상주 박씨(尙州 朴氏) — The clan traces its founder to Park Eon-chang, fifth son of Silla's King Gyeongmyeong, enfeoffed as Grand Prince Sabeol, and is also known as the Sangsan Park.
The clan traces its founder to Park Eon-chang, fifth son of Silla's King Gyeongmyeong, enfeoffed as Grand Prince Sabeol, and is also known as the Sangsan Park. In the 2015 Census the 상주 박씨 clan numbered about 33,154 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 박, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 상주) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
Chongnang-gong-pa, Chanseong-gong-pa, Jeongsuk-gong-pa, Mungang-gong-pa
The Chongnang-gong branch descends from Park Cheon (朴天) and is known as one of the two main lines of the Sangju Park.
Sub-branches such as Sangam-gong, Panseo-gong and Jeongsuk-gong are said to fall beneath it. Generation counts and details vary by source, so please check the genealogy.
The Chanseong-gong branch descends from Park Ryeo (朴呂), who is said to have served as Cheomui Chanseongsa under King Chungnyeol and been made Prince Sangsan.
Several sub-branches, including the Park Ji-heon line, are said to descend from it; generation counts differ by source and need checking.
The Jeongsuk-gong branch descends from Jeongsuk-gong Park An-sin, who served as Inspector-General under King Sejong.
It is presented as part of the Chongnang-gong line; please check the genealogy for details.
The Mungang-gong branch descends from Park Se-hui, said to have died in exile at Ganggye after the Gimyo purge; he is said to have been posthumously named Minister of Personnel with the title Mungang.
Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.
박언창(founder·said to be Grand Prince Sabeol), 박견(honored as chief ancestor, Goryeo), 박여(Goryeo Prince Sangsan), 박안신(early-Joseon Inspector-General·Jeongsuk-gong), 박세희(official exiled in the Gimyo purge·Mungang)
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The Sangju Park takes Sangju in North Gyeongsang as its seat and is also called the Sangsan Park. Founder Park Eon-chang (朴彦昌), fifth son of Silla's King Gyeongmyeong, is said to have been enfeoffed as Grand Prince Sabeol with Sabeol Province (today's Sangju) as his domain. When contact with Silla was cut he is said to have founded the state of Husabeol and styled himself king, until it fell to Later Baekje around 929 and he died in the fighting.
Because the early genealogy was lost, the clan honors the Goryeo figure Park Gyeon as its chief ancestor; a story that Eon-chang's son Park Uk submitted to Goryeo and became a merit subject exists but is presented as a tradition needing historical review. Sangsan, the old name of Sangju, was also used for the seat.
Eon-chang is the fifth of the eight princes of Gyeongmyeong, whose brothers are traditionally said to be founders of seats such as Miryang, Goryeong, Hamyang, Muan and Suncheon. The Chungju and Pyeongtaek Park also claim descent from Eon-chang, while the Chungju side is said not to accept a link to these seats, so the lineage question differs by source.
The 2015 census gives 33,154 people, a figure said to combine about 25,238 Sangju Park and 7,916 Sangsan Park. Clan villages include Ssangji-ri in Sangsa-myeon, Suncheon; Dudong-ri in Seongdang-myeon, Iksan; parts of Goesan (Cheongcheon, Cheongan, Gammul), Jeungpyeong, Okcheon-myeon and Osong in Cheongju, Sejong, Yongin and Hwaseong, and Yeoncheon.
Tenth-generation Park Gyeon is said to have received the gold fish-pouch, and twelfth-generation Park Yeo (朴呂) served as Cheomui Chanseongsa under King Chungnyeol and was made Prince Sangsan. Thirteenth-generation Park Mun-ro is said to have been posthumously raised to Left Councillor. Park Yang-yu, said to have defended the northern frontier against the Khitans under King Seongjong, is also mentioned.
Early Joseon figures include Park An-sin, Inspector-General under Sejong; Park Se-hui, first-place passer in 1514 who is said to have died in exile at Ganggye after the Gimyo purge; and Park Se-hun, known for filial devotion. Park Jeung-son, ancestor of the Suncheon line, and Park Yu-myeong, said to have joined the 1623 Restoration and become a third-rank merit subject, are also mentioned. In the Imjin War Park Dae-bung is said to have died at the Battle of Geumsan.
The clan divides into 20-odd branches around two main lines, the Chongnang-gong (Park Cheon) and Chanseong-gong (Park Ryeo). The Sangam-gong (Park An-ui), Panseo-gong and Jeongsuk-gong (Park An-sin) branches are placed under the former, with further branches such as Mungang-gong (Park Se-hui), Songchon-gong (Park Se-hun), Champan-gong (Park Sa-yeong), Jikjehak-gong, Panwonsa-gong and Yulchon-gong. Lineages and generations vary by source, so please check your own branch in the genealogy.
Some texts say Park Yeong became the Chungju Park and Park Ji-yeong the Pyeongtaek Park, but the Chungju clan does not accept this, so it is only one account.
A Sangju-Sangsan Park association is known to exist, but its public website address and generation names were not confirmed in this survey.
The 상주 박씨 clan association can be found in the Korean E-Jokbo Library clan-association directory.
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