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남평 문씨(南平 文氏) — Said to be the representative ancestral seat of the Mun surname, widely known for producing Mun Ik-jeom, who introduced cotton.

About the 남평 문씨 clan

Said to be the representative ancestral seat of the Mun surname, widely known for producing Mun Ik-jeom, who introduced cotton. In the 2015 Census the 남평 문씨 clan numbered about 445,946 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 문, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 남평) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.

Main branches (派)

Chungseongong-pa, Sunpyeong Buwongun-pa, Chunghyegong-pa, Gamcheongun-pa, Namjegong-pa

Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.

Notable figures

문다성(founder of the Nampyeong Mun clan), 문익(1st-generation mid-founder), 문익점(introduced cotton), 문재인(19th President of Korea)

Tap a name for the full profile (life, career, grave, descendants).

남평 문씨 — Independence patriots

남평 문씨 figures recognized as independence patriots (National Independence Hall / Gonghun public data). Tap a name for the citation.

The Nampyeong Mun Clan and Its Founder, Mun Da-seong

The Nampyeong Mun clan (南平 文氏), with its ancestral seat in Nampyeong, Naju, South Jeolla Province, accounts for the great majority of the Korean Mun surname. Its founder is Mun Da-seong (文多省), who by legend emerged from a stone chest in a rock (Munam, 文巖) at Nampyeong in Naju; he is said to have been a military official who aided Taejo of Goryeo, rising to Samjungdaegwang and Byeoksang merit subject and being enfeoffed as Nampyeong-baek (南平伯).

Mid-Founder Mun Ik and the Growth of the House

Because the generations from Mun Da-seong are distant, the actual lineage is continued from Mun Ik (文翼) of the reign of King Sukjong of Goryeo as the 1st-generation mid-founder. In the generation of Mun Ik's three sons — Mun Gong-in, Mun Gong-won, and Mun Gong-yu — the family rose greatly: Mun Gong-yu became Founder of Nampyeong-hyeon, Mun Gong-in a Pyeongjangsa, and Mun Gong-won an enshrined merit subject. Later Mun Ik-jeom, who introduced cotton, came from this house, and in modern times there is the 19th President Moon Jae-in.

The founder's era has been corrected by the central clan association to the Later Three Kingdoms period.

How to build your 남평 문씨 tree

1. Start with yourself — sign in to get your own tree. Enter your name, birth year and clan seat (남평).
2. Add older generations — add parents and grandparents. For accuracy see tracing ancestors with jejeok records (usually to about 5 generations).
3. Link siblings & children — sort by generational name (hangnyeol) to see each generation at a glance.
4. Export & share — save the finished tree as a PDF and invite family to manage it together.

Related reading

남평 문씨 clan association

The 남평 문씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.