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Gyeongju Ping clan
CountryKorea
Current regionGyeongju
FounderPing Yeo gyeong [ja]

Gyeongju Ping clan (Korean경주 빙씨; Hanja慶州 氷氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. According to the research held in 2000, the number of Gyeongju Ping clan’s member was 722. Their founder was Ping Yeo gyeong [ja] who was from Ming dynasty. Ping Yeo gyeong [ja] passed Imperial examination and worked as Grand Scholar of Wenyuan Cabinet (Hanja: 文淵閣大學士) and munha sirang pyeongjangsa (문하시랑평장사; 門下侍郞平章事). After that, when Ping Yeo gyeong [ja] worked as Hanlin Academy, he went to Joseon and was naturalized in Korea. Sejo of Joseon treated Ping Yeo gyeong [ja] as a national guest and appointed him as Prince of Gyeongju. Sejo of Joseon also gave a government post named Ijo (이조, 吏曹) and Seungji to Ping Yeo gyeong [ja].[1][2]

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References

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  1. ^ Academy of Korean Studies 경주빙씨 慶州冰氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
  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: 23 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.
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