Hyeonpung Kwak clan

Hyeonpung Kwak clan (Korean: 현풍 곽씨; Hanja: 玄風 郭氏) is a Korean clan. Their Bon-gwan is in Dalseong County, Daegu. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Hyeonpung Kwak clan’s member was 166,608. Their founder was Kwak Kyŏng [ja] who was naturalized in Goryeo from Song dynasty. According to the epitaph coming out from Kwak Kyŏng [ja]’s grave in 1930, Kwak Kyŏng [ja] passed imperial examination in 1138, worked as the Vice-Director of the Chancellery (문하시랑평장사; 門下侍郎平章事; munha sirang p'yŏngjangsa) and Grand Master of the Palace with Golden Seal and Purple Ribbon (금자광록대부; 金紫光祿大夫; kŭmja kwangnok taebu), and became Prince of Posan (Hanja: 苞山君). After that, Kwak Kyŏng [ja]'s descendants founded Hyeonpung Kwak clan and made Posan (Hanja: 苞山), Hyeonpung Kwak clan’s Bon-gwan.^[1][2]