Taewon Seonu clan

Taewon Seonu clan
CountryKorea
Current regionTaiyuan
FounderSeonu Jeong [ja]
Connected membersSunwoo Eun-sook
Sunwoo Jae-duk
Sunwoo Hwi
Sunwoo Jin
Gija

The Taewon Seonu clan (Korean: 태원 선우씨; Hanja: 太原 鮮于氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China. Taiyuan, Shanxi was Gija’s hometown. According to the census held in 2000, the number of the Taewon Seonu clan was 3560. Gija appointed Song, his oldest son, Song of Gojoseon, and Jung, his second son, Usan after he founded Gija Joseon. Then, Jung’s descendant changed their surname to Seonu. He named “Seonu clan” (鮮于) using one of the words of Joseon (朝鮮) and Usan (于山国). Gi Yang was Gija's 48 th descendant. The history of Seonu clan began after Gi Yang entered South Pyongan Province, and his son named Seonu Jeong [ja] was the founder of Seonu clan of Taewon.[1][2]

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References

  1. ^ Academy of Korean Studies 태원선우씨 太原鮮于氏. 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: 16 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.