Yeongsan Shin clan

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Yeongsan Shin clan
CountryKorea
Current regionChangnyeong County
Founder [ja]
Connected membersShin Ae-ra
Shin Kuhn
Shin Dong-bin
Shin Kyuk-ho
Shin Seok Jeong
Sin Don

Yeongsan Shin clan (Korean: 영산 신씨; Hanja: 靈山 辛氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Changnyeong County, South Gyeongsang Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Yeongsan Shin clan's member was 187426. Their founder was  [ja] who entered Goryeo as one of the Eight Scholars (hanja: 八學士) in Northern Song Dynasty. He was from Longxi Commandery. He passed Imperial examination in 1138 and was appointed as Jinzi Guanglu Daifu (hanja: 金紫光祿大夫) and munha sirang pyeongjangsa (Korean: 문하시랑평장사; Hanja: 門下侍郞平章事). He was settled in Yeongchwi Mountain (hanja: 靈鷲山) located in Changnyeong County. Then, he founded Yeongsan Shin clan. He got Jeongui (hanja: 貞懿)’s name after his demise.[1][2]

See also[]

  • Foreign clans in Korean

References[]

  1. ^ Academy of Korean Studies 영산신씨 靈山辛氏. 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)p20
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