광주 안씨(廣州 安氏) — Said to take An Bang-geol as its founder around the founding of Goryeo, and known for producing the Silhak scholar An Jeong-bok.
Said to take An Bang-geol as its founder around the founding of Goryeo, and known for producing the Silhak scholar An Jeong-bok. In the 2015 Census the 광주 안씨 clan numbered about 48,033 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 안, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 광주) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
Chongnang-gong-pa, Jungnangjang-gong-pa, Sagan-gong-pa, Pansa-gong-pa, Hogun-gong-pa, Wiwi Jubu-gong-pa
The Chongnang-gong branch is the line of An Jeong (安禎), eldest son of An Yu (安綏), the first of the clan to settle in Haman; it is also called the Chongnangjang-gong line. It is one of the six main branches (yuk-hu) of the Gwangju An clan.
It has three sub-branches: the Bongsa-gong (An Deok-gae), Nakdo-gong (An Hu-gae) and Dongju-gong (An Se-gyeong) lines.
The Jungnangjang-gong branch descends from An Guk-ju (安國柱), who served as a mid-ranking general (jungnangjang) of the Sinhowi guard and court usher under King Gongmin of Goryeo. He was the eldest son of An Gi (安器) and a brother of An Seong (Sagan-gong) and An Mong-deuk (Pansa-gong).
It is a large line with ten sub-branches, including the Jinsa-gong, Bureonjae-gong and Wangwi-gong lines, and its descendants live around Beopsu-myeon, Gunbuk-myeon, Chilseo-myeon and Gaya-eup in Haman, South Gyeongsang. The graves of An Gi and An Guk-ju, father and son, are at Daesong-ri, Beopsu-myeon.
The Sagan-gong branch descends from An Seong (安省, 1344-1421), the first official named an incorruptible official after the founding of Joseon, and takes its name from his posthumous title Sagan (思簡). The second son of An Gi, he passed the civil examination in 1380 and under Joseon served as provincial governor and governor of Gaeseong.
Its sub-branches are the Jubu-gong (An Cheol-gwan), Seoryeong-gong (An Cheol-san) and Gamchal-gong (An Jong-saeng) lines. The Sunam head house at Teotgol in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, home of the Silhak historian An Jeong-bok (安鼎福, pen name Sunam), author of Dongsa gangmok, is known to belong to the Gamchal-gong line.
The Pansa-gong branch descends from An Mong-deuk (安夢得), third son of An Gi. A licentiate under King Taejong of Joseon, he was appointed an agricultural commissioner (gwonnong pansa) and is enshrined at Bongsanjae in Haman and Sogye Seowon in Yangsan.
After his grandson An U (安宇) settled at Yul-ri, Soto-ri, Sangbuk-myeon, Yangsan, the family lived there for generations; An Geun, who raised a volunteer army in the Imjin War, and his sons An Si-myeong and An I-myeong came from this line. Descendants live mainly in Yangsan, Ulsan and Gyeongju.
The Hogun-gong branch is the line of An Chung (安沖), known as Hogun-gong, and is one of the six main branches of the Gwangju An clan.
It has two sub-branches: the Chamui-gong (An Suk-in) and Jibui-gong (An Suk-sin) lines.
The Wiwi Jubu-gong branch descends from An Chang (安昌), known as Wiwi Jubu-gong, and is also called the Miryang Sapo branch. One of the six main branches of the Gwangju An clan, it is recorded as a single branch without sub-branches.
Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.
An Jeong-bok
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The 광주 안씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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