Founder of the Yeongsan (Yeongdong) Kim clan; held the post of Jeongaekseo-ryeong under King Chungsuk of Goryeo
| Life | 미상 ~ 미상 |
| Era | 고려 후기 |
| Clan | 영산 김씨 |
Kim Yeong-i (金令貽) is the founder of the Yeongsan Kim, also known as the Yeongdong Kim. He served as Jeongaekseo-ryeong late in the second reign of King Chungsuk of Goryeo, and after death is said to have been posthumously made Geomgyo Docheomuiche Chanseongsa and enfeoffed as Lord Yeongsan. Some sources write his name 金永貽.
The family holds that he descended from Kim Ik-gwang, a Silla prince. Wikipedia calls him the fourth son of King Sinmu, while the Chungcheong Ilbo says the fourth son of King Sinmun, so the king differs; the primary ancestor is shown as Kim Al-ji, founder of the Gyeongju Kim.
The Chungcheong Ilbo says his son Kim Gil-won was enfeoffed Lord Yeongsan (Yeongsan Buwongun) for putting down the Red Turbans under King Gongmin, and that his descendants took Yeongsan as their seat. Yeongsan is the old name of Yeongdong in North Chungcheong, hence also the name Yeongdong Kim.
The Jeongaekseo was the Goryeo office that handled matters such as receiving foreign envoys, and he held its head post. Wikipedia says that after death he was posthumously made Geomgyo Docheomuiche Chanseongsa as a merit subject and enfeoffed as Lord Yeongsan.
According to the Chungcheong Ilbo, Yeongdong was called Gildong-gun in Silla and became Yeongdong-hyeon in 757. Wikipedia explains that the area was called Yeongsan in Goryeo and became Yeongdong in a reorganization of early Joseon, so that some families kept Yeongsan and others used Yeongdong as seat, though it cites no source. It is a different place from Yeongsan (靈山) in Changnyeong, South Gyeongsang.
The Yeongdong Kim Yeong-i and Jang Bi Altar Site at San 662 Namjeon-ri, Yangang-myeon, Yeongdong County, North Chungcheong is a provincial monument (designated 5 November 1993) managed by the Yeongsan Kim clan association. It is a ritual site; his actual grave was not confirmed here.
His son Kim Gil-won was enfeoffed as Lord Yeongsan, and Kim Jong-gyeong and later descendants including Kim Su-on and Sinmi are said to follow (generation counts differ by source).