Hongcheon Pi clan | |
Country: | Korea |
Region: | Hongcheon County |
Connected Members: | Pi Chun-deuk |
Hongcheon Pi clan was one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan was in Hongcheon County, Gangwon Province, South Korea. According to the research in 2000, the number of Hongcheon Pi clan was 1143. Their founder was . He was a Jinwu Guard Commander in Yuan dynasty. He was dispatched as a special envoy during Chungnyeol of Goryeo’s reign in Goryeo. After that, he was naturalized and began Hongcheon Pi clan because Pi In seon, a eldest brother of, was chosen as Prince of Hongcheon .[1]