달성 서씨(達城 徐氏) — Said to be the representative line of the Seo surname, with its ancestral seat in Dalseong.
Said to be the representative line of the Seo surname, with its ancestral seat in Dalseong. In the 2015 Census the 달성 서씨 clan numbered about 407,431 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 서, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 달성) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
Hyeongam-gong-pa, Hagyu-gong-pa, Panseo-gong-pa, Gamchal-gong-pa, Jinsa-gong-pa, Saengwon-gong-pa, Champan-gong-pa, Jongsarang-gong-pa
The Hyeongam-gong branch descends from Seo Je (徐濟), seventh generation from the founder Seo Jin (徐晉) and son of Seo Mun-han (徐文翰), the eldest son of Seo Chim (徐沉). He served as magistrate of Hayang, and tradition says he gave up office and returned home after the death of King Danjong.
The Hagyu-gong branch is a seventh-generation branch descending from Seo Do (徐渡), son of Seo Mun-han. He passed the civil service examination in 1465 and served as hagyu (instructor) at the Seonggyungwan; the branch takes its name from that post.
The Panseo-gong branch descends from Seo Seop (徐涉), third son of Seo Mun-han. According to the genealogy he served as minister of personnel, was exiled after petitioning King Danjong to remove treacherous officials, and retired to the countryside in grief after Danjong's death.
His posthumous writings and biography are said to have been found by his descendants in the 1920s.
The Gamchal-gong branch descends from Seo Geun-jung (徐近中), son of Seo Mun-gan (徐文幹), the second son of Seo Chim and a county magistrate. Seo Geun-jung served as a gamchal (inspector) of the Office of the Inspector-General.
The Jinsa-gong branch descends from Seo Seok-ryeon (徐錫蓮), son of Seo Mun-deok (徐文德), Seo Chim's third son, who was adopted as heir to Seo Seup (徐漝). A licentiate (jinsa), he is said to have left the National Academy and returned to Uiryeong when King Danjong was forced from the throne, never taking office.
The line of his younger brother Seo Seok-ryeong (徐錫苓), who retired to Haman after King Sejo's accession, is also called a Jinsa-gong branch.
The Saengwon-gong branch descends from Seo Seok-myeong (徐錫蓂), son of Seo Mun-deok. He passed the licentiate examination (saengwon) and was a brother of Seo Seok-ryeon and Seo Seok-ryeong of the Jinsa-gong branch.
The Champan-gong branch descends from Seo Jong-il (徐宗一), son of Seo Se-ju (徐世柱), who served as uyun (right magistrate), and grandson of Seo Hwan (徐渙), son of the late-Goryeo minister Seo Gyun-hyeong (徐鈞衡). He served as a vice-minister (champan).
The Jongsarang-gong branch descends from Seo Jin (徐震, 1457-1551), of the line of Seo Won (徐遠), a son of the founder Seo Jin (徐晉). He was the son of Seo Han-jeong (徐翰廷), great-grandson of the inspector-general Seo Chung (徐衷).
His father, a licentiate studying at the National Academy, withdrew to Mount Sobaek when King Sejo took the throne; Seo Jin himself held the rank of jongsarang and served as a tomb keeper (chambong).
Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.
서진(founder of the Dalseong Seo clan), 서정주, 서병수
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The Dalseong Seo clan (達城 徐氏) has its ancestral seat in Dalseong, Daegu. Its founder Seo Jin (徐晉) is said to have served as Bongikdaebu Pandopanseo in the Goryeo period; based in Dalseong, his descendants took it as their ancestral seat. It is a representative surname of the Daegu region.
The Dalseong Seo clan is a distinguished house that produced several State Councillors and civil officials during the Joseon period, known especially as a family of three successive State Councillors running from Seo Jong-tae to Seo Myeong-gyun to Seo Ji-su. Seo Yu-gu, who contributed to Silhak and agronomy, also came from this house.
The 달성 서씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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