Hoesan Gam clan explained

Yangsan Jin clan
Country:	Korea
Region:	Changwon
Connected Members:	Kam Woo-sung

Hoesan Gam clan is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province. According to the research held in 2000, the number of Hoesan Gam clan’s member was in 679 households 2113 members out of 4892 total Gam members. Their founder was who was a Hanlin Academy in Yuan dynasty. He entered Goryeo in 1349. He was there as a fatherly master when Princess Noguk had an marriage to an ordinary person planned by Gongmin of Goryeo. He made Hoesan, Hoesan Gam clan’s Bon-gwan and founded Hoesan Gam clan because Gam Cheol, 16 th descendant of, was appointed as Jinzi Guanglu Daifu and became Prince of Hoesan.^{[1] [2]}

See also

• Korean clan names of foreign origin

References

1. Book: Academy of Korean Studies 회산감씨 檜山甘氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
2. Jin Guanglin .

   ja:金光林 (歴史学者)

   . 2014 . A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names . Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia . 5 . . 21.

External links

• Book: Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.