Founder of the Hamyang Yeo and Seongju (Seongsan) Yeo clans
| Era | 신라 말 (전승) |
| Clan | 함양 여씨 |
Yeo Eo-mae (呂御梅) is the founder honoured by both the Hamyang Yeo and the Seongju (Seongsan) Yeo. According to clan tradition he was a native of Laizhou in China and a Hanlin academician under Emperor Xizong of Tang, who fled the Huang Chao rebellion and came to Silla in 877.
He is said to have served as a jeonseo official and to have settled around present-day Byeokjin-myeon in Seongju (old Seongsan). The Hamyang Yeo trace their line through his sons Yeo Im-cheong and Yeo Gwang-yu, while the descendants who remained in Seongsan became the Seongju and Seongsan Yeo.
This lineage rests on genealogical tradition rather than contemporary records.
His tomb in Hamyang was lost long ago; a cenotaph mound was raised in a spirit-summoning burial, and a 1655 grave inscription by Song Jun-gil survives.
The descendants of his sons Yeo Im-cheong and Yeo Gwang-yu became the Hamyang Yeo, and those in Seongsan the Seongju and Seongsan Yeo — about 58,000 people combined in 2015.