순흥 안씨(順興 安氏) — The house that produced the great Goryeo scholar Hoeheon An Hyang, said to be the representative distinguished house among the An surname.
Population — approx. 520,384 (2015 Census, Statistics Korea)
About the 순흥 안씨 clan
The house that produced the great Goryeo scholar Hoeheon An Hyang, said to be the representative distinguished house among the An surname. In the 2015 Census the 순흥 안씨 clan numbered about 520,384 people, one of Korea's major surnames and clans. Even among people surnamed 안, a different clan seat (bon-gwan, 순흥) means a different lineage. New to these terms? See the bon-gwan, pa & hangnyeol guide.
Main branches (派)
Three lines: Yeong-yu, Yeong-rin, and Yeong-hwa
Branch divisions vary by lineage and jokbo; confirm your own branch in your family's records.
Notable figures
안자미(founder of the Sunheung An clan), 안향, 안중근, 안창호
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순흥 안씨 — Independence patriots
순흥 안씨 figures recognized as independence patriots (National Independence Hall / Gonghun public data). Tap a name for the citation.
The Sunheung An clan (順興 安氏) has its ancestral seat in Sunheung, Yeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. Its founder An Ja-mi (安子美) is said to have served as Heungwiwi Boseungbyeoljang in the Goryeo period; settling in Sunheung, his descendants took it as their ancestral seat.
An Hyang, Founding Father of Neo-Confucianism
The representative figure of the Sunheung An clan is the founder's great-grandson Munseonggong An Hyang (安珦). He first introduced Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism from the Yuan dynasty and is revered as the founder of Korean Neo-Confucianism; he was the first Korean scholar to be enshrined in the Confucian shrine. Thereafter the Sunheung An clan continued as a distinguished house that produced many scholars and civil officials through Goryeo and Joseon.
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