The Gokbu Gong clan () is one of the Korean clans originally from China. Their Bon-gwan () are in Qufu,

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, which was also

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's birthplace.곡부공씨어촌공파보 曲阜孔氏漁村公派譜, 1936, 卷1-7
/ref> Qufu is known as Gokbu () in Korean. According to the South Korean 2000 census, the number of individuals identifying with the Gokbu Gong clan was 74,135. The apical ancestor of the clan was

. In 1351, Kong Shao (孔紹, 1304-1381; known as 공소 ong Soin Korean), claimed to be one of the Duke Yansheng Kong Huan's ( 孔浣, 53rd generation descendant of Confucius) sons, and was naturalized in

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as a fatherly master of Queen Noguk, who had an marriage to an ordinary person planned by Gongmin of Goryeo at the

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. Kong Shao became a ''Menxia Shilang'' () and was granted lands in the

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area. He subsequently became a middle founder of the Gokbu Gong clan.

Genealogy

– – – – – – - The dashed lines denote the adoptions

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* {{portalbar, Asia, China, Korea Korean clan names of Chinese origin

Genealogy

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