The purpose of this article is to interpret in English the Byun family tree, 'Gaseung', recorded in Goryeo or Joseon Dynasty characters (called Hanja). It is also because the ancestor wants the descendants of the Byun family, who will grow up in a foreign country and live in the future, to remember the history of their ancestors. Also, if you look at foreign world history textbooks, the history of Korea is described too simply compared to Japan and China, so I think it is a good opportunity to know a little bit about the history of Korea from Goryeo to the present through the history of our ancestors.

This family tree was based on the Byun clan 'Gaseung'. When displaying the descendants of ancestors in Gaseung, son information was displayed based on the son, but information about daughters was not shown. However, the information about the spouse and the information of the spouse's ancestors were displayed. As in other countries, when a daughter gets married, the surname changes to the husband's surname, and the husband's surname is used to build the child's surname, so it is judged that Byun is not included in the family tree. Although the 21st-generation descendant, Heepung, provided information about her daughter, detailed information about her daughter was not provided in this translation for consistency in 'Gaseung'. This text was written in English, Korean (called Hangul), and Hanja (characters used in the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties). Currently, in the People’s Republic of China, it is used after being transformed into a new character (simplified Chinese) in 1949. So, the characters used here, that is, Hanja, seem to be difficult to understand even for people in the People’s Republic of China. Hopefully, descendants will learn Korean (Hangul), Hanja, and ancient Korean history (1100~2016). Here, the original (Hanja) and Korean (Hangul) are written together, so I think reading Hanja in Korean (Hangul) will be a good experience for descendants who do not know Hanja. Perhaps I am the last generation to be able to read the Hanja used in Korea. However, it seems that it will take quite a long time for Hangul words based on Hanja to disappear. Also, if you want to know what the current ranks were in the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty (Government Posts), please refer to the Glossary section.

The following is about the letters of Byun(변邉). Heepung, the 21st generation descendant, told his descendants that the letter of the surname used by the Byun clan, Byun(변邊), were originally different letters, and the letter (변邉) was originally the letters of the Byun clan surname. Currently, this character (변邉) is not used in Korea, but it is used in Japan and China. Following the will of the 21st generation descendant, I hope to write this letter as a family name. Since it is not used here in Korea, it is listed together in this family tree. If you look for information on this character, Byun (변邉), it is said that Byun (변邉) is a ‘Different Shape Letter’ of Byun (변邊), and it is common to use a ‘Different Shape Letter’ in East Asia. This character, Byun (변邊), means the edge or side, and is also used as a surname. The reason why ‘Different Shape Letters’ are used is that they are used when a certain letter has several meanings and one of them is emphasized. It is presumed that the ancestors used the character Byun (변邉) to emphasize the meaning of Byun’s family’s surname. Surname, Byun (변邉) is composed of four letters as follows. First, Baek (백白) is 'white color' (or Ja(자自) is ‘self’), Second, shaved head (민갓머리冖) is 'a symbol representing a distinct shape', Third, In (인儿) is 'the appearance of a child', and Fourth, gu (구口) has the meaning of 'entrance or mouth'. It (부수辶) is meaningless because it is a way to organize and arrange Hanja. When these four Hanja are combined, it becomes a character that means 'The Appearance of a Person with a Pure and Clean Heart'. Like the meaning of Byun (변邉), I hope it will be the life of descendants. If you want to know how to write Byun's letters (변邉), you can find it in the Gallery Section.

The 1st son of Ryang, a descendant of the 7th generation of the Hwangju Byun clan, was Anbaek and the 2nd son was Anyeol. Also, the 2nd son of Anbaek was Sook. You are a descendant of Anbaek, the 1st son of Ryang. Sook came with Anyeol when he came to Goryeo from Yuan. Anbaek's younger brother, Anyeol, received an order from Goryeo King Gongmin to be the progenitor of the Byun clan in Wonju, and Sook received an order from Anyeol to make Wonju the main building. Jeonseo fraction, Sook became the 2nd generation of Wonju Byun Clan, and Ryangbo, the 7th generation, started Cheomji fraction of Wonju Byun Clan. Ryeo (the 1st generation of the Hwangju Byun clan) came to Goryeo when the Northern Song dynasty collapsed, and served as officials in the Yuan Dynasty from Soon, the 6th generation of the Hwangju Byun clan to Anbaek and Anyeol, the 8th generation of the Hwangju Byun clan. During Anyeol, the 8th generation of the Hwangju Byun clan, he came to Goryeo with Princess Noguk. And Anyeol became the 1st generation of the Byun clan in Wonju. And the family changed their residence to the United States. Based on the Wonju Byun clan, as of 2023, out of a total of 24 generations, 2 generations lived in the Goryeo Dynasty, 18 generations in the Joseon Dynasty, 3 generations in the Korean Empire and South Korea, and 1 generation in the United States. Nationality is not important, but I hope Mr. Byun's family has a heart that thinks it is more important.