Hoesan Gam clan

Yangsan Jin clan
Country Korea
Current region Changwon
Founder Gam Gyu
Connected members Kam Woo-sung

Hoesan Gam clan (Hangul: 회산 감씨; Hanja: 檜山 甘氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province. According to the research held in 2000, the number of Hoesan Gam clan’s member was 4892. Their founder was Gam Gyu who was a Hanlin Academy in Yuan dynasty. He entered Goryeo in 1349. He was there as a fatherly master when Queen Noguk had an marriage to an ordinary person planned by Gongmin of Goryeo. He made Hoesan, Hoesan Gam clan’s Bon-gwan and founded Hoesan Gam clan because Gam Cheol (hanja: 甘喆), 16 th descendant of Gam Gyu, was appointed as Jinzi Guanglu Daifu (hanja: 金紫光祿大夫) and became Prince of Hoesan.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ Academy of Korean Studies 회산감씨 檜山甘氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
  2. ↑ JIN Guanglin (2014). A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names (PDF). Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia Vol.5 Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia. p21
  • Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.
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