There are four sources of Pang surname:

1. From Ji surname, after Bi Gonggao. According to "Tongzhi? 6? 1 clan slightly "and" a thousand family names check the source "and so on, after Zhou Wenwang's son Bi Gonggao, his branch was sealed in Pang, and later generations took Yi as their surname.

2. It comes from Levin's family and is the descendant of Zhuan Xu, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor. According to the Notes on Hundreds of Surnames, Pang Jiang, one of Zhuan Xu's eight sons, was named after his ancestors.

3. The surname of Pang in Xiangyang is said to be that his family is rich and prosperous, and he likes to be a high-rise house. He is honored by the township party and is called Pang Gaowu. Later, he took Pang as his surname.

4. If you come from another ethnic group or change your surname. According to Hanshu? 6? 1 Wang Mang Biography, there is Pang Tian among the Qiang people in the Western Han Dynasty; Manchu surname in Qing dynasty, living in Gaizhou; In addition, the Manchu Eight Banners in Qing Dynasty changed their surname from Pang Jiashi to Pang; Today, Manchu, Tujia, Yao, Mongolia and other ethnic groups all have this surname.

the surname is ancestor

Bi Gonggao. A famous politician in the early Zhou Dynasty. At the end of Shang Dynasty, Zhou Wenwang's fifteenth son was Gao, who made great achievements with Zhou Wuwang. After the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty, he was responsible for dealing with prisoners held by Shang Zhouwang. He was lenient, rehabilitated many unjust prisons, and commended the heroes who suffered from direct admonition, thus gaining a reputation as one of the "four saints at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty". After being sealed by Zhou Wuwang in the State of Bi, the title was male. The world is known as Bi Gonggao. After the death of King Wu, he was one of the ministers in charge of life. Together with Duke Zhou and Duke Zhao, he assisted the government, which made the economy and culture of the Zhou Dynasty develop greatly and formed a prosperous period of "the rule of Cheng Kang". Bi Gong Gao Zhi Shu was sealed in Pang Xiang, and later generations took the feudal city as their surname, called Pang Xing. Because Bi Gonggao is famous, they respect Bi Gonggao as the ancestor of his surname.

Propagation and Migration

There is no way to test Gupang Township today, and Pang's surname was rare in history books before the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Warring States Period, there was Pang Juan in Wei State, Pang Huoju in Zhao State, and Pang Zhen in Du Ling (now southeast of Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province) in the Western Han Dynasty. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were 16 people named Pang in history, such as Pang Shen and Pang Jun, who were from Henan (now Yanshi), Pang Meng from Shanyang (now Jinxiang, Shandong), Pang Xiong from Ba County (now Chongqing North), Pang Fen from Liaodong, and Pang Degong from Xiangyang (now Xiangfan, Hubei). These historical facts show that before the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Pang people were distributed in Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Hubei, Chongqing, Liaoning and other places. Pang Tong, the nephew of Pang Degong, lived in Shu of the Three Kingdoms, and Pound, a native of Nan 'an Didao (now Longxi, Gansu), came to Shu from his brother Pang Rou. Fufeng (now Fengxiang, Shaanxi Province) was born in Pang Di, and Jiuquan Biao (now Gaotai West, Gansu Province) was born in Pang Gan. It can be seen that Pang's surname has moved to Sichuan, Gansu and other places. During the Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Pang developed rapidly and gradually formed Nan 'an County, Nanyang County, Shiping County and Qiaoxian County. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the above-mentioned counties of Pang surname were still prosperous, and they spread to the surrounding areas as the main source, such as Yulin and Jingyang in Shaanxi, Taiyuan, Daixian and Taigu in Shanxi, Heze in Shandong, Xuzhou in Jiangsu and Shouxian in Anhui, and a Pang surname moved to Quanzhou, Zhejiang. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, due to the proliferation of swordsmen in the Central Plains and the increasing number of people who fled to the south, Pang's surname was more widely distributed in the south, and one of them moved to Guangxi Beiliu, and later developed into a noble family in the local area. It should be pointed out that in the Northern Song Dynasty, Pang Ji, a native of Shanzhou Chengwu (now belonging to Shandong), entered the DPRK as the prime minister, and his descendants became dignitaries, which made Shandong Pang famous for a while. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the surname Pang of Shanxi, as one of the surnames of the Ming Dynasty's big pagoda tree settlers in Hongdong, was moved to Henan, Jiangsu, Hubei, Shandong, Hebei and other places. In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, Zhang Xianzhong Tuchuan, a native of Sichuan, fled to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Soon, Huguang filled Sichuan, which made Pang from Hubei and Hunan live in Sichuan. After the Qianlong period, some people named Pang from Shandong went to the northeast, and some people named Pang from East China and South China crossed the sea to Taiwan, and then spread abroad. Today, Pang surname is widely distributed in China, especially in Shandong and Guangxi, where Pang surname accounts for about 42% of the population of Han nationality in China.

No. of County Lookout Hall

In the long-term process of reproduction, broadcasting and relocation, Pang's surname formed the following county lookings:

1. Shiping County was renamed Fufeng County in Jin Dynasty, and it was located in Huaili (now southeast of Xingping, Shaanxi Province);

2. Nan 'an County, located in Didao (now Longxi, Gansu);

3. Nanyang County, which is located in Wanxian County (now Nanyang, Henan Province);

4. qiaocheng county, which is located in qiaocheng county (now Bozhou, Anhui province).

hall numbers: Yian, Feng Chu, Nan 'an, etc.

clan characteristics

1. Pang surname is one of the ancient Chinese surnames, with a history of more than 4,111 years.

2. Family rules and family instructions encourage future generations. Pang Shangpeng said: "frivolous is serious, extreme is magnanimous, violent is gentle and thick, and tardiness is quick ...".

3. The origin of the hall number is well known. For example, Yi 'antang came from Pang Degong in the later Han Dynasty. Liu Biao said, "If Mr. Wang refuses to accept the official salary, how will he leave his descendants?" Pang Degong said: "Everyone is in danger, and I am alone." Refuse to be an official.