Great Eight Families

Great Eight Families
Hangul
대성팔족
Hanja
大姓八族
Revised RomanizationDaeseongpaljok
McCune–ReischauerTaesŏngp'alchok

The Great Eight Families (大姓八族, Daeseongpaljok) were eight noble families of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. They were the most powerful of the noble families and had been comrades in arms with the founding monarch Onjo of Baekje. They reached the pinnacle of their power during the Sabi, recorded in Chinese records such as Tongdian.

The Hae clan and the Jin clan were the representative royal houses who had considerable power from the early period of Baekje, and they produced many queens over several generations. The Hae clan was probably the royal house before the Buyeo clan replaced them, and both clans appear descended from the lineage of Buyeo and Goguryeo.