Gyeongju Bing clan

Gyeongju Ping clan (Korean: 경주 빙씨; Hanja: 慶州 氷氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. According to the research held in 2000, the number of Gyeongju Ping clan’s member was 722. Their founder was Ping Yeo gyeong [ja] who was from Ming dynasty. Ping Yeo gyeong [ja] passed Imperial examination and worked as Grand Scholar of Wenyuan Cabinet (Hanja: 文淵閣大學士) and munha sirang pyeongjangsa (문하시랑평장사; 門下侍郞平章事). After that, when Ping Yeo gyeong [ja] worked as Hanlin Academy, he went to Joseon and was naturalized in Korea. Sejo of Joseon treated Ping Yeo gyeong [ja] as a national guest and appointed him as Prince of Gyeongju. Sejo of Joseon also gave a government post named Ijo (이조, 吏曹) and Seungji to Ping Yeo gyeong [ja].^[1][2]

Gyeongju Ping clan
Country	Korea
Current region	Gyeongju
Founder	Ping Yeo gyeong [ja]

See also

• Korean clan names of foreign origin