The Yeongsan Shin clan () is one of the

Korean clans Korean clans are groups of Koreans, Korean people that share the same Patrilineality, paternal ancestor. They are indicated by the combination of a ''bongwan'' () and a family name. Korean clans distinguish clans that happen to share the same fam ...

. Their

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(clan location) is in Changnyeong County,

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. According to some of the most recent research as of 2015, the number of members in the Yeongsan Sin clan was 187,426.

Origin

The founder of the Yeongsan Sin clan was Sin Gyeong () via the Xin sect (). Sin Gyeong was a descendant of Yu Shen (), the son of King Qi of Xia. Hailing from the

Longxi Commandery Longxi Commandery ( Chinese: trad. , simp. , ''Lǒngxījùn'') was a commandery of imperial China in present-day Gansu, named due to its location west of Mount Long (the southern portion of Mount Liupan). Qin dynasty Established by Shi H ...

, Sin Gyeong entered

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as one of the Eight Scholars () of the

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. He passed the

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in 1138 and was appointed as ''Jinzi Guanglu Daifu'' () and ''munha sirang pyeongjangsa'' ( ). Sin Gyeong settled in Yeongchwisan (), in Changnyeong County, where he founded the Yeongsan Sin clan.{{Cite journal , author=Jin Guanglin , author-link=:ja:金光林 (歴史学者) , date=2014 , title=A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names , journal=Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia , volume=5 , via=

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References

Korean clans of Chinese origin Clans based in South Gyeongsang Province

Origin

See also

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