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Gokbu Gong clan

Gokbu Gong clan

Korean clan from Qufu, China

The Gokbu Gong clan (Korean: 곡부 공씨; Hanja: 曲阜 孔氏) is one of the Korean clans originally from China. Their Bon-gwan (Korean: 본관; Hanja: 本貫) are in Qufu, Shandong in China, which was also Confucius's birthplace.[1][2] Qufu is known as Gokbu (Korean: 곡부) in Korean. According to the South Korean 2000 census, the number of individuals identifying with the Gokbu Gong clan was 74,135. The apical ancestor of the clan was Confucius.

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In 1351, Kong Shao (孔紹, 1304-1381; known as 공소 [Gong So] in Korean), claimed to be one of the Duke Yansheng Kong Huan's (孔浣, 53rd generation descendant of Confucius) sons, and was naturalized in Goryeo as a fatherly master of Princess Noguk, who married an ordinary civilian, which was planned by Gongmin of Goryeo at the Yuan dynasty's Hanlin Academy. Kong Shao became a Menxia Shilang (Hanja: 門下侍郎) and was granted lands in the Changwon area. He subsequently became a middle founder of the Gokbu Gong clan.[1]

As of 2009, the 5th edition of the Kong Family Tree (孔子世家譜) recorded the genealogy of Gokbu Gong clan, called Goryeo branch (Korean: 고려파; Hanja: 高麗派). The Goryeo branch is listed in the last two out of 80 volumes of the Kong Family Tree, and it is the only recorded foreign branch of Kong family.[3][4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Doosan Encyclopedia 공 孔. Doosan Encyclopedia.
  2. [2]
    곡부공씨어촌공파보 曲阜孔氏漁村公派譜, 1936, 卷1-7
  3. [3]
    Qin, Amy (19 September 2016). "For Confucius and His Descendants, a Cultural Comeback". The New York Times.
  4. [4]
    孔德墉, 孔子世家譜續修工作協會, ed. (2009). 《孔子世家譜》 (79-80 ed.). 文化艺术出版社. ISBN 9787503937897.
  5. [5]
    곡부공씨세보 曲阜孔氏世譜
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