The Imcheon Lee clan () is one of the

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. Their

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is in

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. According to the census in 2000, the number of members was 704. Their founder was Yi Hyeon. He was an Uighur and was naturalized at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty. After visiting

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as an interpreter for Goryeo, he was given territories in Imcheon as a reward, and began the Imcheon Yi clan.

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* {{Cite book, author=, date=, title=Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏, publisher= Doosan Encyclopedia, url=http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=1129680&cid=40942&categoryId=31639&mobile Uyghur Khaganate

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