Yeonan Myeong clan

Yeonan Myeong clan () is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Yonan County, Hwanghae Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Yeonan Myeong clan’s member was 27133. Their founder was Ming Yuzhen who founded Empire of Daxia (大夏 "Great Xia") in Sichuan, China in 1362. Ming Sheng was a son of Ming Yuzhen and succeeded Ming Yuzhen’s crown in 1366, but Ming Sheng knuckled under Ming dynasty's Hongwu Emperor in 1371 and was naturalized in Goryeo leading his 27 family members with his mother named Ms.Peng in the following year. Ming Sheng's descendant was called Seochok Myeong clan. Ming Yuzhen was Seochok Myeong clan’s founder, and Sichuanwas Seochok Myeong clan’s Bon-gwan. Their branch family founded Yeonan Myeong clan and made Yeonan Myeong clan’s Bon-gwan Yonan County.

The Chinese Ming Xia emperor Ming Yuzhen's son Ming Sheng was given the noble title Marquis of Guiyi by the Ming dynasty emperor Zhu Yuanzhang after his surrender. Ming Sheng was then exiled to Korea and Zhu Yuanzhang asked the Korean king to treat hi as a foreign noble by giving his descendants and family corvée and taxation exemptions. These were granted by a patent from the Korean king which lasted until the invading soldiers in the Qing invasion of Joseon destroyed the Ming family's patents. The Korean official Yun Hui-chong's daughter married Ming Sheng in March 1373. Ming Sheng was 17 and Chen Li was 21 when they were sent to Korea in 1372 by the Ming dynasty. The Chinese Ming family exists as the Korean clans, Yeonan Myeong clan, Seochok Myeong clan and Namwon Seung clan.

See also 
 Korean clan names of foreign origin
 Seochok Myeong clan
 Namwon Seung clan

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