| Taewon Kim clan Taiyuan Kim clan | |
|---|---|
| Country | Korea |
| Current region | Taiyuan |
| Founder | Gim Hak-jeung |
The Taewon Kim clan (Korean: 태원 김씨; Hanja: 太原 金氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, also called Taewon in Korean. According to the census held by Korea in 2000, the number of their family was 800, and the population of Taewon Kim clan was 2557. Their founder was Gim Hak-jeung who was appointed as an Inspector-Official (御史) in Fujian during Wanli Emperor’s reign in Ming dynasty. His son named Gim Pyeong (金坪) was naturalized in Korea.[1]
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