Suncheon Do clan

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CountryKorea
Current regionSuncheon
FounderDo Gu won [ja]
Suncheon Do clan
CountryKorea
Current regionSuncheon
FounderDo Gu won [ja]

Suncheon Do clan (Korean: 순천 도씨; Hanja: 順天 陶氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Suncheon, South Jeolla Province. According to the research held in 2015, the number of Suncheon Do clan's member was 829. Do clan was a clan came from Taotang (Hanja: ) in China. Their founder was Do Gu won [ja] who worked as a Jinshi (Hanja: 進士) in Yuan dynasty and entered Goryeo as a fatherly master of Princess Jeguk who had a marriage to an ordinary person planned by Chungnyeol of Goryeo in Goryeo. Then, Do Gu won [ja] was settled in Suncheon and founded Suncheon Do clan.[1][2]

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