Goryeo civil official; Jungseo sirang pyeongjangsa (posthumous name Chungsuk)
| Life | 1122 ~ 1189 |
| Era | 고려 (무신정권기) |
| Clan | 남평 문씨 |
Mun Geuk-gyeom (文克謙, 1122-1189) was a Goryeo civil official of the Nampyeong clan, courtesy name Deokbyeong and posthumous name Chungsuk, son of Mun Gong-yu. Passing the civil examination under King Uijong, he submitted a memorial as Left Remonstrator criticizing the king's favorite eunuch Baek Seon-yeon and others and was demoted to a provincial judgeship, but was later restored when the memorial was acknowledged to be justified.
During the military coup of 1170 he is said to have escaped harm thanks to his kinship with Yi Ui-bang, and used it to save several civil officials. Under King Myeongjong he served as Right Royal Secretary and Deputy Censor, then after the Gihae coup as Chamjijeongsa, and in 1183 rose to Jungseo sirang pyeongjangsa, concurrently Panyebusa and Panbyeongbusa. Known for his plain speaking, he compiled the Uijong sillok with Choe Se-bo and was praised as an incorruptible official.
Two of his daughters are said to have married Yi Rin, younger brother of Yi Ui-bang, and this tie is said to have spared him in the 1170 coup. Yi Rin is recorded as an ancestor of Yi Seong-gye, so some sources present Mun Geuk-gyeom as a distant maternal-side ancestor of King Taejo (the number of generations given varies by source).
Hu-sik's descendants are organized into eight branches, including Chunghye-gong, Gamcheon-gun, Namje-gong and Mun Ik-jeom's Chungseon-gong with its sub-branches, and Yu-pil's into two, Chungik-gong and Pando Panseo-gong, giving the explanation of ten branches. Mun Yu-pil served as Chamjijeongsa and Panyebusa.
The Nampyeong Mun divides into two great lines at his sons Mun Hu-sik and Mun Yu-pil.