고성 박씨(固城 朴氏) — The clan honors the Goryeo general Park Seo as its founder; it split from the Juksan Park and, after Goseong's old name Cheolseong, is also called the Cheolseong Park.
The clan honors the Goryeo general Park Seo as its founder; it split from the Juksan Park and, after Goseong's old name Cheolseong, is also called the Cheolseong Park. In the 2015 Census the 고성 박씨 clan numbered about 5,130 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 박, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 고성) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
Over the generations the 고성 박씨 clan divided into several branches (pa). Confirm which branch your family belongs to through your jokbo or clan association. See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
박서(founder·Goryeo general who repelled the Mongols), 박혁충(great-grandson of Park Seo·said to have been made Prince Cheolseong), 박보로(Late-Goryeo general said to have fought Japanese pirates)
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The Goseong Park takes Goseong County in South Gyeongsang as its seat and is also called the Cheolseong Park, Cheolseong being Goseong's old name. Founder Park Seo (朴犀) is traced as an 11th-generation descendant of Grand Prince Jukseong Park Eon-rip, fourth son of Silla's King Gyeongmyeong, and is known for defending Gwiju fortress against the Mongol general Sartai in 1231 as northwestern military commissioner.
His great-grandson Park Hyeok-chung, who held posts such as Minister of Personnel and Crown Prince's Tutor, submitted Park Seo's record to the court; Park Seo was then posthumously raised to Pyeongjangsa and Earl of Cheolseong, and Hyeok-chung himself was made Prince Cheolseong. His descendants are said to have split from the Juksan Park and adopted Goseong (Cheolseong) as their seat.
The seat is presented as a branch-off from the Juksan Park, the line of Grand Prince Jukseong, and shares Park Seo as founder with the Eumseong Park. The princely descent is a genealogical tradition.
In 1839 (King Heonjong's reign) some descendants are said to have petitioned to return to the Juksan seat and were accepted; those who did not return remain Goseong Park. The census counted 3,911 in 2000 and 5,130 in 2015.
The clan is said to have lived around Goseong; Hai-myeon in Goseong is also listed among Juksan Park villages. Other clan villages and an association were not found in this survey.
For the founder see Park Seo. Park Bo-ro, a general said to have repeatedly beaten Japanese raiders in late Goryeo, is listed on the Goseong side in some sources. Some sources also name Park Sik, said to have helped quell Yi Si-ae's rebellion under Sejo, and Park Ae-sang, said to have raised volunteers in the Imjin War and died in battle off Goseong; these could not be cross-checked here.
No separate branch divisions, association website or generation names were found in public sources. For the relationship with the Juksan Cheolseongbaek branch, see the page of Park Seo and the Juksan Park page.
The 고성 박씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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