은진 송씨(恩津 宋氏) — Said to be a representative distinguished Sarim house of Joseon that produced Uam Song Si-yeol and Dongchundang Song Jun-gil, centered on Hoedeok in Daejeon and descending through the three main lines of Sajik-gong, Moksa-gong and Jeongnang-gong.
Said to be a representative distinguished Sarim house of Joseon that produced Uam Song Si-yeol and Dongchundang Song Jun-gil, centered on Hoedeok in Daejeon and descending through the three main lines of Sajik-gong, Moksa-gong and Jeongnang-gong. In the 2015 Census the 은진 송씨 clan numbered about 226,050 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 송, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 은진) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
Moksa-gong-pa, Jeongnang-gong-pa, Sajik-gong-pa, Yeongcheon-gong-pa, Dongchundang Munjeong-gong-pa, Jewoldang Munhui-gong-pa, Saudang Hyojeong-gong-pa, Uam Munjeong-gong-pa, Gyuam Munchung-gong-pa, Chupa-gong-pa, Yaeun Chunghyeon-gong-pa, Jubu-gong-pa, Huam-gong-pa
The Moksa-gong branch descends from Song Yo-nyeon (宋遙年), known as Moksa-gong. A grandson of Song Yu (宋愉, pen name Ssangcheongdang), who settled at Hoedeok, and a son of Song Gye-sa (宋繼祀), he and his younger brother Song Sun-nyeon (Jeongnang-gong branch) form the core lines of the Eunjin Song clan.
Its leading figures are Song Jun-gil (宋浚吉, 1606-1672, pen name Dongchundang), a master of ritual studies enshrined in the National Confucian Shrine, and the father and son Song Gyu-ryeom and Song Sang-gi. It later divided into sub-branches such as the Dongchundang Munjeong-gong, Jewoldang Munhui-gong and Saudang Hyojeong-gong lines.
The Jeongnang-gong branch descends from Song Sun-nyeon (宋順年), known as Jeongnang-gong, a son of Song Gye-sa and younger brother of Song Yo-nyeon, founder of the Moksa-gong branch.
Its members include Song Si-yeol (宋時烈, 1607-1689, pen name Uam), leader of the Noron faction, who was enshrined in both the National Confucian Shrine and the royal ancestral shrine; Song In-su (宋麟壽), who perished in the purge of 1545; Song Gi-su, a minister under King Myeongjong; Song Geun-su, left state councillor under King Gojong; and Song Hwan-gi and Song Chi-gyu. It later split into sub-branches such as the Uam Munjeong-gong and Gyuam Munchung-gong lines.
The Sajik-gong branch descends from Song Gye-jung (宋繼中), a son of Song Yu (Ssangcheongdang). He was the younger brother of Song Gye-sa (宋繼祀), father of the founders of the Moksa-gong and Jeongnang-gong branches, and his branch is one of the three main lines of the Eunjin Song clan.
In the next generation it divided into the Jubu-gong (Song Mi-nyeon) and Jangsarang-gong (Song Ho-nyeon) branches. Its figures include Song In-su (宋仁壽), a privy councillor, and Song Eung-hyeon and Song Geol, merit subjects of the Imjin War; part of the Jangsarang-gong branch moved from Hoedeok to Dongnae in Busan.
The Yeongcheon-gong branch descends from Song Ho (宋昈), of the fourth generation of the Eunjin Song clan. Separate from the Sajik-gong, Moksa-gong and Jeongnang-gong lines that descend from Song Yu (Ssangcheongdang), it is said to have been recorded in a separate supplement of the genealogy.
It is listed today as one of the thirty-nine branches recognized by the Eunjin Song clan association.
The Dongchundang Munjeong-gong branch is a sub-branch of Moksa-gong founded by Song Jun-gil (13th generation), a ritual scholar whose pen name was Dongchundang and posthumous title Munjeong, enshrined in the Confucian Shrine.
The Jewoldang Munhui-gong branch is a sub-branch of Moksa-gong founded by Song Gyu-ryeom (14th generation), a disciple of Song Jun-gil and Song Si-yeol named Minister of Rites; his son Song Sang-gi came from this line.
The Saudang Hyojeong-gong branch is a Moksa-gong sub-branch founded by Song Guk-taek (13th generation), listed among the branches recognized by the clan association. Further details on the founder were not confirmed.
The Uam Munjeong-gong branch is a sub-branch of Jeongnang-gong founded by Song Si-yeol (14th generation), pen name Uam and posthumous title Munjeong, Noron leader enshrined in the Confucian Shrine and royal ancestral shrine. The brothers Song Byeong-seon and Song Byeong-sun are known to belong to this line.
The Gyuam Munchung-gong branch is a Jeongnang-gong sub-branch founded by Song In-su (11th generation), pen name Gyuam, who died by royal poison in 1547 while Chief Censor and was rehabilitated under Seonjo.
The Chupa-gong branch is a Jeongnang-gong sub-branch founded by Song Gi-su (11th generation), pen name Chupa, a minister under Myeongjong who left the Chupa-jip.
The Yaeun Chunghyeon-gong branch is listed as a Jeongnang-gong sub-branch founded by Song Si-yeong (14th generation). Details on the founder were not confirmed.
The Jubu-gong branch is a Sajik-gong sub-branch founded by Song Mi-nyeon (8th generation), splitting with the Jangsarang-gong branch (Song Ho-nyeon) in the generation of Song Gye-jung's sons.
The Huam-gong branch is founded by Song Baek-nyeon (8th generation) and is listed, with Yeongcheon-gong, among branches outside the three main Sajik, Moksa and Jeongnang lines. Details on the founder were not confirmed.
Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.
송시열(Noron leader and great Neo-Confucian scholar), 송준길(ritual scholar, Minister of War, Confucian Shrine), 송규렴(disciple of the Two Songs, Minister of Rites), 송상기(Noron leader, Minister), 송인수(Chief Censor, executed in the 1545 purge), 송기수(minister under Myeongjong), 송근수(Left State Councillor under Gojong), 송환기(Minister of Personnel under Jeongjo and Sunjo), 송치규(scholar under Sunjo and Heonjong), 송유(builder of Ssangcheongdang), 송병선(scholar who took his life against the 1905 treaty), 송병순(scholar who died in 1912 protest), 송병조(Provisional Government assembly chair), 송몽규(friend of Yun Dong-ju, activist), 송남헌(unification activist), 송건호(first president of the Hankyoreh), 송인상(Minister of Finance and Reconstruction)
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The Eunjin Song clan (恩津 宋氏) takes its seat from the Eunjin area of Nonsan, South Chungcheong. According to genealogical tradition it honors Song Mija-gye as the remote ancestor, Song Ju-eun (said to have been Minister of Revenue in Tang China) as the first ancestor of the lineage, and Song Dae-won, a Goryeo Panwon-sa enfeoffed as Lord of Eunjin, as the founder. Song Dae-won's great-grandson Song Myeong-ui is revered as the clan's restoring ancestor. Details about the earliest ancestors rest on genealogical records and cannot be confirmed.
Eunjin was Deokgeun commandery and Gajinae county in Baekje; under Silla's King Gyeongdeok the counties became Deogeun and Sijin, were attached to Gongju in 1018, and were merged under Taejo of Joseon. The name Eunjin was adopted under Sejong; it became a county in 1895-96 and was absorbed into Nonsan in 1913-14, surviving as Eunjin-myeon. Sources differ on the renaming date (1419 is also cited).
The 2015 census counted 226,050 members (187,303 in 1985; 208,816 in 2000). They are concentrated in southeast Chungbuk and Chungnam, Daejeon, Gyeongsang and Jeonbuk. Well-known clan villages include Songchon-dong, Ojeong-dong, Eupnae-dong and Pyeongchon-dong in Daedeok-gu, Daejeon, as well as Boeun, Geumsan and Okcheon, with others in Yeoju, Gochang, Gimcheon, Gyeongsan, Hapcheon and Namhae; earlier communities existed in Hoeyang, Pyongan and Hamgyeong.
Song Myeong-ui passed the civil examination in 1362 (under King Gongmin) and held posts in the Office of the Inspector-General; when Goryeo fell he is said to have kept his loyalty and retired to Hoedeok (now Daejeon), his wife's family home. His grandson Song Yu (宋愉) built Ssangcheongdang and established the family at Songchon. In the next generation Song Gye-sa's two sons formed the Moksa-gong and Jeongnang-gong branches, and Song Gye-jung formed the Sajik-gong branch.
In Joseon the clan was counted among the leading yangban houses of Chungcheong, producing a sage enshrined in the Confucian Shrine and meritorious ministers enshrined in the royal ancestral shrine. In the sixteenth century Song In-su was put to death in 1547 after the Yangjae Station affair while serving as Chief Censor, and his cousin Song Gi-su served as a minister under Myeongjong. In the seventeenth century Song Si-yeol and Song Jun-gil continued the school of Kim Jang-saeng and Kim Jip at the heart of the Westerner scholars' circle and were called the 'Two Songs'. Song Si-yeol discussed the northern expedition with Hyojong, opposed the Namin in the ritual disputes, and became the Noron leader; Song Jun-gil was known for ritual scholarship and integrity; both are said to have been enshrined in the Confucian Shrine in 1756. In later centuries Song Hwan-gi, Song Chi-gyu and Song Geun-su continued the line; Song Geun-su became Left State Councillor under Gojong.
Song Byeong-seon, a descendant of Song Si-yeol, took his own life in protest of the 1905 treaty, and his brother Song Byeong-sun died in 1912. Others introduced as Eunjin Songs include Song Byeong-jo, chair of the Provisional Government assembly; Song Mong-gyu, friend of the poet Yun Dong-ju who died in Fukuoka prison; the unification activist Song Nam-heon; the journalist Song Geon-ho; and the economic official Song In-sang.
The clan association is described as recognizing thirty-nine branches. The core consists of the three lines of Sajik-gong (Song Gye-jung, 7th generation), Moksa-gong (Song Yo-nyeon, 8th) and Jeongnang-gong (Song Sun-nyeon, 8th), plus the Yeongcheon-gong (Song Ho, 4th) and Huam-gong (Song Baek-nyeon, 8th) branches. Under Moksa-gong are sub-branches such as Dongchundang Munjeong-gong (Song Jun-gil), Jewoldang Munhui-gong (Song Gyu-ryeom) and Saudang Hyojeong-gong; under Jeongnang-gong are Chupa-gong (Song Gi-su), Gyuam Munchung-gong (Song In-su) and Uam Munjeong-gong (Song Si-yeol). Counts and names vary slightly by source.
Scholars and statesmen include Song Si-yeol, Song Jun-gil, Song Gyu-ryeom and Song Sang-gi, Song In-su and Song Gi-su from the purge era, and Song Geun-su in Gojong's reign. Modern figures include Song Geon-ho, Song In-sang and Song Nam-heon.
In Songchon-dong, Daedeok-gu, Daejeon stand Ssangcheongdang, built by Song Yu, and Dongchundang, Song Jun-gil's study hall (Treasure No. 209). In Gayang-dong, Dong-gu, stand Namgan Jeongsa, built by Song Si-yeol in 1683 (Daejeon Tangible Heritage No. 4), and the Uam Historic Park; a repository across from Namgan Jeongsa holds the printing blocks of the Songja Daejeon. Documents associated with the clan include the Jusik Siui, said to be the first cookbook of Chungcheong, and the brewing manual Ueumjebang handed down in Song Jun-gil's head house.
The Eunjin Song grand clan association (대종중) is the umbrella body. Generation characters generally follow the common Daedong scheme but vary between branches; one table cites 일(一)/환(煥) at the 19th generation, 인(仁)/규(圭) at the 20th, 노(老)/흠(欽) at the 21st, 용(用)/수(洙) at the 22nd, 석(錫)/병(秉) at the 23rd and 영(永)/헌(憲) at the 24th. It is safest to confirm the exact scheme with one's own branch association.
The 은진 송씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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