Miryang No clan

Miryang No (Korean: 밀양 노씨; Hanja: 密陽 魯氏), [lower-alpha 1] is one of the Korean clans, with its Bon-gwan related to Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.[2]

Miryang No clan
CountryKorea
Current regionMiryang
FounderLu Zhonglian

Genealogy

The clan's founder was Lu Zhonglian who belonged to the Qi (state) and is recorded to have been active during the Spring and Autumn period, China.[lower-alpha 2] As per Guanglin (2014), "...the Hamyŏl-Namgung clan, T’aean-Kyŏng clan, Ponghwa-Kŭm clan, Miryang-No clan, T’osan-Kung clan, and others are said to descend from followers of Kija. The founders of these five clans were all men of the Koryŏ dynasty."[4]

According to the year 2000 census conducted by the Korean National Statistical Office, the size of the Miryang No clan was 1268.[2]

Notes
  1. The surname "No" is also variously written as "Nho" or "Noh".[1]
  2. In the Records of the Grand Historian, (Shiji), written by the Han dynasty historian Sima Qian, chapter 83 in the section on biographies – titled Liezhuan – is dedicated to describe the life of Zhonglian.[3]

See also

References
  1. Zwetsloot, Jacco (12 April 2009). "Everything you ever wanted to know about Korean surnames". korea.net. Korean Culture and Information Service. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
  2. Academy of Korean Studies 밀양노씨 密陽魯氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
  3. Shiji 史記 “Biography of Lu Zhonglian” (Lu Zhonglian zhuan 魯仲連傳): 周烈王崩 齊後往 周怒赴於齊曰 天崩 地坼 天子下度 東蕃之臣 因齊後至 則斮
  4. Jin Guanglin (2014). A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names (PDF). Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia Vol.5, Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.p17
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