Iljik Son clan

Korean clan from North Gyeongsang Province

Iljik Son clan

Andong-Son clan

Country| Korea
Current region| Andong
Founder| Son Eung [ja]
Connected members| Masayoshi Son
Website| http://www.iljikson.com/

Iljik Son clan (Korean: 일직 손씨; Hanja: 一直 孫氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province. According to the research held in 2000, the number of members of the Iljik Son clan was 24187. [citation needed]

Their founder was Son Eung [ja] who naturalized from the Song dynasty.[1][2] They included generals such as Son Gan (Hanja: 孫幹) and Son Cheo nul (Hanja: 孫處訥), leader of loyal armies, who beat Toyotomi Hideyoshi who dispatched troops to Korea. Other distinguished military leaders were Son Rin (Hanja: 孫遴), who distinguished himself in the Later Jin invasion of Joseon and Son Jin min (Hanja: 孫必億), who became administrative commissioner of the Security Council.

## See also

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* Korean clan names of foreign origin

## References

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1. ^ 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: 18 - via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.
2. ^ 金相勲「韓国人の起源に関する中高生の意識と『国史』教科書との関係 Archived 2018-10-05 at the Wayback Machine」『Yamagata University 歴史・地理・人類学論集、第13号』2012、p46

## External links

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