진원 박씨(珍原 朴氏) — A Park lineage seated at Jinwon in Jangseong, South Jeolla, said to revere Park Jin-mun, a Goryeo grand general, as founder and Park Hui-jung, who passed the civil examination in early Joseon, as revered ancestor.
A Park lineage seated at Jinwon in Jangseong, South Jeolla, said to revere Park Jin-mun, a Goryeo grand general, as founder and Park Hui-jung, who passed the civil examination in early Joseon, as revered ancestor. In the 2015 Census the 진원 박씨 clan numbered about 33,630 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 박, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 진원) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
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박진문(founder; Goryeo grand general), 박희중(revered ancestor; Lord of Jinwon), 박광전(pen name Jukcheon; Imjin War volunteer leader), 박우(taken captive in the Jeongyu War)
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The Jinwon Park clan (珍原 朴氏) is seated at Jinwon-myeon, Jangseong, South Jeolla, and is also called the Gujin (丘珍) Park. The original ancestor is Bak Hyeokgeose and the founder is Park Jin-mun, said to have been a Daejanggun (grand general) around the reign of King Myeongjong of Goryeo. This comes from the clan genealogy; the founder's office and title are genealogical records and are not confirmed in official histories such as the Goryeosa.
The revered ancestor is his 8th-generation descendant Park Hui-jung (1364-1446), who passed the civil examination in 1401, is said to have gone to Japan as an envoy, helped repair the Byeokgolje reservoir in Gimje, and was named Lord of Jinwon in 1423. He is described as the clan's only civil-examination graduate.
The clan is not classed among the eight-prince lines of King Gyeongmyeong and is an independent seat. In 1922 the Miryang Park side tried to enshrine Park Hui-jung's tablet together at Wondeoksa, but the Jinwon Park lineage declined, saying the genealogy did not match; the tablet was removed in 1988 by a clan council decision. Unlike the Taein Park clan, said to have been merged into a Miryang Park branch, Jinwon thus kept its independent seat. This is as told in Namu Wiki and clan views may differ.
The 2015 census figure is 33,630 (23,839 in 2000). The clan is found across South Jeolla: Jangseong, Boseong, Jangheung, Goheung, Yeosu, Damyang and Naju.
The oldest surviving genealogy is the Jeongyubo, published by Park Chun-jang in 1657, followed by the Jeongsabo in 1737. There is one civil-examination graduate; counts for military graduates, saengwon and jinsa differ between Namu Wiki (6, 14, 14) and Wikipedia (3 military, 27 sama), so please check.
Park Hui-jung's three sons founded the Jong, Jung and Gye branches, and the Jong branch further split into Jangjong, Jangjung and Jangye, making five in all. Details of the founders are not available in public sources, so no branch cards are given.
Modern politicians are omitted.
Sites include Hakrimsa and Cheonggyejeong in Jinwon, Jangseong; Yongsan Seowon in Boseong (enshrining Park Gwang-jeon; founded 1607, abolished 1868, restoration begun later); Yeongmojae in Yulchon, Yeosu (1987); and the Sixth-Generation Monument in Donghwa, Jangseong. A Jinwon Park Daejongchoe exists with Park Gi-ju as first chairman, but its website was not confirmed.
The 진원 박씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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