Tang Surname

Surname Overview

Two Lineages

The Tang surname mainly has two origins, Qi and Ji; the Ji-origin Tang lineage has a history of at least 3,000 years.

Reference: 唐姓起源分布与家谱家族

Origins

Qi and Ji Origins

The Qi-origin Tang lineage is associated with Yao and the state of Tang. The Ji-origin lineage derives from descendants of Tang Shu Yu and the ancient Tang state in Hubei; later descendants took the state name as their surname.

Reference: 唐姓起源分布与家谱家族

Historical Records

Classical Record

Zheng Qiao's Comprehensive Gazetteer: Treatise on Clans traces the Tang lineage first among the surnames and identifies Emperor Yao of Tang as its founding ancestor.

Reference: 唐氏家谱网 提供21个省区市的335部唐氏家谱、唐氏族谱

Commanderies and Clan Halls

Derong Hall

The six-volume Shanghai Tang Genealogy bears the hall name Derong Hall and is a woodblock edition from the 14th year of the Daoguang era of the Qing dynasty.

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Migration and Distribution

Before the Qin dynasty, the Tang surname was concentrated mainly in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hebei, and Henan. During the Qin and Han periods it spread into Shandong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Anhui, Sichuan, and Guangdong. During the Song, Yuan, and Ming periods, its population mainly migrated from the north toward the southeast and south.

Reference: 唐姓起源分布与家谱家族

Notable People

Tang Shun Zhi of the Biling Tang Lineage

The Biling Tang Genealogy records that Tang Shun Zhi of the Ming dynasty belonged to this lineage.

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