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Imcheon Lee clan

Korean clan from South Chungcheong Province From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Imcheon Lee clan (Korean: 임천 이씨; Hanja: 林川 李氏) is a Korean clan. Their bon-gwan is in Buyeo County, South Chungcheong Province. According to the census in 2000, the number of members in South Korea was 704.[citation needed] Their founder was Yi Hyŏn. He was an Uighur and was naturalized at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty. After visiting Nanjing as an interpreter for Goryeo, he was given territories in Imcheon as a reward, and began the Imcheon Lee clan.[1]

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