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百家姓 · Bai Jia Xing

Surname Origin

The origins of the "Hang" surname are as follows: 1. The Hang clan originated from the Kang and Kàng clans. According to "Yuanhe Xingzuan", the San Kang clan was from a town in the State of Wei during the Spring and Autumn Period. The Kàng clan descended from the officials of the San Kang in the State of Wei. Later, there was a person named Kàng Xi who served as the governor of Hanzhong. Then the surname was later transcribed as Hang. 2. It is a surname derived from a place. Legend has it that after Dayu controlled the floods, he enfeoffed the Yu Hang State, which is present - day Yuhang. The descendants of the people in this state took Hang as their surname.

Famous Story

Hang Xu A native of Danyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty. His courtesy name was Boxu. He initially served as the magistrate of Xuancheng, where he achieved remarkable governance results, with no bandits within the territory. Later, he was promoted to the rank of General of the Central Battalion, defeated the enemy in Taishan, and was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Dongxiang. He eventually held the position of the governor of Changsha. Hang Jing A person from the Han Dynasty. His ancestors and descendants all paid attention to self - cultivation, were cautious in their actions, and loved to help the widowed, the lonely, the poor. Later, Hang Hua, the son of Hang Jing, became the governor of Suiyang. People at that time all believed it was the reward for their good deeds. Hang Shijun A native of Renhe, Zhejiang in the Qing Dynasty. He lived from 1696 to 1773, with the courtesy name of Dazong. He was well - read and proficient in poetry and prose. In the first year of Emperor Qianlong's reign (1736), he was recommended for the Special Imperial Examination for Scholars of Great Learning and Talent, and was appointed as a compiler. He eventually held the position of censor. He once collated the Thirteen Classics and the Twenty - Four Histories in the Wuying Palace and compiled Annotations on the Three Rites. He authored works such as Research on the Differences in the Stone Classics, Research on the Differences in Records of the Grand Historian, Explanations and Proofs of the Book of Han, and Collected Works of Daogutang on Poetry and Prose.

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