On the Construction Process of the Surname/Ancestral Seat Descent Groups in Korea as seen through Genealogies

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The uniform application in understanding the characteristics of Korean surname/ancestral seat descent groups of the current concept of 'clan' and 'lineage' when tracing descent from a common ancestor ignores their respective historical construction process. This paper highlights some misleading results of research based on such a uniform application and suggests that certain categories be used rather than one single concept to accommodate the highly particular and complicated construction process of Korean surname/ancestral descent. groups.

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