Sincheon Kang clan () is a

Korean clan 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 ...

from

Sinchon County Sinch'ŏn County is a county in South Hwanghae Province, North Korea. Geography Sinch'ŏn is bordered to the north by Anak (North Korea), Anak, to the west by Samch'ŏn and T'aet'an, to the south by Pyŏksŏng and Sinwŏn, and to the east by Chaer ...

Hwanghae Province Hwanghae Province (''Hwanghae-do'' ) was one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon era. Hwanghae was located in the northwest of Korea. The provincial capital was Haeju. The regional name for the province was Haeseo. History In 139 ...

. According to a census held in 2015, the clan has 52,945 members and in a census held in 2000, the clan had 13,909 families. The ''daedongbo'' (a compilation genealogy book of related clans) of the Sincheon Kang clan claims that Gang Hogyeong was the 67th generation descendant of Gang Hu (), a grandson of King Wen of the

Zhou dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by ...

. However, the historical veracity of that claim cannot be verified. Furthermore, the true progenitor of the Sincheon Gang clan is considered to be Gang Ji-yeon, a 14th generation descendant of Gang Hogyeong, not Gang Hogyeong himself.

Queen Jeonghwa Queen Jeonghwa of the Sincheon Gang clan (, personal name Gang Jin-ui, was the second daughter of Gang Bo-yuk who would become the great-grandmother of Wang Geon, founder of the Goryeo dynasty. As a figure from the Later Silla period, she is the ...

, the great-grandmother of Taejo of Goryeo, was a member of the clan as she was the great-granddaughter of Kang Ho-gyeong, and the granddaughter of Kang Chung. The Sincheon Kang clan eventually had a separate branch that derived from them; the Goksan Kang clan. The Goksan Kang clan was founded in Goksan,

and the progenitor was Kang Seo, who was the 6th great-grandson of Kang Ji-yeon and the father of Kang Yun-seong. Through Kang Yun-seong, his youngest daughter, Queen Shindeok, married

Yi Seong-gye Taejo of Joseon (4 November 1335 – 27 June 1408), born Yi Seong-gye (), was the founder and first ruler of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. After ascending to the throne, he changed his name to Yi Dan (), and reigned from 1392 to 1398. He was ...

and became the second Queen ConsortTechnically, Queen Shindeok is the first Queen Consort as the “first Queen”, Queen Shinui, was posthumously honored as the first Queen Consort of the Joseon Dynasty after her death in 1391; a year before the dynasty was established of

Joseon Dynasty Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and r ...

’s first monarch. According to the 2015 Korean census, the Goksan Kang clan has 29,107 members.

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Korean clan names of Chinese origin * Gang clans {{Korea-stub

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