Paju Yeom clan
Sangsan Lee clan | |
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Country | Korea |
Current region | Paju |
Founder | |
Connected members | Yeom Sin-Bi Yeom Ki-hun Yeom Kyung-yup Yeom Han-woong Andrew Yeom Soo-jung Yeom Dong-jin Yeom Sang-seop |
Website | http://www.pajuyom.kr/ |
Paju Yeom clan (Korean: 파주 염씨; Hanja: 坡州 廉氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Paju Yeom clan was 63350. Their founder was . He was Chinese, and he settled in Paju, Silla to avoid confliction in Later Tang. He supported Taejo of Goryeo, contributed to unifying three Korean dynasties and appointed as High Merit Minister (hanja: 壁上功臣).[1][2]
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- ^ Academy of Korean Studies 파주염씨 坡州廉氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
- ^ 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)p18 (2014).
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