Yeosan Song clan


Yeosan Song clan is one of the oldest Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan was in Yeosan, present day Iksan, North Jeolla Province. According to the research in 2015, the number of Yeosan Song clan was 298231. Their founder was. He was a descendant of Song Ju Eun who is the ancestor of the main three Song clans since the Gojoseon days. He became Prince of Yeosan after his great-grandson Song Seung Re "송송례" defeated the last military leader 임유무, who lead the Mushin Government "무신정권" in the Goryeo days and was granted nobility by King Chung Ryeol. There are claims by Chinese scholers that Song Yu Ik was from the Ministry of Revenue during the Tang Dynasty but it seems only the names were the same but the founder of the clan and the mentioned are two different people as the time period does not match and the Yeosan Song chronicles does not mention anything.