Seongju Hwang clan
Seongju Hwang clan | |
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Country | Korea |
Current region | Seongju County |
Founder |
Seongju Hwang clan (Korean: 성주 황씨; Hanja: 星州 黃氏) is a . Their Bon-gwan is in Seongju County, North Gyeongsang Province. Hwang Rak (hanja: 黄洛), a minister of the Han dynasty, began the Hwang clan in Korea after he was cast ashore when traveling to Vietnam in 28 CE and then naturalized in Silla. Their founder was , who was the 17th descendant of , who themself was a descendant of Hwang Rak and worked as a government post as a great general (hanja: 柱国) during the Goryeo period.[1][2]
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- ^ Academy of Korean Studies 성주황씨 星州黃氏. Academy of Korean Studies.[permanent dead link]
- ^ 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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