A civil official under King Sukjong of Goryeo (first-generation restoring ancestor of the Nampyeong Mun clan)
| Era | 고려 |
| Clan | 남평 문씨 |
Mun Ik (文翼) was a civil official during the reign of King Sukjong of Goryeo, and the figure whom the Nampyeong Mun clan takes as its first-generation restoring ancestor (jungsijo). He is regarded as the earliest real, historically attested figure of the family, appearing in epigraphic records.
His father was a military officer of the Two Guards and Six Garrisons (2군 6위), and Mun Ik passed through offices in the Secretariat-Chancellery (Jungseo Munha-seong) to advance as a civil official. By the generation of his three sons—Mun Gong-in, Mun Gong-won, and Mun Gong-yu—the family rose greatly: Mun Gong-yu became Founding Viscount of Nampyeong County, Mun Gong-in became Pyeongjangsa (Chancellor), and Mun Gong-won became an enshrined merit subject.
Because the generations after Mun Da-seong are unclear, the Sinhaebo of 1731, the earliest genealogy, took Mun Ik as the starting ancestor, and later grand genealogies have counted him as generation one; today's generation-name table also counts from him. Some sources add that he held the post of Usan gisangsi.
Mun Ik is recorded as having four sons: Mun Gong-in, Mun Gong-won, Mun Ga-gwan and Mun Gong-yu. Gong-in rose to Munha sirang and dongjungseomunha pyeongjangsa, Gong-yu to minister of punishments and of war and Pansamsasa, and Gong-won is recorded as an enshrined merit subject. Gong-yu's son was the incorruptible Mun Geuk-gyeom, and from Geuk-gyeom's two sons Hu-sik and Yu-pil the clan divides into two great lines.
The house is said to have risen greatly in the generation of his four sons, Mun Gong-in, Mun Gong-won, Mun Ga-gwan and Mun Gong-yu.