음성 박씨(陰城 朴氏) — The clan takes the Goryeo general Park Seo as its founding ancestor and is said to have split from the Chungjil-gong branch of the Juksan Park.
The clan takes the Goryeo general Park Seo as its founding ancestor and is said to have split from the Chungjil-gong branch of the Juksan Park. In the 2015 Census the 음성 박씨 clan numbered about 7,094 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 박, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 음성) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
The Chungmin-gong branch is known as the line centered on Chungmin-gong Park Sun (朴純), said to have died as an envoy to Hamheung under King Taejong.
His memorial gate and shrine stand in Oryu-ri, Daeso-myeon, Eumseong. Whether he is the branch founder and the generation counts are not clearly confirmed in sources, so please check the genealogy.
Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.
박서(founder·Goryeo general who repelled the Mongols), 박순(said to have died as envoy to Hamheung·Chungmin-gong), 박광옥(supported volunteer armies in the Imjin War·magistrate of Naju)
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The Eumseong Park takes Eumseong County in North Chungcheong as its seat and honors Park Seo (朴犀), who as northwestern military commissioner held Gwiju fortress against the Mongols under King Gojong. He is said to have risen to Munha Sirang Pyeongjangsa and to have been enfeoffed as Earl of Eumseong; his descendants are said to have split from the Juksan Park and adopted Eumseong as their seat. It is often described as a sibling seat of the Goseong (Cheolseong) Park, which honors the same Park Seo.
The Juksan Park is traditionally traced to Grand Prince Jukseong (Park Eon-rip), the fourth son of Silla's King Gyeongmyeong, and the Eumseong Park is presented as a seat that separated from its Chungjil-gong / Cheolseongbaek line. This follows genealogical tradition, so the princely descent should be read as a family tradition.
The 2000 census counted 7,094 members; a 2015 seat-level figure was not found in this survey. A clan village is noted around Oryu-ri (written Oru-ri in some sources), Daeso-myeon, Eumseong County, where a shrine to Park Sun stands.
Park Sun is said to have volunteered in 1402 as an envoy to bring the retired King Taejo back from Hamheung and never returned. King Taejong reportedly built a loyalty gate in his home district and a chastity gate for his wife, Lady Im of Jangheung, who is said to have taken her own life upon hearing of his death. His descendants are known as the Chungmin-gong branch.
In 1970 the gates honoring Park Sun, Lady Im, and the filial sons Park Ho-won and Park Jeong-gyu are said to have been combined into the Park Sun Shrine in Oryu-ri. Some Sain-gong descendants are also said to have first settled in Eumseong after 1790, but this comes from a clan-side account and may differ between lineages.
A leading figure is Park Gwang-ok (1526-1593), who passed the civil examination in 1574, served as magistrate of Yeonggwang and governor of Miryang, helped raise volunteer forces with Go Gyeong-myeong and Kim Cheon-il in the Imjin War, and died as magistrate of Naju. He is enshrined at academies in Naju and Unbong.
The Chungmin-gong (Park Sun line), Sain-gong and Moksa-gong branches are mentioned, and a clan-side post shows disagreement among them over a burial mountain. A main clan-association site and generation names were not found. For the founder see also the page of Park Seo.
The 음성 박씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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