Jokbo
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| Jokbo | |
|---|---|
| Hangul: | 족보 |
| Hanja: | 族譜 |
| Revised Romanization: | jokbo |
| McCune-Reischauer: | chokbo |
The jokbo is a Korean genealogical record equivalent to the family tree. Each family has one jokbo which has been passed down through numerous generations. The firstborn son of each family takes the jokbo with him and continues the genealogy and family line. It was often used in pre-Modern Korea as proof of being a Yangban, or the Korean equivalent of the European gentry.
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