gōng yáng 公羊

Migration and Distribution (Lack of information) The Gongyang surname is not ranked among the top 100 surnames in the Chinese Hundred Family Surnames on the Chinese mainland and in Taiwan. The Gongyang surname originated from the Ji surname. According to "Shang You Lu", the Gongyang clan descends from Gongyang Ruru, a noble of the State of Lu in the pre - Qin period. They derived their surname "Gongyang" based on the rule of "taking the grandfather's name as the clan name". "Tong Zhi · Shi Zu Lue · Taking the Name as the Clan" also records that during the Spring and Autumn period, Gongyang Ruru of the State of Lu was very knowledgeable. His grandson took the two characters "Gongyang" from his grandfather's name as the clan name. The person who made the Gongyang surname well - known is Gongyang Gao, a figure in the Warring States period. It is said that he is the author of "Spring and Autumn Gongyang Zhuan". However, some scholars believe that the "Gongyang Zhuan", one of the three commentaries on the "Spring and Autumn Annals", was initially passed down orally. It was not until the reign of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty that Gongyang Shou, the great - great - grandson of Gongyang Gao, and Hu Musheng (styled Zidu) from the State of Qi wrote it down on bamboo slips so that it could be passed down to later generations. According to the records in "Shang You Lu", the center of the Gongyang clan's reproduction at that time was Dunqiu, which is currently in the southwest of Qingfeng County, Hebei Province.