Goryeo Junggun Sajeong buryeong; named mid-founder in the account of the Wolseong Park clan tomb site in Incheon
| Life | 1337 ~ 1404 |
| Era | 고려 말~조선 초 |
| Clan | 월성 박씨 |
Park Gu (朴龜, 1337-1404) is the mid-founder named in the account, cited by Wikipedia, of the Wolseong Park clan tomb site, Incheon Monument No. 62 (Seochang-dong, Namdong-gu). The description says he served in Goryeo as Junggun Sajeong buryeong; when Goryeo fell he withdrew here and, to hide himself, took the pen name Jangah ("Hiding Myself") and called the hill behind Mt. Jangah. The hill is 73.6 meters high.
The tomb site lies on the western slope of Mt. Jangah and keeps 11 tombs, those of Park Gu and descendants including Park Gan, Park Hwi, Park Sin-gyeom, Park Ho-gyeom and Park Hong-jung. The mounds, markers, civil-official figures and lantern posts show the Confucian burial style of Joseon scholar-officials, and the markers of Park Hwi, Park Sin-gyeom and Park Ho-gyeom, with clear dates of manufacture, are said to be important epigraphic material for mid-Joseon burial customs and sculpture. It was designated Incheon Monument No. 62 on 3 May 2010.
The description summarizes the clan as descended from Grand Prince Wolseong, eighth son of Silla's King Gyeongmyeong, rising in late Goryeo and flourishing in early and mid-Joseon. That it names Park Gu as mid-founder differs from the mid-founders (Park Hwi, Park In-yuk) in Wikipedia's Wolseong Park entry, so it should be read as a difference in clan tradition. His family and career could not be confirmed further.
The story is that after Goryeo fell he lived hidden here, taking the pen name Jangah, and the hill behind was named Mt. Jangah. The reading of the name is from the tomb-site description.
Eleven tombs with markers, civil-official figures and lantern posts remain. Whether the Park Hwi here is the Park Hwi of Hyejong's reign in Wikipedia is unconfirmed; since his marker dates to mid-Joseon he appears to be a different man.
He is said to lie in the Wolseong Park clan tomb site (Incheon Monument No. 62) on the western slope of Mt. Jangah, Seochang-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon.