Surname Overview
Surname Status and Classification
The source has an entry titled “Jingcheng surname” and places it under “Chinese Hundred Family Surnames.” Thus, within this source, “Jingcheng” is discussed as a surname; the source does not state its ethnic affiliation, current population, or whether the same form occurs as a surname in other countries.
Reference: 京城姓的来源_姓京城的名人_百家姓_姓氏大全
Historical Records
A Compound Surname in the Liezi
Jingcheng is a compound surname. The Liezi, "Questions of Tang," records: “The neighbor, the widow of the Jingcheng family, had a posthumous son who, after losing his baby teeth, went to help.”
Reference: 京城(汉语词汇,汉字文化圈中对国都的称呼)_百度百科
Documentary Lead
The source states that the Yugong Yishan passage of the Liezi contains “one son of the Jingcheng clan.” This confirms only that the webpage supplies this documentary lead; it gives no edition, verification against the primary text, or further account of the surname’s origin, so no genealogy or historical identity should be inferred from it.
Reference: 京城姓的来源_姓京城的名人_百家姓_姓氏大全