Yeongwol Eom clan

Yeongwol Eom clan (Korean: 영월 엄씨; Hanja: 寧越 嚴氏) is a Korean clan.

Their Bon-gwan is in Yeongwol County, Gangwon Province.

Their founder was Eom Im-ui [ja].

Eom Im-ui (엄림의; 嚴林義) was a descendant of Yan Guang, ultimately descended of Zhuang, the 6th King of Chu.

He was dispatched to Silla as an envoy with Sin Gyeong [ja], the founder of the Yeongsan Shin clan, who was sent to Korea by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, during the reign of Gyeongdeok of Silla.