Pyeonghae O clan () was one of the
Korean clans. Their
Bon-gwan was in
Uljin County
Uljin County (''Uljin-gun''; Korean language, Korean: 울진군) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, county in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Before 1963, Uljin was in Gangwon Province (South Korea), Gangwon Province.
It borders ...
,
North Gyeongsang Province. According to the research in 1985, the number of Pyeonghae O clan was 1264. Their founder was . was a descendant of O Hyeon bo () who served as a ''Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi'' (). O Hyeon bo () was a 24th descendant of O Cheom () who came over from
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 ...
to
Silla
Silla or Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE) ( , Old Korean: Syera, Old Japanese: Siraki2) was a Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms of K ...
during
Jijeung of Silla’s reign in Silla dynasty.
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 North Gyeongsang Province