Pyeongtaek Im clan (Korean: 평택 임씨; Hanja: 平澤 林氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Pyeongtaek Im clan's member was 225872. Their founder was Im Pal geup who was a Hanlin Academy in Tang dynasty. He was naturalized in Silla as one of the Eight Scholars (Hanja: 八學士) in Tang dynasty.[1][2]
| gwangju Cho clan | |
|---|---|
| Country | Korea |
| Current region | Pyeongtaek |
| Founder | Im Pal geup |
| Website | http://ptl.or.kr/ |
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edit- ^ Academy of Korean Studies 평택임씨 平澤林氏. 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: 18 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.