Yeongsan Shin clan
| Yeongsan Sin clan/ Yeongwol Sin clan | |
|---|---|
| Country | Sin Gyeongsuk |
The Yeongsan Shin clan (
Bon-gwan (clan location) is in Changnyeong County, South Gyeongsang Province
. According to some of the most recent research as of 2015, the number of members in the Yeongsan Sin clan was 187,426.
Origin
The founder of the Yeongsan Sin clan was Sin Gyeong (辛鏡) via the
Northern Song Dynasty. He passed the Imperial examination in 1138 and was appointed as Jinzi Guanglu Daifu (金紫光祿大夫) and munha sirang pyeongjangsa (문하시랑평장사). Sin Gyeong settled in Yeongchwisan (靈鷲山), in Changnyeong County, where he founded the Yeongsan Sin clan.[1][2]
See also
- Foreign clans in Korean
References
- ^ Academy of Korean Studies 영산신씨 靈山辛氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
- ^ 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: 20 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.