Musong Yu clan () is one of the Korean clans in both North and South Korea. Their Bon-gwan is in

Gochang County Gochang County (''Gochang-gun'') is a county in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is a rural area, and is home to only one institution of higher education: Gochang Polytechnic College. Notable people from Gochang include the 20th-century ...

, North Jeolla Province. According to household researches held in 2000, the number of Musong Yu amounted to 12,464 individuals. The Yu clan traces back their lineage to the Pyeongsan Yu Clan, a prominent clan of Goguryeo origins during the Later Three Kingdoms of Korea and the Early-mid era of Goryeo. Their founder was who is known to be one of the most famous generals during the

Goryeo Dynasty 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 ...

in his role of supporting

Taejo of Goryeo Taejo of Goryeo (31 January 877 – 4 July 943), also known as Taejo Wang Geon (; ), was the founder of the Goryeo dynasty, which ruled Korea from the 10th to the 14th century. Taejo ruled from 918 to 943, achieving unification of the Later Three ...

and making an achievement in unifying of the Three Koreas by crushing the Later Baekje armies led by Gyeon Hwon. According to legends, his ancestor was Yu Sun-yoo, who was said to be a

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immigrant from Eastern Jin that settled in

Goguryeo Goguryeo (37 BC–668 AD) ( ) also called Goryeo (), was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of Northeast China. At its peak of power, Goguryeo controlled most ...

during the 4th century because he fell in love with the sight of nature in Korea. However, like all other Korean clans that claim false Chinese ancestry, this is likely to be false.

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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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