Cheongju Yang clan

Cheongju Yang clan (Korean: 청주 양씨; Hanja: 淸州 楊氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Cheongju Yang clan’s member was 38161. Their founder was Yang Gi (ja) who was a 43 th descendant of Yang Zhen (zh) in Han dynasty. When Yang Gi was a Jinzi Guanglu Daifu (Hanja: 金紫光祿大夫), Princess Noguk had a marriage to an ordinary person planned by Gongmin of Goryeo. Because of this, Yang Gi entered Goryeo as a fatherly master of the Queen. Yang Gi became Gongsin (Hanja: 功臣) because he made a lot of contribution to diplomacy in Goryeo and Yuan dynasty. Yang Gi’s descendant founded Cheongju Yang clan and made Cheongju, Cheongju Yang clan’s Bon-gwan.^[1][2]

Cheongju Yang clan
Country	Korea
Current region	Cheongju
Founder	Yang Gi (ja)
Connected members	Yang Hee-kyung Yang Byung-yeol Imperial Consort Boknyeong Gwi-in Yang Seung-ho Yang Ji-won (singer) Yang Jin-sung

See also

• Korean clan names of foreign origin