gōng 公

### Migration and Distribution (Lacking information) The Gong surname is not ranked among the top 100 surnames in the Chinese Hundred Family Surnames both on the Chinese mainland and in Taiwan. The Gong surname originated from the Ji surname. In the late Spring and Autumn Period, the power of the State of Lu fell into the hands of three great ministers, the Jisun, Mengsun, and Shusun families. The duke of Lu became a puppet at their mercy. During the reign of Duke Zhao of Lu, Duke Zhao wanted to eliminate the Jisun family while it was having internal strife. So he, together with his two sons Gong Yan and Gong Wei, united a group of people to attack the Jisun family. Unexpectedly, both the Mengsun and Shusun families came to support the Jisun family. The three families combined forces to defeat Duke Zhao of Lu. Duke Zhao of Lu had no choice but to flee to the State of Qi with Gong Yan and Gong Wei. The descendants of Gong Yan and Gong Wei became the Gong clan. Gong Nai was a litterateur of the Ming Dynasty, from Xingyin (now in Shandong Province). He once served as the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Rites. Later, when he saw that Wei Zhongxian was causing chaos in the government, he claimed to be ill and retired. He advocated that poems should have characteristics of the times and opposed archaism and imitation. Many double - surnames starting with the character "Gong" that appeared in ancient times, some are still in use, while some have no one using them anymore. In the process of historical evolution, most of these double - surnames have been simplified into the Gong surname. Double - surnames containing the character "Gong" include: Gongsuo, Gongwei, Gonghua, Gongshen, Gongmeng, Gongzhi, Gongfu, Gongran, Gongjia, Gonggu, Gongwen, Gongde, Gongliang, Gongsun, Gongche, Gongjin, Gongdu, Gongjian, Gongshan, Gongzu, Gongbin, Gongyi, Gongshu, Gonglian, Gongsi, Gongruo, Gonglin, Gongjian, Gongshi, Gongjing, Gongzhong, Gongzhu, Gongshang, Gongshu, Gongchou, Gongxing, Gongcheng, Gongshi, Gongzu, Gongzheng, Gongming, Gongzi, Gongtu, Gongxiang, Gongniu, Gongyu, Gongqian, Gonggan, Gongqi, Gongqiu, Gongyang, Gongxi, Gonghe, Gongye, Gongwu, Gongxuan, Gongxia, Gongxi, Gongnan, etc. The prominent families of the Gong surname are located in Kuocang County, now Lishui City, Zhejiang Province.