Haepyeong Gil clan

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Haepyeong Gil clan
CountryKorea
Current regionGumi, North Gyeongsang
FounderGil Dang [ja]
Connected membersGil Jae
Gil Seon-ju
Kil Yong-woo
Gil Young-ah
Gill (musician)

The Haepyeong Gil clan (Korean해평 길씨; Hanja海平 吉氏) is a Korean clan. Their bon-gwan is in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province. According to research conducted in 2015, there were 35,823 members of the Haepyeong Gil clan. Their founder was Gil Dang [ja], one of the 'Eight Scholars' (Hanja: 八學士) that emigrated to Goryeo from Song China.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Academy of Korean Studies 해평길씨 海平吉氏. 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: 18 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.

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