The Kaesong Ro clan (Korean개성 로씨; Hanja開城 路氏) is a Korean clan. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Ro clan of Kaesong's members was 2,232. Ro clan came from a Chinese clan. Ro clan was made because Chinese Empire appointed Chinese Empire's descendant as Ro [zh]. Ro clan of Kaesong's founder was Ro Eun gyeong [ja] who was Yuan dynasty's Hanlin Academy. Ro Eun Gyeong entered Goryeo as a fatherly master of Princess Noguk who had a marriage to an ordinary person planned by Gongmin of Goryeo in Goryeo and was settled in Kaesong.[1][2]

Ro clan of Kaesong
CountryKorea
Current regionKaesong
FounderRo Eun gyeong [ja]

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  1. ^ Doosan Encyclopedia 노 路. Doosan Encyclopedia.
  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: 21 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.
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