Mungyeong Jeon clan (Korean문경 전씨; Hanja聞慶 錢氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang Province. According to the research held in 2000, the number of Mungyeong Jeon clan’s member was 5535. Their founder was Jeon Yu gyeom [ja] who worked as Grand Secretariat of Long Tu Court (Hanja: 龍圖閣直學士) in Yuan dynasty. He entered Goryeo as a fatherly master of Princess Noguk who had a marriage to an ordinary person planned by Gongmin of Goryeo in 1351. He worked as Pingzhangshi (Hanja: 平章事) and married Ch'oe Yŏng’s sister. After that, he was settled in Kaesong and his government post reached to Jeongdang munhak (Hanja: 政堂文學). Then, his descendant founded Mungyeong Jeon clan and made Mungyeong, Mungyeong Jeon clan’s Bon-gwan.[1][2]

Mungyeong Jeon clan
CountryKorea
Current regionMungyeong
FounderJeon Yu gyeom [ja]
Connected membersJeon In-hwa

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  1. ^ Academy of Korean Studies 문경전씨 聞慶銭氏. 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: 21 – via Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia.
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