Ming / Ming
One branch of the Ming surname derives from the Ji surname and adopted the style name “Mengming” of Baili Shi as its surname, with a history of about 2,600 years.
The Ming surname also arose from the Qiaoming lineage, descendants of Ji Mingbao, official titles, and sinicized surname changes among the Xianbei, Mongolian, Hui, and Manchu peoples.
Ming surname hall names include Wuxing, Pingyuan, Henan, Jí commandery, Lianshen, Jiqing, and Zhuyue; some were established on the basis of commandery prominence.
In the Song dynasty, there were about 20,000 people with the Ming surname, with Hunan accounting for about two-fifths nationwide. In the Ming dynasty, there were about 10,000, mainly distributed in Hubei, Sichuan, Shanxi, Henan, Ningxia, and Hunan, with Hubei accounting for about half.
Historical figures with the Ming surname include Ming Kerang of the Sui dynasty, Ming Yuzhen of the late Yuan and early Ming period, Ming Shanbin of the Liang dynasty, Ming Liang of the Later Wei, Ming Sengshao of the Southern Qi, and the Qing figures Ming Antu and Ming Mian.
The catalog lists five Ming genealogies from Hubei and two from Jiangxi. Among them, the Wuchang Ming Clan Revised Genealogy is a 1892 wood-block movable-type edition with the hall name Fengming Hall.
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