Kaesong Bang clan

Korean clan

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Kaesong Bang clan

Country| Korea
Founder| Pang Du-hyeon [ja]

The Kaesong Bang clan (Korean: 개성 방씨; Hanja: 開城龐氏) is a Korean clan. According to the census held in 2015, the population of the Kaesong Bang clan was 851. Their founder was Pang Du-hyeon [ja] who was a descendant of Pang I wei. Pang I wei was a general during the Zhou dynasty during the King Xian of Zhou’s reign. Pang Du-hyeon [ja] entered Goryeo as one of the Hanlin Academy when he worked as the government post named zhong shu she ren (simplified Chinese: 中书舍人; traditional Chinese: 中書舍人; pinyin: zhōng shū shè rén) in 1351. At that time, Princess Noguk had a marriage to an ordinary person planned by Gongmin of Goryeo.[1][2]

## 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: 21 - via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.
2. ^ Doosan Encyclopedia 방 龐. Doosan Encyclopedia.

## External links

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