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{{Short description|Korean nobleman (fl. 10th century)}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Kim (Korean name)|Kim]]||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox Korean name
|hangul=김선
|hanja=金鐥
|rr=Gim Seon
|mr=Kim Sŏn
}}
'''Kim Sŏn''' (943-?; {{Floruit|late 10th century}}) was a minor lord of the early [[Goryeo]] period, and the founder of the [[Eonyang]] [[Kim (Korean name)|Kim]] clan. He was the seventh son of Silla's last king, [[Gyeongsun of Silla|Gyeongsun]], and his mother was the youngest daughter of [[Taejo of Goryeo|Taejo]], founder of the [[Goryeo]] dynasty, [[Princess Nakrang (Goryeo)|Princess Nakrang]].{{ref|seventh}}

As part of Taejo's general policy of incorporating the old leadership of [[Silla]] into Goryeo, Kim Sŏn was given lordship over the Eonyang area. He was eventually given the title of Prince Eonyang (언양군).

His descendants, the Eonyang Kims, included many leading officials of Goryeo.  One of these was [[Kim Pu-sik]], a military leader and [[Neo-Confucian]] intellectual of the 12th century, author of the ''[[Samguk sagi]]''.  As of 2000, just over 38,000 South Koreans claimed descent from Kim Sŏn.{{ref|census1}}

==Notes==
# {{note|seventh}} {{cite web|work=Rootsinfo.co.kr |script-title=ko:김알지계 김씨 |url=http://www.rootsinfo.co.kr/name/n11/n11000.html |accessdate=2006-01-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101114825/http://www.rootsinfo.co.kr/name/n11/n11000.html |archivedate=2006-01-01 }}
# {{note|census1}} {{cite web|work=Korean National Statistical Office |script-title=ko:성씨,본관별 가구 및 인구 |url=http://kosis.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1INOOSB&IDTYPE=3 |accessdate=2006-01-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907003534/http://kosis.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1INOOSB&IDTYPE=3 |archivedate=2006-09-07 }}

==See also==
* [[History of Korea]]
* [[List of Goryeo people]]

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