Yeonan_Yi_clan

Yonan Lee clan

Yonan Lee clan

Korean clan from Hwanghae Province

The Yonan Lee clan (Korean: 연안 이씨; Hanja: 延安 李氏) is a Korean clan. Their bon-gwan is in Yonan County, Hwanghae Province, now in North Korea. According to the census held in 2015, the number of Yonan Lee clan’s member was 164,036. Their founder was Yi Mu [ja]. It is did that around 660, he became a general during the Tang dynasty who came to Silla and eventually went to bring down Baekje. Yi Mu [ja] founded the Yonan Lee clan after he was naturalized in Silla.[1][2]

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  1. [1]
    Doosan Encyclopedia 연안이씨 延安李氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.
  2. [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: 19 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.
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