동복 오씨(同福 吳氏) — Regarded as one line of the Oh clan whose ancestral seat is Dongbok.
Regarded as one line of the Oh clan whose ancestral seat is Dongbok. In the 2015 Census the 동복 오씨 clan numbered about 72,394 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 오, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 동복) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
Manchwi-gong-pa, Mukjae-gong-pa, Uijae-gong-pa, Juseo-gong-pa
The Manchwi-gong branch descends from O Eok-ryeong (吳億齡), pen name Manchwi, son of O Se-hyeon (吳世賢). He passed the civil examination in 1582, was selected for the royal study leave (hodang), served several times as inspector-general and minister of punishments, and was recognized as an incorrupt official. He left the Manchwi munjip.
His son O Ik (吳翊) also passed the civil examination, served as a royal secretary, and took part in reprinting the Annals after the Imjin War.
The Mukjae-gong branch descends from O Baek-ryeong (吳百齡), pen name Mukjae, younger brother of O Eok-ryeong. He passed the civil examination, served as chief royal secretary, inspector-general and vice-minister of personnel, and was enfeoffed as Bokcheon-gun.
His son O Jun (吳竣) became a senior official of the Office of Ministers-without-Portfolio and was a master calligrapher who wrote the Samjeondo stele text; another son, O Dan (吳端), was father-in-law of Grand Prince Inpyeong. O Dan's grandson O Si-su (吳始壽), a leader of the Southerners faction, became right state councillor under King Sukjong. Most notable Dongbok O figures descend from these two brothers.
The Uijae-gong branch descends from O Jeon (吳詮), pen name Uijae. He passed the regular civil examination in 1541 and served as maritime transport magistrate for the three southern provinces, and is said to have left the two-volume Uijae munjip.
The Juseo-gong branch descends from O Ga-in. Most Dongbok O living in Gangjin, South Jeolla, belong to this branch; O Seok-cheol, who moved from Dongbok in Hwasun to Gangjin-eup and married into the Gimhae Kim, is remembered as the first of the branch to settle in Gangjin.
Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.
Oh Eok-ryeong, Oh Si-su
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The 동복 오씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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