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| Yeongyang Gim clan | |
|---|---|
| Country | Korea |
| Current region | Yeongyang County |
| Founder | Gim Chung |
Yeongyang Gim clan (Korean: 영양 김씨; Hanja: 英陽 金氏) was one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan was in Yeongyang County, North Gyeongsang Province. According to the research in 2000, the number of Yeongyang Gim clan was 7462. Their founder was Gim Chung, Bureaucrat in Tang dynasty. He was dispatched to Japan as an embassy, but the ship he rode was wrecked. Then, he was naturalized in Silla. He changed his name to Nam Min (Hanja: 南敏) because he was given "Nam" from the region's name “Runan (Hanja: 汝南)” as a surname from Gyeongdeok of Silla. Seok jung (Hanja: 錫中), a Nam Min (Hanja: 南敏)'s son, was settled in Yeongyang County and began Yeongyang Gim clan using the original clan's name Gim clan.[1]