배맹후 裵孟厚
Civil official, Vice Minister of Personnel; founder of the Ijo-champan-gong branch
| Life | 1448년 ~ 1479년 |
| Era | 조선 전기 |
| Clan | 분성 배씨 |
Life & career
Bae Maeng-hu (裵孟厚) was a civil official of early Joseon and the founder of the Ijo-champan-gong branch of the Bunseong Bae clan. The Wikipedia clan article lists him as an eighth-generation descendant of Bae Won-ryong, who passed the civil examination in 1462 (8th year of Sejo) and rose to Vice Minister of Personnel (ijo-chamui) in 1479 (10th year of Seongjong). The same article gives his dates as 1448 to 1479.
Wiki-derived texts add that his pen name was Gyedang (桂堂), that he held posts such as Remonstrator, Vice Director of the Hongmungwan and Inspector-General, and that he went to Japan as an envoy in 1475. But with the dates 1448 to 1479 he would have been fifteen at the examination and thirty-one at death, which does not fit such a career, and his title is given both as chamui and champan. His dates and offices are therefore unsettled.
The Cultural Heritage Administration notes that Bae Maeng-hu is enshrined with the earlier ancestors at the Chubonsa and Myeonggoksa shrines in Hapcheon. Later branches such as those of Bae Jung-hu, Bae Suk-hu, Bae Gye-hu, Bae Sa-gwan and Bae Dam are said to descend from this line, but the generations should be checked in the genealogy.
The Ijo-champan-gong branch
The branch takes Bae Maeng-hu as founder. Wikipedia lists the Seonggyun-jinsa-gong (Bae Jung-hu), Osu-chalbang-gong (Bae Suk-hu), Seonsan-dohobusa-gong (Bae Gye-hu), Dongbu-seungji-gong (Bae Sa-gwan) and Yeongdeok-hyeollyeong-gong (Bae Dam) branches alongside this line. Sources differ on the structure, so see the branch cards on this site as well.
Historical setting
1462 was the eighth year of Sejo and Seongjong took the throne in 1469; 1479, when Bae Maeng-hu is said to have reached chamui, was Seongjong's tenth year. The Ministry of Personnel handled appointments of civil officials, so its chamui was a senior post. The tale of an embassy to Japan in 1475 could not be checked against records. That he is enshrined at Myeonggoksa in Hapcheon shows he has long been honored by his descendants.
Grave
Not confirmed.
Descendants
Not confirmed.