Jeolgang Jang clan

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CountryKorea
Current regionZhejiang
FounderJang Hae bin [ja]
Jeolgang Jang clan
CountryKorea
Current regionZhejiang
FounderJang Hae bin [ja]

Jeolgang Jang clan (Korean: 절강 장씨; Hanja: 浙江 張氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Zhejiang, China. According to the research held in 2000, the number of Jeolgang Jang clan’s member was 3300. Their founder was Jang Hae bin [ja] who was from Hang Prefecture, Zhejiang. He was a general and was dispatched to Joseon as a follower of Wu Weizhong working as Ming dynasty general, but he was not able to come back to China because he was shot during Siege of Ulsan. As a result, he was naturalized in Joseon. After that, Jang Hae bin [ja]’s descendant officially began Jeolgang Jang clan and made Zhejiang, Jeolgang Jang clan’s Bon-gwan.[1][2]

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