Wang family

Wang

The Wang surname, one of the Chinese surnames, is mainly derived from the Ji surname, and partly from the Zi surname, the GUI surname and the surname change of ethnic minorities.

The word "Wang" is composed of three horizontal lines and one vertical line. The three horizontal lines represent heaven, earth and man, and the one vertical line runs through heaven, earth and man. This is the only philosophy that heaven, earth and man should belong to "Wang". In ancient times, the supreme rulers of Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties were called "kings". "Wang" as a surname comes from the supreme position of "Wang"; Ji Jin in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is the ancestor of Wang.

The surname Wang established such regimes as Xin, Zhao Han, Qi, Yan, Zheng, Zhao, Qian Shu, Peiping, min, Shu, Anyang, and Koryo. In history, there were 151 prime ministers under the Wang family name.

The first surname in Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty.

According to official data released by the Ministry of Public Security Household Management Research Center in January 2019, the population of Wang surnamed in Chinese mainland reached 101 million 500 thousand in 2018, the largest surname in the country. The surname Wang is also the largest in 16 provinces (autonomous regions and cities) in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Henan, Hainan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Xinjiang.

Historical development

Origin of surname

1、

Prince Jin

Descendants（

Ji surname

(Wang)

Prince Jin, the eldest son of King ZhouLing, was dismissed as a civilian because of direct admonition. His son Zongjing was still in the position of situ in the dynasty. At that time, because he was a descendant of the royal family, he was called the "Wang family", and this family took Wang as their surname. In the early Qin Dynasty, Wang Yuan and Wang Wei, the sons of Wang Li, migrated to Langya in Shandong Province and Taiyuan in Shanxi Province to avoid war

Langya Wang family

、

Wang family in Taiyuan

.

2、

Bi Gonggao

Descendant (surname Ji, surname Wang)

Bi Gong, the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou Dynasty, was granted the title of Bi state. In the spring and Autumn period, Bi Wan, a descendant of Bi Gong, was appointed as the situ of Jin State and was granted the title of Wei state. During the Warring States period, Jin was divided up by Wei, Han and Zhao. After the Qin Dynasty destroyed Wei, Wei Beizi, the grandson of Wei Wuji, a descendant, fled to Mount Tai in Shandong Province. In the early Han Dynasty, Wei Beizi was appointed an official by imperial edict and was granted the title of Lanling county. Because he was a descendant of the Wang family, he called his family "Wang family", and from then on he took Wang as his surname. Historical name“

Wang family in Lanling

”。

3、

King Ping of Zhou

Descendant (surname Ji, surname Wang)

In 51 years of King Zhou Ping's reign, the crown prince died early. After the death of King Zhou Ping, his eldest grandson died

Ji Chi

(the son of Ji Xie's father) but Ji Chi's younger brother

Kylin

He seized the throne and was known as king Huan of Zhou in history. Ji Chi went to Jin State, and his descendants changed their surname to Wang because he was once king. Until the Tang Dynasty, this king with the surname Ji lived in Linyi, Shanxi Province“

Wang family in Linyi

”。

4、

Duke Huan of the Western Zhou Dynasty

woman

Uncovering

Descendant (surname Ji, surname Wang)

Duke Huan Jiefeng was granted in the Royal City, and the ancient city is now in the Royal City Park of Luoyang. Although its fiefdom was small, it was located in the west of the King City of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. After the fall of the state, the descendants moved to Yichuan and zhaoru in Henan Province to live in the royal city and changed their surname to Wang, later known as Wang

Wangcheng Wangshi

.

5、

Bigan

Descendant (surname Wang)

At the end of the Shang Dynasty, King Zhou was licentious and immoral, and Bigan repeatedly committed Yan Qiang's admonition, but was killed. Because Bigan was a prince, his descendants took Wang as their surname. From the pre Qin period to the Han and Tang Dynasties, the surname of Zi Wang lived in Henan Province, forming a famous family

Wang family of Jijun

Later, it spread to Gansu, Shandong, Hebei and Shanxi.

6、

Chen Hugong

Descendants（

Surname GUI

(Wang)

Guiman, a descendant of Emperor Shun, was granted the title of Chen Hu Gong in history. After Chen Wan became an official in the state of Qi, he changed to Tian. After the Qin Dynasty destroyed Qi, Tian Yi, a descendant of the king of Qi, changed his surname to Wang in order to avoid enemies“

Wang family in Yuancheng

He lived in damingzi County, Hebei Province. This Wang surname, with Beihai and Qingzhou as its prefectures, was the founding emperor of the new dynasty

usurper who founded the Xin dynasty

It originated from the Wang family. Other branches:

Wang family in Beihai

(Xiaozong) etc.

7. A descendant of taizidan

（

Ji (Wang)

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and established a new dynasty. Yan Taizi Dan xuansun

Kija

He was favored by Wang Mang and was given the surname of Wang. Historical name“

Wang family in Beijing

(bulk). Other branches:

Wang family in Jixian County

(Xiaozong) etc.

8. Descendants of ethnic minorities

belong to

Change of surname in Chinese

Wang. Today's Manchu, Mongolian, Miao, Qiang, Yi, Dai, Dong, WA, Jingpo, Hani, Tujia, Yugu, Uygur, Li, Gaoshan, Jing, Bai and other ethnic minorities all have Wang's ethnic distribution. Most of their origins are in the Jimi policy implemented by the central government in the Tang, song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties and in the movement of changing the land and returning to the flow It was changed to the Han surname Wang. These Wangs are known in history“

Wild Wang family

”。

9、

never

offspring

Wanyan family is a famous family name of Nuzhen nationality in Chinese history. It once established the Jin Dynasty in the north. After the fall of Jin Dynasty, its descendants scattered all over the country. During the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang gave their surnames "Wang".

10、

Genghis Khan

offspring

Genghis Khan, a descendant of the royal family, lived in seclusion in the Central Plains for 600 years. Now 50000 descendants have changed their surnames to "Wang". In 1982, Wang Cheng's descendants submitted it to the higher authorities and accepted it. Finally, they realized their desire to return to their own family, but what did not change was their surname. Now, the descendants have multiplied to more than 50000.

11、

Zhu Yuanzhang

offspring

The villager surnamed Wang called himself the descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang. After he took out the portrait 600 years ago, the expert's eyes were straight. In a remote area of Henan Province, there are 200 villagers living in a small village. They claim to be descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang, but they don't know their names. Now they all change their surnames to Wang. Many people take out the cultural relics at that time, which confirms that they are indeed descendants of Zhu.

Migration communication

The surname Wang, in the pre Qin, Han and Jin Dynasties, had been the main activity area in North China, and developed rapidly. In the Sui Dynasty, the branches of the Wang family moved to various places. The most important event was that Wang Shenzhi, a native of Gushi, Henan Province, moved to Fujian and established the state of Fujian. He became one of the Five Dynasties and ten states. He was the general founder of the Wang family name in Fujian

Wang family of Kaimin

(Xiaozong). During the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty, this Wang surname began to enter Taiwan, so it was renamed“

Wang family in Fujian and Taiwan

(bulk).

population distribution

During the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), there were about 5.9 million Wang surnames, accounting for 7.7% of the total population, which was the first largest surname in the Song Dynasty. Shandong is the first largest province with the surname of Wang, accounting for 14.7% of the total population with the surname of Wang and 12.7% of the total population in Shandong. The distribution of Wang's family name in China is mainly concentrated in Shandong, Hebei, Sichuan, Henan and Shanxi, which account for about 55% of the total population of Wang's family name, followed by Jiangxi, Shaanxi and Zhejiang, which account for 25.5% of the total population of Wang's family name. There are three large population centers of Wang's surname in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Sichuan.

During the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), it was the first surname in the Yuan Dynasty. Yuan Yida, researcher of Institute of genetics and developmental biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to the internationally recognized research method of surname frequency, collected statistical samples from the literature of Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty found so far, and made statistics according to each person's name, native place or residence, working area and the place indicated in the literature, so as to calculate the national surname frequency at that time The expected distribution frequency of surnames.

During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD), there were about 6.2 million people with the Wang family name, accounting for 6.7% of the total population in China. In the 600 years of song, yuan and Ming Dynasties, the net growth rate of the national population was 20%. The growth rate of Wang's population was much slower than that of the national population. In the 600 years, the total growth rate of Wang's population was only 5%, with a net increase of 300000. In the whole country, the distribution is mainly concentrated in Zhejiang (13.7%), Jiangsu (13.1%) and Shandong (13.1%), which account for about 40% of the total population of Wang, followed by Jiangxi and Shanxi, which account for 17% of the total population. Zhejiang became the first largest province with Wang's surname. In the past 600 years, the surname of Wang in southern China has developed. The population of Wang in Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian has greatly exceeded that of Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, Hebei, Henan and Sichuan, the provinces with the surname of Wang, had already dropped by half. During the song, yuan and Ming Dynasties, the distribution pattern of Wang family changed greatly. The population of Wang family mainly migrated to the southeast, while the population of Wang family in Sichuan mainly migrated to Huguang. The whole country has re formed two large areas of Wang's population, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Hebei and Shaanxi.

By the end of 2018, the population of Wang has reached 101.5 million. In the whole country, the distribution is mainly concentrated in Shandong, Henan and Hebei provinces, accounting for about 28% of the total population of Wang, followed by Sichuan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Shanxi, Hubei, Shaanxi, Zhejiang and Gansu provinces, with another 42% of Wang. Shandong has 10.5% of the total population of Wang, which is the largest province of Wang.

In the whole country, a high ratio of Wang surname districts in the north and a low ratio of Wang surname districts in the south are formed, bounded by the Yangtze River. The Taihang Mountain is the watershed in the north, and the high-density Wang surname area is in the East. In the west, there is a low density area of Wang's surname. The distribution of Wang's family name is very wide, but very uneven.

Wang's surname is distributed in Northeast China, most of Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, most of Henan, Ningxia, Northern Shaanxi, Eastern and western Gansu, Kashi, Xinjiang and most of Hainan. Wang's surname accounts for more than 8.8% of the local population, some of which reach 16%. Its coverage area only accounts for 29% of the total land area, and about 54% of Wang's population lives here .

Other areas north of the Yangtze River, Eastern Qinghai, Northern Xinjiang, Yunnan and Guichuan

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