Yeongyang Cheon clan
CountryKorea
Current regionNingyang County
FounderCheon Am
Connected membersChun Woo-hee
Song Ji-hyo
Chun Jung-myung
Chun Myung-hoon
Cheon Ho-sun
Chun Ho-jin
Chun Jung-bae
Cheon Sang-byeong
Greg Chun

The Yeongyang Cheon clan (Korean: 영양 천씨; Hanja: 潁陽 千氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Ningyang County, Tai'an, Shandong, China, known as Yeongyang (Korean: 영양) in Korean. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Yeongyang Cheon clan's member was 100014. Their founder was Cheon Am in China. Cheon Am’s 9 th descendant dispatched Cheon Man-ri, a general in Ming dynasty, to Joseon to fight in Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98). Cheon Man ri stayed in Joseon and was naturalized there without returning to his country after the war. Then, he founded the Yeongyang Cheon clan.[1]

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References

  1. Academy of Korean Studies 영양천씨 潁陽千氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
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