경산 전씨(慶山 全氏) — Also called the Oksan Jeon clan; a seat said to take as its founder Jeon Yeong-ryeong, enfeoffed as Lord of Oksan under King Sinjong of Goryeo.
Also called the Oksan Jeon clan; a seat said to take as its founder Jeon Yeong-ryeong, enfeoffed as Lord of Oksan under King Sinjong of Goryeo. In the 2015 Census the 경산 전씨 clan numbered about 23,923 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 전, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 경산) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
The Gyeongsan Jeon has its seat at Gyeongsan (formerly Oksan) in North Gyeongsang and is described as having branched from the Jeongseon Jeon. Its founder is Jeon Yeong-ryeong and a representative figure is Jeon Baek-yeong.
Detailed branches could not be confirmed; treated as the same line as the Oksan Jeon.
Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.
전영령(clan founder), 전백영(Minister of Rites, upright official), 전경창(Jeongeon and Jipyeong under Seonjo)
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The Gyeongsan Jeon (慶山 全氏) has its seat at Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang, and is also called the Oksan Jeon (玉山 全氏); Oksan was Gyeongsan's Goryeo-era alternative name. The original ancestor is Jeon Seop, a founding meritorious subject of Baekje, and the founder is Jeon Yeong-ryeong, enfeoffed as Lord of Oksan after serving as Sinhowi Daejanggun under King Sinjong of Goryeo. Records call him both Jeon Seop's 27th-generation descendant and Jeon I-gap's 12th-generation descendant, probably because they count from different starting points; check the genealogy for exact counts.
The Digital Gyeongsan Encyclopedia explains that the Oksan Jeon branched from the Jeongseon Jeon, its descendants taking Oksan as their seat. When the family came to the Gyeongsan area is not precisely known, and the account rests on the Jeon Daedongbo. Wikipedia treats the Gyeongsan Jeon as another name for the Oksan Jeon, and the 2015 census counts 23,923 Gyeongsan Jeon and 13,113 Oksan Jeon, 37,036 together.
The best known is Jeon Baek-yeong (1345-1412), a 6th-generation descendant of the founder, who as a late-Goryeo remonstrance official impeached the powerful Yi In-im and was exiled, then in early Joseon served as Inspector-General, Minister of Rites and Governor of Gyeonggi and is counted among upright officials. His 5th-generation descendant Jeon Gyeong-chang served as Jeongeon and Jipyeong under Seonjo. The founder's son Jeon Gong-ryang (Siyeosa) and grandson Jeon Yun-jae (Gyogeom Gungigam) are also recorded.
The founder's tomb was originally at Sinseok-ri, Namcheon-myeon, but was lost; an altar and stele were raised and moved to Daemyeong-ri, Namcheon-myeon (the Jeon Yeong-ryeong Danbi on Daemyeong-gil). At Sangwon-ri, Gachang-myeon, Dalseong County, Daegu, are Jeon Baek-yeong's tomb and Bakgok Seodang (spirit-path stele of 1984), and Mudongjae in Pa-dong, Suseong-gu, honors Jeon Gyeong-chang.
Gyeongsan has no large clan village; clan activity centres on Daemyeong-ri, Namcheon-myeon, and 1,060 Oksan Jeon lived in Gyeongsan in 2015. Yusan-ri (Beodeulmoe), Guji-myeon, Dalseong County, Daegu, is an Oksan Jeon village where the settling ancestor Jeon Ui-su is said to have moved from Chogok-ri, Yuga-eup; the clan makes up about half its households, and the lodge Yuhojae honors him (the date of settlement differs by source). Descendants also live around Daegu, including Gachang and Pa-dong.
The 2015 census gives 23,923 Gyeongsan Jeon and 13,113 Oksan Jeon. An official association site, contacts, branches and generation names could not be confirmed, so ask the clan.
The founder's dates (given as 1197-1204) look like the reign of Sinjong and are not asserted.
The 경산 전씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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