Namyang Hong clan
Namyang Hong clan (Korean: 남양 홍씨; Hanja: 南陽 洪氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, Gyeonggi Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Namyang Hong clan members was 487,488.
| Namyang Hong clan | |
|---|---|
| Country | Korea |
| Current region | Hwaseong, Gyeonggi |
| Founder | Hong Eun yeol |
| Connected members | Hong Chi-jung Hong Sook-ja Hong Soo-hwan Hong Beom-do Namkoong Won |
The Namyang Hong clan is divided into the Tang Hong and the To Hong lineages. Although they share the surname Hong and an ancestral seat in Hwaseong's Namyang-eup, and so are grouped together as the Namyang Hong clan, the two lineages do not share a common first ancestor and are not related.
Tang Hong lineage
The Tang Hong lineage of the Namyang Hong clan claims as its progenitor Hong Cheon-ha, who was dispatched to Goguryeo as a scholar of the Tang dynasty and settled in the same place as a refugee because of upheaval in the Tang dynasty. The founder of this lineage was Hong Eun-yeol, who it is claimed descended from Hong Cheon-ha.[1][2] This claim about Hong Eun-yeol's line of descent from Hong Cheon-ha has not been substantiated.
See also
References
- Doosan Encyclopedia 남양홍씨 南陽洪氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.
- Jin Guanglin (2014). "A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names" (PDF). Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia. 5: 15–43 [19]. hdl:10112/10507. ISSN 1884-5916.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)