Yeonan Yi clan
CountryKorea
Current regionYeonan, Hwanghae Province
FounderYi Mu [ja]
Connected membersLee Yeon-hee
Lee Chung-ah
Lee Deok-hwa
Websitehttp://www.realmani.com/

The Yeonan Yi clan (Korean연안 이씨; Hanja延安 李氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their bon-gwan is in Yeonan County, Hwanghae Province, now in North Korea. According to the census held in 2015, the number of Yeonan Yi 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 Yi clan of Yeonan after he was naturalized in Silla.[1][2]

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References

  1. ^ Doosan Encyclopedia 연안이씨 延安李氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.
  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.