Gimhae Heo clan

Gimhae Heo clan
CountryKorea
Current regionGimhae, Busan
FounderHeo Yeom (許琰)
Connected membersHuh Kyung-young
Heo Sung-tae
Heo Kyung-hwan
Hur Nam-sik
Heo Jeong
Huh Chang-soo
Heo Hwang-ok
Hyun Jin-young

The Gimhae Heo clan (Korean: 김해 허씨; Hanja: 金海 許氏) is a Korean clan. This clan traces their origin to King Suro and his legendary Queen Heo Hwang-ok, who are mentioned in the 13th-century Korean chronicle Samguk Yusa.[1][2] King Suro was the founder of Gaya confederacy.[1][3] According to a 2015 survey, the population of Gimhae Heo clan is 134068.[3]

The founder of Gimhae Heo clan, a 35th descendant of Queen Heo Hwang-ok and King Suro, was Heo Yeom [ja] who served in the court of King Munjong of Goryeo. He was appointed as the Prince of Garak / Gaya (Hanja: 駕洛君).[3]

More than six million present day Koreans, especially from the Gimhae Kim clan, the Gimhae Heo clan and the Incheon Lee clan associate their ancestry to royal family of Gaya,[3] and these clans place restrictions on marriage with each other due to the shared ancestors. Today, the Gimhae Kim clan is the largest clan group among them.[3]

The Gimhae Heo clan and Incheon Lee clan, descended from the two sons of King Suro who used their mother's Queen Heo Hwang-ok's surname, instead of their father's. According to Samguk Yusa, Queen Heo Hwang-ok became the wife of King Suro of Geumgwan Gaya at the age of 16, after having arrived in Gaya confederacy in Korea in the year 48 AD by boat from a distant kingdom called "Ayuta",[1][4][5][6][7] making her the first queen of Geumgwan Gaya. Her native kingdom is believed to be located in India by some, there is however no mention of her in any pre-modern Indian sources.[7] There is a tomb in Gimhae in Korea, that are believed by some to be of King Suro and Queen Heo,[8] and a memorial of Queen Heo Hwang-ok in Hindu holy city of Ayodhya in India.[1][9][10]

  1. ^ a b c d "Korean memorial to Indian princess". BBC News. 6 March 2001.
  2. ^ [1], Times of India, Jul 19, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e Academy of Korean Studies 김해김씨 金海金氏. Academy of Korean Studies.
  4. ^ No. 2039《三國遺事》CBETA 電子佛典 V1.21 普及版 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Taisho Tripitaka Vol. 49, CBETA Chinese Electronic Tripitaka V1.21, Normalized Version, T49n2039_p0983b14(07)
  5. ^ Kim Choong Soon, 2011, Voices of Foreign Brides: The Roots and Development of Multiculturalism in Korea, AltairaPress, USA, Page 30-35.
  6. ^ Il-yeon (tr. by Ha Tae-Hung & Grafton K. Mintz) (1972). Samguk Yusa. Seoul: Yonsei University Press. ISBN 89-7141-017-5.
  7. ^ a b "Korean memorial to Indian princess". BBC News. 3 May 2001.
  8. ^ Kwon Ju-hyeon (권주현) (2003). 가야인의 삶과 문화 (Gayain-ui salm-gwa munhwa, The culture and life of the Gaya people). Seoul: Hyean. pp. 212–214. ISBN 89-8494-221-9.
  9. ^ "UP's Faizabad district to be known as Ayodhya, says Yogi Adityanath". 6 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Site for Heo Hwang-ok memorial in Ayodhya finalised". 2 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.