Hyeonpung Gwak clan

Hyeonpung Gwak clan (Korean: 현풍 곽씨; Hanja: 玄風 郭氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Dalseong County, Daegu. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Hyeonpung Gwak clan’s member was 166608. Their founder was Gwak Gyeong [ja] who was naturalized in Goryeo from Song dynasty. According to the epitaph coming out from Gwak Gyeong [ja]’s grave in 1930, Gwak Gyeong [ja] passed imperial examination in 1138, worked as munha sirang pyeongjangsa (문하시랑평장사; 門下侍郞平章事) and Jinzi Guanglu Daifu (Hanja: 金紫光祿大夫), and became Prince of Posan (Hanja: 苞山君). After that, Gwak Gyeong [ja]’s descendant founded Hyeonpung Gwak clan and made Posan (Hanja: 苞山), Hyeonpung Gwak clan’s Bon-gwan. clan’s Bon-gwan.^[1][2]

Hyeonpung Kwak clan
Country	Korea
Current region	Dalseong County
Founder	Gwak Gyeong [ja]
Connected members	Gwak Kyung-keun Gwak Jae-u
Website	http://www.posan.kr/

See also

• Korean clan names of foreign origin

References

1. Academy of Korean Studies 현풍곽씨 玄風郭氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
2. 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.

External links

• Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.