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Hyoryong Sagong clan

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Hyoryong Sagong clan
CountryKorea
Current regionBonghwa County
FounderSikong Tu [ja]

Hyoryong Sagong clan (Korean효령 사공씨; Hanja孝令 司空氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Gunwi County, North Gyeongsang Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Hyoryong Sagong clan was 4297. Sagong clan began when Ga Sin (Hanja: 賈辛) accepted Minister of Works (Chinese: 司空; pinyin: Sīkōng), the government post, and got his surname after his post. Their founder was Sikong Tu [ja] who worked as minister of rites (禮部侍郎, Lǐbu Shilang) in Tang dynasty during Emperor Xizong of Tang’s reign. He was naturalized in Silla to avoid conflictions.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Academy of Korean Studies 효령사공씨 孝令司空氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
  2. ^ Jin Guanglin [in Japanese] (2014). "A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names" (PDF). Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia. 5: 18 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.
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