Yonggang Paeng clan (Korean용강 팽씨; Hanja龍岡 彭氏) was one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan was in Ryonggang County, Nampo. According to the research in 2000, the number of Yonggang Paeng clan was 795. Their founder was Paeng Jeok [ja]. He was from Jiankang, China. He entered Goryeo as a fatherly master of Princess Noguk, an Imperial princess who had a marriage to an ordinary person. He was appointed as Grand Secretariat (Hanja: 內閣學士). Then, he became Prince of Yonggang (Hanja: 龍岡伯). His descendant began Yonggang Paeng clan.[1][2]

Yonggang Paeng clan
CountryKorea
Current regionGwangju
FounderPaeng Jeok [ja]

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Doosan Encyclopedia 팽 彭. Doosan Encyclopedia.
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