wáng 王
百家姓 · Bai Jia Xing
Surname Origin
There are many origins of the surname "Wang". Descendants of emperors were called "prince" and "grandson of the king", and then it became a surname. 1. It originated from the surname "Gui". It is said to be the descendants of Emperor Shun in ancient times. The descendants lived in the State of Chen. Tian He, the King of Qi, was one of their descendants. 2. It originated from the surname "Zi". They are the descendants of Prince Bigan during the reign of King Zhou of Shang. 3. It originated from the surname "Ji". They are the descendants of Duke Gao of Bi, the fifteenth son of King Wen of Zhou. Also, Prince Jin, the son of King Ling of Zhou, was demoted to a commoner for remonstrating directly. He moved to Langya (now Jiaonan, Shandong). People called his family "Wang's family", and his descendants also took the surname "Wang". 4. After the Qin Dynasty destroyed the six states, the royal families of the various states fled and scattered for refuge. By the early years of the Han Dynasty, they all changed their surnames to "Wang". 5. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Xianbei people in the Western Wei Dynasty with the compound surname "Kepo" also changed their surname to Wang. 6. The ancient Korean kings had the surname Wang. 7. Some people of the Xiqian Qianger tribe had the surname Wang. 8. It was bestowed as a surname. For example, Jia, the great - grandson of Yan Dan, the Prince of Yan, was bestowed the surname "Wang" during the reign of Wang Mang in the late Western Han Dynasty.
Famous Story
Prince Qiao A mythological immortal. According to "Biographies of Immortals" Volume I - Prince Qiao by Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty: Prince Qiao was Prince Jin, the son of King Ling of Zhou. He liked to play the sheng, making sounds like the cries of a phoenix, and he wandered between the Yi and Luo Rivers. The Taoist priest Fuqiu Gong took him up to Songgao Mountain. More than thirty years later, when people went to look for him on the mountain, they met Bai Liang. Prince Qiao told Bai Liang, "Tell my family to wait for me on the peak of Goushi Mountain on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month." When the time came, he indeed arrived on a white crane and landed on the mountain peak. People could only look at him from afar but couldn't reach him. He waved to the people and then left after a few days. He is also known as Wang Qiao and Prince Jin. Wang Jian (dates of birth and death unknown) A famous general of the Qin State during the Warring States period, from Pinyang (now fifty li northeast of Fuping County, Shaanxi). He served Emperor Qin Shi Huang. He once conquered Zhao, Yan, and Ji. Later, he was slandered by Li Xin and returned home due to illness. After Li Xin's defeat, Emperor Qin Shi Huang adopted Wang Jian's strategy to pacify Jing. Wang Zhaojun (Wang Qiang) (dates of birth and death unknown) A woman from Zigui during the Han Dynasty. She was selected to the palace during the reign of Emperor Yuan. When Chanyu Huhanye came to court and asked for a beautiful woman as his queen, the emperor gave Wang Qiang to him, and she was given the title of Ninghu Yanshi. During the Jin Dynasty, to avoid naming taboos related to Sima Zhao, she was renamed Mingfei. Wang Mang Wang Xizhi (321 - 379) With the courtesy name Yishao, he was from Linyi (now in Shandong) during the Eastern Jin Dynasty and later moved south to Kuaiji. He once served as the Right Army General, so he is commonly known as General Wang of the Right Army. He was skilled in calligraphy. His cursive and official scripts were unsurpassed in ancient and modern times, with "Lantingji Xu" and "Yueyi Lun" being the most famous. Later generations called him the Saint of Calligraphy. Wang Anshi (1021 - 1086) With the courtesy name Jiefu and the self - titled name Old Man Banshan, he was from Linchuan during the Song Dynasty. He was well - read and had a good memory. He was proficient in painting and calligraphy, especially good at poetry, and his literary works were concise. He served as the prime minister during the reign of Emperor Shenzong and carried out political reforms and implemented new laws vigorously. However, due to many opponents, the reforms were not successful. He was enfeoffed as the Duke of Jing and was posthumously given the title of Wen. He wrote "New Interpretations of the Rites of Zhou", "Collected Works of Linchuan", and "Selected Poems of a Hundred Tang Poets", etc. Wang Yangming (1472 - 1528)
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