Yeongsan Sin clan
# Yeongsan Sin clan

The Yeongsan Sin clan or Yeongsan Shin clan (Korean: 영산 신씨; Hanja: 靈山 辛氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan (clan location) is in Changnyeong County, South Gyeongsang Province. According to some of the most recent research as of 2015, the number of members in the Yeongsan Sin clan was 187426.

## Origin

The founder of the Yeongsan Sin clan was Sin Gyeong (辛鏡) via the Xin sect (莘氏). Sin Gyeong was a descendant of Yu Shen (于莘), the son of King Qi of Xia. Hailing from the Longxi Commandery, Sin Gyeong entered Goryeo as one of the Eight Scholars (八學士) of the Northern Song Dynasty. He passed the Imperial examination in 1138 and was appointed as Jinzi Guanglu Daifu (金紫光祿大夫) and munha sirang pyeongjangsa (문하시랑평장사). Sin Gyeong settled in Yeongchwisan (靈鷲山), in Changnyeong County, where he founded the Yeongsan Sin clan.

