The Neungseong Gu clan () is one of the

Korean clans Bon-gwan (or Bongwan) is the concept of clan in Korea, which is used to distinguish clans that happen to share the same family name (clan name). Since Korea has been traditionally a Confucian country, this clan system is similar to ancient Chinese ...

. Their

Bon-gwan Bon-gwan (or Bongwan) is the concept of clan in Korea, which is used to distinguish clans that happen to share the same family name (clan name). Since Korea has been traditionally a Confucian country, this clan system is similar to ancient Chinese ...

is in

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. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Neungseong Gu clan’s member was 174,161. Their founder was who exiled himself to

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with , the great-grandchild of

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, because in 1224 he feared for his physical safety when

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was on the verge of destruction by

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.{{Cite book, author={{ill, JIN Guanglin, ja, 金光林 (歴史学者), date=2014, title=A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names, publisher=Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia Vol.5

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, url=http://www.sciea.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/03_JIN.pdf , isbn=p21 Gu Jon-yu was possibly of

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. The origin of Gu Jon-yu has been disputed.

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능성구씨대종회
Korean clan names of Chinese origin Gu clans

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