Pang clan of Kaesong

Pang clan of Kaesong
Country Korea
Founder Pang Du-hyeon

Pang clan of Kaesong (Hangul: 개성 방씨; Hanja: 開城龐氏) is one of the Korean clans. According to the research held in 2015, the number of the Pang clan of Kaesong was 851. Their founder was Pang Du-hyeon who was a descendant of Pang I wei. Pang I wei was a general during the Zhou dynasty during the King Xian of Zhou’s reign. Pang Du-hyeon entered Goryeo as one of the Hanlin Academy when he worked as the government post named zhong shu she ren (simplified Chinese: 中书舍人; traditional Chinese: 中書舍人; pinyin: zhōng shū shè rén) in 1351. At that time, Queen Noguk had a marriage to an ordinary person planned by Gongmin of Goryeo.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ Doosan Encyclopedia 방 龐. Doosan Encyclopedia.
  • Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.
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