Hampyeong Mo clan () is one of the
Korean clans. Their
Bon-gwan is in
Hampyeong County
Hampyeong County (''Hampyeong-gun'') is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.
History
Hampyeong used to be called Jinguk(진국) in prehistoric times, and Mahan in the Samhan age. Mahan consisted of 54 smaller counties, and it is estim ...
,
South Jeolla Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Hampyeong Mo clan was 20644. Their founder was who was from
Hongnong Commandery (弘農郡; south of present-day
Lingbao City
Lingbao (; postal: Lingpao) is a county-level city and the westernmost county-level division of Henan province, China, bordering the provinces of Shanxi to the north and Shaanxi to the west. In ancient times, the Hongnong Commandery was located ...
,
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
),
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. Hampyeong Mo clan worked as minister of civil service affairs (吏部尚書, Hubu Shangshu) and
Four-star rank. When
Yi Cha-gyŏm revolted, Hampyeong Mo clan was dispatched to put down the rebellion. Hampyeong Mo clan made achievements during the rebellion. Hampyeong Mo clan was awarded ''Gongsin'' (), and he was
naturalized
Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen of a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country. It may be done automatically by a statute, i.e., without any effort on the part of the in ...
in
Goryeo
Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificati ...
. After that, ’s son officially began Hampyeong Mo clan, and his descendant made their
Bon-gwan, Hampyeong County because he got the class named ''Pingzhangshi'' () and designated as lord of Hampyeong County.
See also
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Korean clan names of foreign origin
Korean clan names of foreign origin are clans (called bon-gwan in Korean) that claim descent from a progenitor of foreign origin, based on genealogical records.
Authenticity
The ancestral origins of many Korean clan names of foreign origin canno ...
References
External links
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Doosan Encyclopedia
''Doosan Encyclopedia'' is a Korean language encyclopedia published by Doosan Donga (두산동아). The encyclopedia is based on the ''Dong-A Color Encyclopedia'' (동아원색세계대백과사전), which comprises 30 volumes and began to be p ...
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Korean clans of Chinese origin
Clans based in South Jeolla Province