Tang / Tang
Tang is a currently rare surname. It is distributed in Taiyuan, Datong, and Changzhi in Shanxi, Tianlin in Guangxi, and Maguan in Yunnan; it is also found in Wujin in Jiangsu, Chiayi, Taipei, and Kaohsiung in Taiwan, Hohhot in Inner Mongolia, and Qinxian in Shanxi.
During the Spring and Autumn period, the Chu grandee Wu Shang received Tang as his fief. His descendants adopted Tang as their surname, making it a surname derived from a fief and associated with the Wu lineage. The former site of Tangyi was north of present-day Liuhe, Jiangsu.
The Xu Tongzhi: Shizulüe records the Tang surname and quotes Fengsutong on its origin. The Dictionary of Surnames identifies Tangyi with the Spring and Autumn Chu settlement of Tang.
Tang Yiruo lived during the Spring and Autumn period and was a contemporary of Confucius; he is mentioned in Han Shi Waizhuan.
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