Gong / Gong
The modern Gong surname has about 440,000 people. It is concentrated mainly in Jilin, Liaoning, and Shandong, which together account for about 60% of the total, followed by Hebei, Qinghai, and Heilongjiang.
Accounts of the Gong surname include descendants of the ancient state of Gong, descendants of the Yu official Gong Zhiqi, officials in charge of palace gates who adopted an hereditary office surname, and branches formed from Nan'gong, Gongjia, or Mongolian surnames. Descendants of Gong Zhiqi are regarded as the main body of the surname.
The Gong surname was present in Shandong by the Qin-Han period. Gong Chong lived in Langya in the Eastern Han, while Gong Yanhé, Gong Yanqing, and Gong Jingshou are recorded in the Northern and Southern Dynasties; the Southern Song period had the Jiaodong commander Gong Yi.
The Gong surname has Hedong and Taiyuan as commandery origins. Its hall names include Hedong Hall, Taiyuan Hall, Zhongjian Hall, and Dunben Hall; Hedong Hall and Taiyuan Hall were named after the commanderies.
A branch associated with Gong Zhiqi moved from the state of Gong to Yu, and after Yu fell, moved to Cao. Later descendants spread along the Shanxi-Henan-Hebei-Anhui corridor. Jiaodong is the largest settlement area and has the largest Gong population.
Nine Gong genealogy records are listed, covering Jinghai in Hebei, Taizhou in Jiangsu, Dongguang in Hebei, and Jimo, Qixia, Muping, and Cang County in Shandong. The Taizhou genealogy was published in the fifth year of Guangxu, and the four-volume Gong genealogy in the twenty-third year of the Republic of China.
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