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Jangheung Wi clan

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Jangheung Wi clan
CountryKorea
Current regionJangheung County
FounderWi Gyeong [ja]
Connected membersWi Ha-joon
Wi Seo-yeong
Michelle Wie
Wi Seong-gon
Websitehttp://jhwi.or.kr/

Jangheung Wi clan (Korean장흥 위씨; Hanja長興 魏氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Jangheung County, South Jeolla Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Jangheung Wi clan’s member was 30450. Wi clan was a kind of naturalized clan in Tang dynasty. Their founder was Wi Gyeong [ja], his ancestry can be traced back to the ruling family of state of Wei. Emperor Taizong of Tang send him as one of the Eight Scholars (Hanja: 八學士) because Queen Seondeok in Silla appealed to send scholars to Tang dynasty in 638. After Wi Gyeong [ja] went to Silla, he was appointed as a Minister or Secretary (尚書, shàngshū). Then, he founded Jangheung Wi clan.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Academy of Korean Studies 장흥위씨 長興魏氏. 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: 18 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.
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