Cang / Cang
Cang is a currently uncommon surname found among the Han, Manchu, Daur, and other groups. It is recorded in Gaixian in Liaoning, Xinghe in Inner Mongolia, Xinji and Weichang in Hebei, Taiyuan in Shanxi, Hancheng in Shaanxi, Jiuquan in Gansu, and Laohekou in Hubei. The surname is included in the Zheng Tongzhi: Clan Studies.
The Cang surname has multiple reported origins: descendants of Cang Lin, son of the Yellow Emperor; descendants of Cang Shu, one of the talented sons of Gaoyang; and Daur people who adopted Cang from the clan name Sang'a'er.
The Tongzhi: Clan Studies records: “Descendants of Cang Shu; in the Han, there was Cang Ying, Grand Administrator of Jiangxia, with prominence from Wuling.” The surname records also identify Cang Ying as a Han-period Grand Administrator of Jiangxia.
The Cang surname's commandery is Wuling, corresponding to the present-day Changde area of Hunan. Its hall names include Wuling Hall, Xianyang Hall, and Chuangwen Hall.
The main activity of Cang branches was in present-day Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Shandong. They began expanding southward during the Han and Tang periods, with Wuling as their commandery. Descendants are found today in Shandong, Henan, Guangdong, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Cang Ge was from Yangfan in the Zhou period. Cang Shu was one of the eight talented sons of Gaoyang in antiquity. Cang Jie is traditionally described as the Yellow Emperor's historiographer and the inventor of writing. Cang Ying was a Han-period Grand Administrator of Jiangxia.
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