Geochang Yoo clan

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Geochang Yoo clan
CountryKorea
Current regionGeochang County
Founder [ja]

Geochang Yoo clan (Korean: 거창 유씨; Hanja: 居昌 劉氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Geochang County, South Gyeongsang Province. According to the research held in 1985, the number of Geochang Yoo clan’s member was 32790. Their founder was  [ja] who was 41 th children of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Song dynasty’s first emperor.  [ja] was good at Neo-Confucianism and writing.  [ja] worked as the minister of defense (兵部尚書, Bingbu Shangshu), a government post, in Song dynasty and entered Goryeo as one of Eight Scholars (hanja: 八學士) in 1082. Then, he was settled in Gyeongsang Province.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Academy of Korean Studies 거창 유씨 居昌劉氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
  2. ^  [ja] (2014). A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names (PDF). Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia Vol.5 .CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)p21

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