several Bae seats are said to have branched from Sa-hyeok's sons. Sources differ on how many generations separate Bae Hyeon-gyeong from Bae Un-ryong (great-great-grandson in one account, sixth generation in another), and Namu Wiki itself is inconsistent on founder and second founder, so members should check their genealogy.
Daegu was called Dalguhwa-hyeon or Dalgubeol in Silla and became Daegu-hyeon in 757, with the name Dalseong also in use. Wikipedia explains that descendants adopted Dalseong (Daegu) as their seat because Bae Un-ryong was enfeoffed (or posthumously ennobled) as Lord of Dalseong. His descendant Bae Cheon-gyeong is also recorded as being enfeoffed Lord of Dalseong in 1354. The Daegu and Dalseong spellings are counted separately in statistics.
The 2015 census counted 38,589 Daegu Bae and 39,353 Dalseong Bae, a combined 77,942. The largest clan village in Korea is said to be Eupcheon-ri, Jain-myeon, Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang; others include Dalseong County in Daegu, Yeongo-ri in Chilgok, Hae-ri in Gochang, Yudeung-myeon in Sunchang, Gwangsan District in Gwangju, Cheonggye-myeon in Muan and Sijong-myeon in Yeongam.
Descendants of Bae Un-ryong include the Pyeongjangsa Bae Suk, Munhasiseung Bae Gu and Pyeongjangsa Bae Mun-jin, while his seventh-generation descendant Bae Yeong is said to have been Minister-Director of the Board of Revenue. The clan's restorer is usually named as Bae Jeong-ji (裵廷芝, 1259-1322), who is said to have been promoted to Jungnangjang for defeating enemy forces under King Chungryeol and to have reached Deputy Director of the Privy Council after suppressing a revolt on Tamna in 1318. His sons Bae Seong-gyeong (killed fighting the Red Turbans), Bae Cheon-gyeong and Bae Ham-gyeong were honored as merit subjects. Bae Jung-son, leader of the Sambyeolcho resistance against the Mongols, is also listed under this clan, though his lineage is unclear.
The brothers Bae Eul-seo and Bae Mun-u are said to have refused office after Joseon was founded and withdrawn to seclusion (Dumundong). Early Joseon figures include Bae In-gyeong (Lord of Gobu), Bae Du-yu, Bae Hyo-myeong and Bae Sang-gyeong, and Bae Sa-won, posthumously made Minister of Military Affairs for helping suppress Yi Si-ae's rebellion. Bae Seung-mu, said to have died in the Imjin War, and Bae Sang-ok, a Donghak chief in Muan, are also remembered. The 1740 Gyeongsin Sugyo and 1764 Gapsin joint genealogy are said to have unified the clan's lines.
The clan is described as divided into the Panseo-gong, Byeongpan-gong, Cheongjeong-gong, Hoeun-gong, Gobu-gun and Jikjehak-gong branches, with Bae Jeong-ji's descendants said to have split into several lines. For the Hoeun-gong (Bae Mun-u), Cheongjeong-gong (Bae Eul-seo) and Gobu-gun (Bae In-gyeong) branches the founders can be inferred because the branch names match their pen names or titles, but the founders of the Panseo-gong, Byeongpan-gong and Jikjehak-gong branches could not be confirmed. Please verify generations and lineage in the clan genealogy.
Wikipedia covers the Gonsan Bae clan (昆山 裵氏) under the Gonyang Bae clan, explaining that Bae Maeng-dal (13th generation from Dalseong-gun) was enfeoffed as Lord of Gonsan for helping suppress Yi Si-ae's rebellion in 1467. In 2015 there were 7,546 Gonyang Bae and 1,556 Gonsan Bae.
Historic figures include Bae Jeong-ji, Bae Jung-son, Bae Cheon-gyeong, Bae Sa-won, Bae Seung-mu and Bae Sang-ok. Modern figures listed include Bae Sang-myeon (founder of Kooksoondang), Bae Soon-hoon (president of Daewoo Electronics), Bae Jeong-hyeon (acting Chief Justice), Bae Myeong-in (head of the National Security Planning Agency) and Bae Sang-myeong (founder of Sangmyung University). Some sources list Bae Jeong-hyeon under the Seongju Bae clan, so attributions vary.
Namdoseoseong, Yongjangseong and Jeongchungsa in Imhoe-myeon, Jindo, are associated with Bae Jung-son and the Sambyeolcho resistance, and Hangmyeongjae stands at Eupcheon-ri in Gyeongsan. Other sites include the Hyoyeol memorial gate at Daegok-ri (Hwasun), Gyeongmojae and Yeongsajae in Gimje, Cheongcheonjae (linked to Bae Sang-ok) in Muan, Muyeolsa in Naju (Jeonnam Monument No. 57) and Surim Seowon in Goseong.
An official clan-association website could not be confirmed in this research. Generation-name characters are known for the 30th to 50th generations, but branch and lineage details differ by source, so please verify them in your own genealogy and with the clan association.
The 달성 배씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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