Guang / Kuang
Guang is a currently uncommon surname, pronounced Guāng. It is distributed today in Huo County of Hebei, Yangquan of Shanxi, Hancheng of Shaanxi, Tacheng of Xinjiang, Lushi and Yima of Henan, Wuchang of Hubei, Guichi of Anhui, Luxi of Yunnan, and Hejiang of Sichuan; the surname occurs among the Han and Lisu peoples.
One account traces the surname to the Gui lineage, whose ancestor was Tian Guang, a descendant of Emperor Shun; his descendants at the end of the Qin dynasty adopted Guang to avoid persecution. Another account traces it to descendants of a son of the Yellow Emperor with the Ji surname, who were enfeoffed at Guang and took the place name as their surname.
The surname Guang is recorded in the Clan Records of the Zheng Tongzhi and Xu Tongzhi. Regarding the branch associated with Tian Guang, the record identifies Tian Guang as a man of Yan who recommended Jing Ke to Crown Prince Dan and later killed himself.
To escape Qin persecution, descendants of Tian Guang fled to Taoyuan in Bazhou Village, Leping County, Pingding Prefecture of Taiyuan and settled there. The Guang surname is now distributed in Shanxi, Shandong, Gansu, Henan, and Hubei; one branch migrated to Malaysia in the late Qing dynasty.
Guang Yi was a native of Anle in the Jin dynasty and served as a court secretary. Guang Churong was a native of Anle in the Tang dynasty and served as governor of Guizhou. Guang Shiheng was a native of Tongcheng in Southern Zhili during the Ming dynasty, passing the metropolitan examination during the Chongzhen era and serving as a Supervising Secretary in the Ministry of War.
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