Goksan Yeon clan (Korean곡산 연씨; Hanja谷山 延氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in sinpyong County, North Hwanghae Province.[1]

Goksan Yeon clan
CountryKorea
Current regionSinpyong County
FounderYeon Sa Jong
Connected membersYeon Jung-hoon, Yeon Sang-ho
Websitehttps://www.goksan.co.kr/home/index.php

Yeon clan originated from Nanyang Commandery (Hanja: 南陽郡; around present-day Nanyang, Henan), China. Their founder was Yeon Gye ryeong [ja] who served as Menxia Shilang (Hanja: 門下侍郎) and general officer in Goryeo. Yeon Gye ryeong [ja] was from Hongnong Commandery (Hanja: 弘農郡; south of present-day Lingbao City, Henan). Yeon Su chang (Korean연수창; Hanja延壽菖), 7th descendant of Yeon Gye ryeong [ja] became a subordinate of Princess Jeguk who was forced to marry ordinary person by Chungnyeol of Goryeo and was settled in Koksan County. Yeon Ju (Korean연주; Hanja延柱), 11th descendant of Yeon Gye ryeong [ja], appointed as Household Counsellor (Hanja: 光祿大夫) and Sansī Left Messenger (Hanja: 三司左使). Then, he founded Goksan Yeon clan because he was appointed as Count of Koksan.[2][3]

The clan gained notoriety for producing several Korean independence activists during the Japanese colonial era. Yeon Byung-hwan (ko), his younger brother Yeon Byung-ho (ko) and daughter Yeon Mi-dang (ko) were associates of more high-profile figures such as Kim Gu and Ahn Changho and aided their anti-Japanese activities.[4]

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  1. ^ Ungdam-ri, Sangdo-do, Goksan-gun, Hwanghae-do
  2. ^ "The Veritable Records of King Sejong". esillok.history.go.kr. page 9. Retrieved 2023-03-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ 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: 21 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.
  4. ^ "'3대 걸친 항일운동' 증평 곡산 연씨 독립운동사 발간". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 26 February 2016.
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