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1. Comes from the surname Ji. Ji Jin, the crown prince of Zhou Ling Wang, made the king furious because of his outspoken advice. He was deposed as a commoner and moved to Langya (today's Jiaonan area, Shandong Province), where he thrived for generations. Because they were originally from a royal family, the world called them the "Wang family", and they continued to use the surname Cheng. There was also Bi Gonggao, the fifteenth son of King Wen of Zhou. His descendants were scattered in the Jingzhao and Hejian areas for some reasons. Because they were originally from the royal family, they called themselves Wang. The surname was inherited unchanged by later generations and gradually became a popular surname.
2. The surname Gui comes from the ancient emperor Yu Shun, who lived in the Beihai and Chenliu areas. It is derived from the descendants of ancient kings and has the surname Wang.
3. It comes from the surname Zi and is a descendant of Chengtang. At the end of the Yin Dynasty, Prince Bigan, the elder brother of King Zhou, was killed for admonishing King Zhou and was buried in Jijun. His descendants lived there to guard the tomb. Because it originated from the royal family, the surname was changed to Wang.
4. Comes from the surname Tian. In 368 BC, Tian He replaced the surname Jiang as the monarch of Qi. It was called "Tian's generation of Qi" in history. It was passed down to eight kings and was destroyed by Qin. Their descendants were deposed as common people. One of them considered themselves the royal family of Qi, so they Take Wang as the surname.
5. It comes from after Wei Xianzi in the Spring and Autumn Period. The three families of Han, Zhao and Wei were divided into Jin and each became king. The later Wei Dynasty died in Qin, and its royal family took refuge in various places. Because many of them were descendants of the king of Wei, they changed their surname to Wang. For example, Wei Wuji, Lord of Xinling, took refuge in Mount Tai, entered the Western Han Dynasty, and was named Lord of Lanling. Later, he claimed that he came from a noble family and changed his surname to Wang.
6. It comes from Yan Taizi Dan. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and established himself as the emperor. Prince Dan's great-great-grandson named Jia presented a talisman and was favored by Wang Mang. He was given the surname Wang, the same as the emperor. In history, many people were given the surname Wang, and their descendants also took Wang as their surname.
7. From ethnic minorities. According to "Tongzhi. Clan Brief": "Those with the Wang surname who came out of Henan were the Kepin clan; those who came out of Fengxu were the Xiner clan; those who came out of Yingzhou were from Gaoli; those who came from Andong were from the Ke Shibu clan. These are all kings with the surname, and most of them will be named Wang after the king."
8. Those who changed their surname to Wang. For example, Wang Sengbian, a Liang general in the Southern Dynasties, was originally from the Xianbei tribe and his surname was Wuwan, but he later changed his surname to Wang; in the Sui Dynasty, there was Wang Shichong, who was originally from the Hu branch of the Western Regions. After entering the Central Plains, he also changed his surname to Wang; in the Five Dynasties, Liu After leaving Fei, he changed his name to Wang Baoyi, and his descendants adopted the surname Wang; some of the Manchu Wanyan clan changed their surname to Wang; and the Mongolian Yelu clan also changed their surname to Wang.
My surname is Wang too...what a fate...