Shang Surname

Origins

Origins of the Shang Surname

The Shang surname originated from the Jiang surname. After Lü Wang was enfeoffed in Qi, his descendants adopted his honorific title as their surname.

Reference: 尚姓起源分布与家谱家族

Historical Records

Early Documentary Records

Documentary records describe Jiang-surname, Qin-era official titles, Si-surname, and changes from other ethnic surnames as origins of the Shang surname.

Reference: 《百家姓》第319姓：尚，尚姓来源、分布地域与名人介绍 | 速查君

Commanderies and Clan Halls

Commanderies and Hall Names

The Shang surname is associated with the commanderies of Jingzhao, Jiqun, Qinghe, and Shangdang. Its hall names include Gao Shi, Renshou, Qinghe, and Lianjie Hall.

Reference: 《百家姓》第319姓：尚，尚姓来源、分布地域与名人介绍 | 速查君

Migration and Distribution

The Shang surname first arose in Qi and was present in Jingzhao, Qinghe, Shangdang, and Jiqun before the Tang dynasty. Shanxi migrations in the late Yuan and early Ming spread it to Hebei, Shandong, Henan, and Jiangsu; during the Ming-Qing transition it also expanded southward, with some people crossing the sea to Taiwan.

Reference: 《百家姓》第319姓：尚，尚姓来源、分布地域与名人介绍 | 速查君

Notable People

Historical Figures

Figures associated with the surname include Shang Heng and Shang Xianfu in the Tang dynasty; the late-Tang peasant uprising leaders Shang Junzhang and Shang Rang; and Shang Ye in the Yuan dynasty.

Reference: 《百家姓》第319姓：尚，尚姓来源、分布地域与名人介绍 | 速查君

Genealogy and Generation Names

Genealogical Records

Genealogical records state that the first ancestor Sheng of the Haicheng Shang lineage in Liaoning moved from Hongdong, Shanxi, to Hengshui, Hebei, during the Ming dynasty, and that his son Jiguan moved to Haicheng in eastern Liaodong during the Wanli period. The founding migrant ancestor of the Shang lineage in Xuchang, Henan, was Shang Gui, who moved there during the Yuan dynasty.

Reference: 尚氏家谱网 提供6个省区市的16部尚氏家谱、尚氏族谱

Xuchang Lineage Record

The genealogy of the Shang lineage in Shangji Town, Xuchang County, Henan, records that its founding migrant ancestor, Shang Gui, styled Fubai, came to cultivate wasteland north of Xuchang during the Yuan dynasty.

Reference: 尚氏家谱网 提供6个省区市的16部尚氏家谱、尚氏族谱