Hyeonpung Gwak clan

Hyeonpung Gwak clan
Country Korea
Current region Dalseong County
Founder Gwak Gyeong
Connected members Gwak Kyung-keun
Gwak Jae-u
Website http://www.posan.kr/

Hyeonpung Gwak clan (Hangul: 현풍 곽씨; Hanja: 玄風 郭氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Dalseong County, Daegu. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Hyeonpung Gwak clan’s member was 166608. Their founder was Gwak Gyeong who was naturalized in Goryeo from Song dynasty. According to the epitaph coming out from Gwak Gyeong’s grave in 1930, Gwak Gyeong passed imperial examination in 1138, worked as munha sirang pyeongjangsa (문하시랑평장사; 門下侍郞平章事) and Jinzi Guanglu Daifu (hanja: 金紫光祿大夫), and became Prince of Posan (hanja: 苞山君). After that, Gwak Gyeong’s descendant founded Hyeonpung Gwak clan and made Posan (hanja: 苞山), Hyeonpung Gwak clan’s Bon-gwan. clan’s Bon-gwan.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ Academy of Korean Studies 현풍곽씨 玄風郭氏. 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. p20
  • Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.
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