1. Dongfang
Dongfang is a very ancient Han surname group. It is not included in the top 300 surnames in mainland China and Taiwan Province. In the Song Dynasty edition of " It is ranked 416th in "One Hundred Family Surnames". "Dongfang" is an ancient surname. As early as ancient times, the ancient emperor Fuxi founded Bagua, and his descendant Sun Zhong was in charge of the Order of Qingyang in the East.
According to ancient books, it is said that when he was born, "out of an earthquake, his position was in the east." That is, according to the Bagua Diagram, it was calculated that he was in the earthquake position, and the earthquake position was expressed as "East". Therefore, he was named "East". Dongfang" is the surname.
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the famous writer Dongfang Shuo, whose real surname was Zhang, was a descendant of Zhang Hui, a son of Shaohao, a descendant of Taihao Fuxi. His mother died of illness within three days of his birth, and his father also died of illness. It had been many days, so the neighbors named him "Dongfang Shuo" based on the day when he was born in the east.
2. Dongli
Dongli is pronounced as dōng lǐ (ㄉㄨㄥ ㄌㄧˇ). Single origin: Originated from the surname Ji, who came from the residents of Dongqian, the capital of the Zheng State during the Warring States Period. It is a surname based on the name of the city. King Xuan of Zhou granted his concubine Ji You to Xianlin and established the Kingdom of Zheng as an earl vassal state. From the 22nd year of Zheng Guo Zhuan to the end of Zheng Kanggong Ji Yi's reign (reigned from 395 BC to 375 BC), the first year of Ji Xi, King Lie of Zhou Dynasty (375 BC).
Hou Aihou of Han, who had been actively engaged in militarism, sent troops to destroy the State of Zheng, and moved the capital of South Korea from Yangzhai (today's Yuzhou, Xuchang, Henan) to Xinzheng, the capital of Zheng (today's Xinzheng, Zhengzhou, Henan). South Korea's territory expanded greatly. The national border includes today's southeastern Shanxi and central Henan. After the Zheng Kingdom was destroyed in Korea, the descendants of the country had the single surname Forty-eight and the compound surname Thirty-six.
3. Nangong
It comes from the surname Ji, from Nangongzi, one of the four friends of King Wen of Zhou Dynasty. It is a surname based on the name of the ancestor. King Wen of Zhou had the famous "Eight Scholars", one of whom was Nangong Kuo. The so-called "Nangongzi, the four friends of King Wen".
According to the Shigu annotation in the historical book "Historical Records·Zhou Benji", it refers to Nangong Kuo. According to textual research, Nangong Kuo was a sage who was one of the four friends of King Wen of the Zhou Dynasty. He was a wise minister when King Wen and his son promoted Zhou and destroyed Zhou. Later, he took Nangong as his surname and was called Nangong's family. The surname Nangong ranks 558th in population, with a population of 13,000.
4. Kitano
Beiye, pronounced běi yě (ㄅㄟˇㄧㄝˇ), is a surname. Origin of the surname: Originating from the official position, it comes from Beiye, a county official in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the surname is based on the official title; it originates from the Khitan tribe, from Shi Mo Yexian, the leader of the Khitan Xi tribe in Beiye Mountain in the north of Saibei during the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and it is based on the name of the city. The surname originates from the Jurchen tribe and comes from the Shui Dada tribe of the ancient Jurchens in Beiye Mountains in the Northern Song Dynasty during the Jin Dynasty. It belongs to the surname based on the name of the city.
5. Nanguo
Nán guō (Nán guō) is a compound surname in China, derived from the surname Jiang, and is named after the location of the place of residence. According to legend, the officials of the same clan as the king of Qi in the Zhou Dynasty lived separately in Dongguo, Nanguo, Xiguo and Beiguo, and each had his or her surname after the place. Guo is the outer city. Those who live in Nanguo take Nanguo as their surname.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Complex Surnames