Qing / Qing
The surname Qing is pronounced qīng. It is currently uncommon but widely distributed, occurring in Songjiang of Shanghai; Jingxian and Huanghua of Hebei; Taiyuan and Datong of Shanxi; Wuchang and Lichuan of Hubei; Zhijiang of Hunan; Changshou, Nanjiang, and Hejiang of Sichuan; and Tacheng of Xinjiang. It is found among the Han and Lisu peoples.
Several origins are recorded for the Qing surname: descendants of Qingyang, descendants of Qi Taigong, descendants of Qingwuzi, a surname from the Western Xia period, and a Mongolian origin. Another account holds that descendants of Qi Taigong in the Spring and Autumn period took the surname from Qingqiu, where a fief was held.
The Qing surname is included in the Clan Records of the Zheng Tongzhi and Xu Tongzhi. Related records also concern Qingyang, Qi Taigong, Qingwuzi, Western Xia, and Qing surnames among southwestern ethnic groups.
The founding ancestor Qing Shan is said to have lived in Nanchong. Qing families in Guangyuan, Guang'an, Suining, Dazhou, and Dayi in Sichuan, as well as Tongnan, Qijiang, and Hechuan in Chongqing, are recorded as originating from Nanchong. The proposed connection of Qing families in Hunan, Guizhou, and Yunnan to Sichuan remains to be examined.
Qing Wensheng, courtesy name Zhifu, was from Kuizhou in Sichuan. In the nineteenth year of the Hongwu reign, he entered office as a dian shi of Longyang County in Hunan. He beat a drum to present a grievance and pleaded for the people, ultimately dying by hanging.
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