Guan / Guan
The surname Guan is pronounced guān and is currently relatively common, with distribution in Wuqing of Tianjin and Pingdu of Shandong, among other places. It is found among the Han, Mongolian, Yi, Bai, Tujia, and several other ethnic groups.
One branch of the Guan surname arose from a Zhou-period office: Liu Dinggong Xia, a senior official of Zhou, served as guanshi, and his descendants adopted Guan as their surname.
Another account holds that the Guan surname descended from Shu Yu of Jin in the Zhou period and arose because an ancestor held Wangguan City as a fief.
The Clan Records in the Zheng Tongzhi and Xu Tongzhi include the Guan surname. The Xing shi kao lue quotes the Zuo zhuan to explain that ancient people formed clans from official titles.
The Guan surname's commandery affiliation is Dongyang. Its hall names include Dongyang Hall, Zhongshan Hall, Dunmu Hall, Gongxing Hall, Chongdao Hall, and Shigu Hall.
At the end of the Tang, one branch associated with Guan Ying moved to Shibi in Ninghua, Fujian, because of the Huang Chao disturbances. In the early Ming, Guan families from Shanxi were relocated to Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, and Beijing; in the late Ming and early Qing, Guan families from the two Hu regions moved into Sichuan and Chongqing.
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