Pyeongtaek Im clan (Korean평택 임씨; Hanja平澤 林氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Pyeongtaek Im clan's member was 225872. Their founder was Im Pal geup [ja] who was a Hanlin Academy in Tang dynasty. He was naturalized in Silla as one of the Eight Scholars (Hanja: 八學士) in Tang dynasty.[1][2]

gwangju Cho clan
CountryKorea
Current regionPyeongtaek
FounderIm Pal geup [ja]
Websitehttp://ptl.or.kr/

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References

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  1. ^ Academy of Korean Studies 평택임씨 平澤林氏. 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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