Cheongju Yang clan

Cheongju Yang clan (Korean: 청주 양씨; Hanja: 淸州 楊氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Cheongju Yang clan’s member was 38161. Their founder was Yang Gi [ja] who was a 43 th descendant of Yang Zhen [zh] in Han dynasty. When Yang Gi was a Jinzi Guanglu Daifu (Hanja: 金紫光祿大夫), Princess Noguk had a marriage to an ordinary person planned by Gongmin of Goryeo. Because of this, Yang Gi entered Goryeo as a fatherly master of the Queen. Yang Gi became Gongsin (Hanja: 功臣) because he made a lot of contribution to diplomacy in Goryeo and Yuan dynasty. Yang Gi’s descendant founded Cheongju Yang clan and made Cheongju, Cheongju Yang clan’s Bon-gwan.^[1][2]

Cheongju Yang clan
Country	Korea
Current region	Cheongju
Founder	Yang Gi [ja]
Connected members	Yang Hee-kyung Yang Byung-yeol Imperial Consort Boknyeong Gwi-in Yang Seung-ho Yang Ji-won (singer) Yang Jin-sung

See also

• Korean clan names of foreign origin

References

1. Academy of Korean Studies 청주양씨 淸州楊氏. Academy of Korean Studies.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. Jin Guanglin [in Japanese] (2014). "A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names" (PDF). Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia. 5: 21 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.

External links

• Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.