곡산 한씨(谷山 韓氏) — Regarded as one line of the Han clan whose ancestral seat is Goksan.
Regarded as one line of the Han clan whose ancestral seat is Goksan. In the 2015 Census the 곡산 한씨 clan numbered about 6,266 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 한, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 곡산) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
No distinct branches are documented; the clan is known mainly through its home villages around Gyeongju.
Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.
한예(founder), 한희(deputy privy councillor), 한익(minister of revenue), 한진(senior state official), 한방좌(provincial governor), 한옹(Joseon administrator of Gaeseong; posthumous title Pyeongjeol), 한여유(author of Dunongjip), 한이원(head of the Jangagwon), 한덕전(royal secretary), 한영석(Vice Minister of Justice)
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The founder of the Goksan Han clan (谷山 韓氏) is said to be Han Ye (韓銳), one of the "Eight Scholars" of Song China, who came to Goryeo in 1206 (2nd year of King Huijong), rose to Munha Sijung Pyeongjangsa and was enfeoffed as Lord of Goksan. The lineage continues with Han Hui (deputy privy councillor), Han Ik, Han Jin (Jeongdang Munhak), and the provincial governors Han Bang-jwa and Han Ong.
Goksan is a place in the northeast of Hwanghae Province, once the Goguryeo fortress of Sipgok, renamed Jinseo under Silla's King Gyeongdeok and Gokju in early Goryeo. It was renamed Goksan in 1393 and became a county in 1895; the Sejong sillok jiriji is said to list Han among the six native surnames of Goksan. Unlike most Han lines, which were unified under Cheongju, the Goksan Han has continued as a separate seat.
Counts have been roughly 21,195 (1985), 4,917 (2000) and 6,266 (2015), differing with survey method. Clan villages are known around Geoncheon-eup, Naenam-myeon and Ahwa-ri in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang.
Han Ong (1352-1425) began as a magistrate in Goryeo and, after Joseon's founding, served as governor of Chungcheong and Gyeongsang, mayor of Hanseong and administrator of Gaeseong; his posthumous title is said to be Pyeongjeol. In later Joseon, Han Yeo-yu (1642-1709), author of Dunongjip, Han I-won (1651-1720), a 1687 civil-examination graduate who rose to head of the Jangagwon and Sabokseo, and his son Han Deok-jeon (1685-?), who passed in 1717 and became royal secretary in 1733, are recorded. In modern times, Han Yeong-seok (b. 1938) served as 29th Vice Minister of Justice.
The clan organization is the Goksan Han Jongchinhoe.
Sources: public references such as Namuwiki and Wikipedia. Details of branches and generations may differ by lineage and genealogy.
For other branch associations, see the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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