Wonju Byun clan

Clan members live on both the Korean Peninsula and in the United States, and their surnames are variously Romanized as Byun, Pyon, and Byeon.

The founder of the clan was Byeon or Byun An-ryeol(Anyeol) (변안렬(안열), 邊(邉)安烈, Hanyu Pinyin: Biān Ānliè, 1334-1390), a renowned military general during the late Goryeo Dynasty.

According to the 『Literary Notes』, the Byeon or Byun clan (邊氏) is a descendant of the royal family of the Yin Dynasty (Dongyi ethnic tribe (東夷族)) Mizhung.

The Dongyi (東夷族) tribe was also said to include the Nine ethnic groups, and they were also divided into the Yemaek (濊貊族), Malgal (靺鞨族), Han (韓族), and Wae (倭族).

East Asian figures such as Chiyou (蚩尤), Confucius (孔子), and Emperor Shun (舜) were all Dongyi (東夷族) tribe.

In 1374, he joined fellow Goryeo general Yi Seong-gye in successfully repulsing Japanese pirates and was rewarded with a prestigious title.

On January 16, 1390, Byeon was executed after the Goryeo bureaucrat and politician Kim Jeo implicated him in an unclear confession in a plot to restore King U to the throne after he was deposed by Yi.

The Tomb of Daeeun Byeon or Byun An-ryeol(Anyeol) is located in the town of Jingeon in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

The progenitor of the Jangyeon Byeon or Byun clan, Yooyeong's father was Yeon, his grandfather was Joongryang, his great-grandfather was Kyung, and his great-great-grandfather was Ang.

First, Baek (白) is 'white color' (or Ja自is ‘self’), Second, shaved head (冖) is 'a symbol representing a distinct shape', Third, In (儿) is 'the appearance of a child', and Fourth, gu (口) has the meaning of 'entrance or mouth'.

Duke Jeonseo faction(典書公派): Sook(肅)'s descendants lived in Yonbaek-gun or Kaepung-gun or Kaesong, Hwanghae Province for nearly 600 years until the Korean War in 1950.

The hometown of the right-hand photo, Heepung Byun (邊(邉)熙豊, 20th generation of Duke Jeonseo faction), is Kaepung or Kaesong.

He moved from Kaesong to Seoul with his brothers during the Korean War and became a descendant of the Duke Cheomji and Jesonseo faction of the Wonju Byun clan, who could continue the generation in South Korea.

Duke Chamui faction (參議公派): Hyun(顯)’s second son, Kukmin (克愍) lived in Taecheon, Pyeongan Province.

He lived in Taein (泰仁), North Pyongan Province, starting from Jaejung (載重) of the 4th generation of the Wonju Byun clan.

Duke Cheomchu faction(僉樞公派): Yi'(㶊)s eldest son, Chahee (次憙, 1392-1462) lived in Geumgye, Yecheon, Yongmun, and Bonghwageochon in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province.

Heeri (希李, 1435-1506), the 5th generation of the Wonju Byun clan, moved to Yecheon, North Gyeongsang Province during the reign of Muosahwa of Yeonsangun (1498).

Heeri's successor, Yeongsun (永淳), the 7th generation of the Wonju Byun clan, lived in Geumgye, Bonghwa, and Gunwi in Andong.

Duke Hunryun faction(訓鍊公派): The Wonju Byun clan living on Jeju Island is the descendant of Ye(預).

In 1405 (the 5th year of King Taejong’s reign), when the political situation was chaotic, Secheong (世淸) felt his life was in danger and fled to Jeju Island.

[3] Pyon was part of the 1883 Korean special mission to the United States, which was dispatched by Joseon King Gojong in July 1883 to study the West’s industrialization and modernization processes.

Pyon eventually became involved in the radical reformist political movements of late-19th-century Korea and played a role in fomenting the failed Gapsin Coup of 1884.

Pyon fled Korea and ultimately migrated to Japan and the U.S., where he obtained his degree and briefly worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

When Goryeo fell, Sook kept his loyalty that he could not serve two kings, so he moved his residence to Paechon county and called the people who lived there Moryejeolsa (慕麗節士).

The descendants of Sook(肅), a member of the Duke Jeonseo fraction, continued as Eulchung(乙忠), Hwak(確, Hojochamui), Jajung(自靖, Hojochamui), We(偉, Jwachanseong), Ryangbo(良輔, Cheomjungchu), Soo(洙, Hojochampan), Yijin(以震, Byeongjochamui), Hwan(寏, Tongdeokrang), Sangdam(尙聃, Cheomjungchu), Moon(璊), Hankook(翰國), Kyungin(慶仁, Tongdeokrang), Taehwa(泰和), Dongwoo(東羽), Jihyun(志賢), Seokyeon(錫淵), Seungphil(承弼), Hyungsik(馨植), Heepung(熙豊), Eungzou(應周), Jongho(鍾昊), Keunho(根浩 Daniel), and Minho(珉浩 Joe).

一展大志聲四隣).” Another prominent clan member was Byun, Ryangbo (Yangbo) (변량보(양보), 邊(邉)良輔, ?-?).

Ryanggirl (良傑) was a Chungcheong-do naval commander (currently a general) during the Japanese invasions of Joseon, commonly known as the Limjin War, and contributed to protecting Ganghwa Island.

Another prominent clan member was Byun, Ryanggirl (Yanggeol) (변량걸(양걸), 邊(邉)良傑, 1546-1610).

After passing the military service examination in 1572 (the 5th year of King Seonjo's reign), he served as Deputy Director of Yongyangwi, Governor of Byeokdong County, Jeolsa of Insanjincheom, and Busa of Ganggye.

In 1583, when the Jurchen tribe crossed the Tumen River and invaded Gyeongwon Province, he went to work as a Moksa and Jobangjang of Gilju.