Surname Overview
A Rare Surname
Qingyang is a rare Chinese surname, with a national population of fewer than one thousand.
Qīngyáng Surname
Surname profileQīngyáng / Ch'ing-yang
Origins
Origin in Qingyang Dwelling by the Jiang River
Legendary accounts connect the Qingyang surname with Qingyang Di dwelling by the Jiang River; the Records of the Grand Historian states that Xuanxiao was Qingyang and that Qingyang dwelt by the Jiang River.
Historical Records
Qingyang Figures in Historical Records
Historical records mention Qingyang Xianbai of the Liu Song period and the Song figures Qingyang Xiang, Qingyang Hui, Qingyang Tai, Qingyang Jing, Qingyang Shilu, Qingyang Xie, Qingyang Kai, and Qingyang Zhongkang, all described as jinshi from Shu.
Migration and Distribution
Distribution Across Several Regions by the Song
By the Song period, descendants of Qingyang Jian were distributed across present-day Jingyan, Renshou, Jianyang, Santai, Pixian, and Chengdu in Sichuan, as well as Yongfeng in Jiangxi and Dantu in Jiangsu.
Notable People
Qingyang Jian and Qingyang Zhongguang
The Huang Shangu Collection records Qingyang Jian, courtesy name Xigu, from Jingyan; in the Song period, Qingyang Zhongguang also made the Tianwang Temple pagoda, and had a disciple named Qingyang Cheng. More than thirty Qingyang clan members are known to have passed the jinshi examination.
Research Notes
A Hypothesis of Shu Origin
One hypothesis holds that the names Qingyang and Changyi may have first arisen in Shu; the Qingyang people may also have originally lived on the north bank of the Qingyi River, as one branch of the Qingyi people, and later migrated to different regions.
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