Hyoryong Sagong clan
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| Hyoryong Sagong clan | |
|---|---|
| Country | Korea |
| Current region | Bonghwa County |
| Founder | Sikong Tu |
Hyoryong Sagong clan (Korean: 효령 사공씨; Hanja: 孝令 司空氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Gunwi County, North Gyeongsang Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Hyoryong Sagong clan was 4297. Sagong clan began when Ga Sin (Hanja: 賈辛) accepted Minister of Works (Chinese: 司空; pinyin: Sīkōng), the government post, and got his surname after his post. Their founder was Sikong Tu who worked as minister of rites (禮部侍郎, Lǐbu Shilang) in Tang dynasty during Emperor Xizong of Tang’s reign. He was naturalized in Silla to avoid conflictions.[1][2]
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- ^ Academy of Korean Studies 효령사공씨 孝令司空氏. 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.