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Dong surname
Dong surname is an ancient surname, Dong surname There are two theories about the origin: one of them supports the origin very early. It is said that one of the descendants of the Yellow Emperor named Shu'an was granted the title of Shu'an (also called Liao, in today's Tanghe County, Henan Province), and was called Uncle Shu'an. install. Dong's father, the son of Shang Shu'an, tamed dragons for Emperor Shun. He was given the surname Dong by Shun, and was named the Huanlong clan. He was granted the title of Fuchuan (now Dingtao County, Shandong), and his descendants took the surname Dong.
The other branch of the surname Dong appeared in the Zhou Dynasty. According to the "Jijiupian" of the Western Han Dynasty and the "Dialectics of Ancient and Modern Surnames" by Deng Mingshi of the Song Dynasty, in the Spring and Autumn Period, two of the Zhou doctor Xin You The son went to Jin State and was in charge of Jin's classics together with the Ji family. Because his duty was "Dong supervises the history of Jin", he was also called Dong family. During this period, the capital of the Jin State was in Jiang (southeast of today's Yicheng, Shanxi), so the Dong family of this branch came from today's Yicheng, Shanxi.
The descendants of Xin You inherited the post of Taishi of the Jin State. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was the historian Dong Hu. He was not afraid of the powerful and wrote straightly, and was known as a "good history". Dong Yi, the descendant of Dong Hu, was named King Zhai by Xiang Yu in the late Qin Dynasty. His capital was Gaonu (on the east bank of Yanhe River in Yan'an, Shaanxi Province), and his descendants lived in Longxi (the county government is in Lintao, Gansu Province today). Dong Zhongshu in the Western Han Dynasty was a native of Guangchuan (now Zaoqiangdong, Hebei). His great-grandson moved from Guangchuan to Longxi, and his descendant moved to Hedong (the county is located in the northwest of today's Xia County, Shanxi). In addition, during the Han Dynasty, the Dong surname was also distributed in Dingtao and Gaoqing, Shandong, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Ziyang and Deyang, Sichuan, Huangping, Guizhou, Yuyao, Zhejiang, Xiangyang and Zhijiang, Hubei, Fuzhou, Fujian, Yuzhou, Yichuan, Nanyang, Kaifeng, Henan, Fuxian, Xinyang, Lingbao and other places. By the Sui and Tang Dynasties, in addition to the above-mentioned areas, people with the Dong surname also lived in some places in present-day Anhui, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and other provinces.
The "Yuanhe Surname Compilation" of the Tang Dynasty records that the Dong family had four counties: Longxi, Hongnong (today's Lingbao, Henan), Hedong, and Fanyang (today's Zhuozhou, Hebei). In addition, there was Jiyin (now Caoxian County, Shandong). At the end of the Tang Dynasty, some of the Dong family from Gushi (now part of Henan) followed Wang Chao and Wang Shenzhi to Fujian. Before the Ming Dynasty, the Dong family had spread throughout the provinces south of the Yangtze River. Starting from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, members of the Dong family began to immigrate to Taiwan one after another. After that, some of them moved to the Nanyang Islands and some European and American countries and regions.
There are many famous people with the surname Dong in history. In the Western Han Dynasty, there was the philosopher and classics master Dong Zhongshu, who was born in Guangchuan. Emperor Wu adopted his suggestions, which was the forerunner of Confucianism as the orthodoxy in feudal society for more than two thousand years. There is also Dong Xian, a native of Yunyang (now Chunhua, Shaanxi Province). Because of his beauty, he was favored by Emperor Ai. At the age of 22, he became a Grand Sima and controlled the government. His father, younger brother, and father-in-law were all officials and ministers. They had a fortune of tens of thousands and were noble. Overwhelm the imperial court. At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dong Xuan, a native of Chenliuyu (now Yuen Town, Qixian County, Henan Province), was called "Qiang Xiang Ling" by Emperor Guangwu because he refused to bow to the evil; at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo, a native of Lintao, Longxi (now Mengxian County, Gansu Province), led his troops into In Luoyang, he deposed the young emperor and established Emperor Xian. He took Emperor Xian with him and moved west to Chang'an, where he became the grand master. He was later killed by Wang Yun and Lu Bu. During the Three Kingdoms period, Dong He, a native of Nanjun Zhijiang (now part of Hubei Province), worked with Zhuge Liang to assist the Empress of Shu. He served as an official for more than 20 years, and his family had no wealth when he died. His son Dong Yun, the Empress of Shu, served as the minister of Huangmen at that time. Zhuge Liang was trusted by Zhuge Liang, who often rebuked his successor for his faults. There was also Dong Feng, a Hou Guan (today's Fuzhou City, Fujian Province), who was good at medicine and treated people without asking for money. This is why later generations used "apricot forest" to praise doctors. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was Dong Wan, a diplomat who was on an envoy to the Western Regions. In the Tang Dynasty, there were Dong Jin, the prime minister under Dezong, and Dong Tinglan, a qin master. There was a famous painter Dong Yuan in the Southern Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties. In the Liao Dynasty, there was Dong Pangle, the leader of the peasant uprising. There was a dramatist Dong Jieyuan in the Jin Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, there were Dong Bangzheng, a famous anti-Japanese general, Dong Qichang, a famous calligrapher and painter, and Dong Xiaowan, a famous Qinhuai prostitute. There were the writer Dong Shuo in the Qing Dynasty, the painter Dong Bangda, and the general Dong Fuxiang in the late Qing Dynasty. In modern times, there are Dong Biwu, a proletarian revolutionary and one of the founders of the Communist Party of China, Dong Zhentang, one of the leaders of the Ningdu Uprising, and Dong Cunrui, a fighting hero in the Liberation War. It can be said that there are many celebrities with the surname Dong.
Among the top 100 popular surnames in China ranked by population today, the surname Dong ranks 29th.