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The lineage belongs to Emperor Yao, whose ancestor was Fang Ling, and it is the 199th contemporary surname in China. The ancestors of the Fang family, who immigrated from the Hongdong Dahuai tree in the Ming Dynasty, were people from Pingyang Prefecture, Hongdong County, Zhaocheng County, and other regions. In the early Ming Dynasty, they were ordered to migrate from the Hongdong Dahuai tree to other places. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, their descendants were distributed in Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Shanxi, and other places.
The earliest record of the surname Fang can be found in the Guangyun of the Northern Song Dynasty.
There are two main sources of surnames:
① Originating from the Qi surname. According to the "Yuanhe Surname Compilation", "Guangyun", and "Tongzhi · Clan Brief", it is said that the ancient emperor Yao passed on the throne to Shun. After Shun succeeded to the throne, he felt the kindness of Yao and conferred the title of Dan Zhu, the son of Yao, in Danyuan, with the country name Geng. He also bestowed the title of Marquis of Fangyi on Dan Zhu's son Ling, who is now located in Suiping County, Henan Province. The descendants of the Marquis of Fangyi took the place name of Feng as their surname.
② Originating from the Xianbei tribe's compound surname. According to the "Official Family Annals" in the Book of Wei, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a Fang Yin surname in Northern Wei. After Emperor Xiaowen moved the capital to Luoyang and entered the Central Plains, it was changed to the Fang surname.
The county names with the surname Fang mainly include Qinghe County and Jinan County. Qinghe Commandery: A commandery established by Emperor Gaozu of Han (202 BC). The capital is located in Qingyang (now southeast of Qinghe County, Hebei Province). The jurisdiction is equivalent to the southern part of Hebei Province and the area around Linqing County in Shandong Province.
The main hall names of the surname Fang include Zhongshu Hall. Zhongshu Hall: During the Tang Dynasty, Fang Xuanling became a jinshi at the age of 19. Li Shimin raised his army, and Xuanling followed him on a campaign to the south and north, plotting for more than 10 years. Shimin became the emperor and was appointed as the Minister of Personnel, serving as the Prime Minister for 15 years.
The Tang couplets with the surname Fang mainly include: the rules of the world (house planting); Bachelor Mou You (Fang Xuanling). Zhen's wife had her ears cut off (Fang family); A virtuous mother imparts poetry (Fang Jingxian).
The Chinese Dictionary of Names includes 56 cases of the Fang family, while the Chinese Dictionary of Names includes 68 cases
Example:. The historical figure surnamed Fang in the Eastern Han Dynasty had Fang Yang; In the Sui Dynasty, there were houses shining far away, truly settled people, and scholars of classics; During the Tang Dynasty, there was Fang Xuanling, a famous minister from Linzi; In the early Ming Dynasty, there was the founding general Fang Sheng.
According to the seventh national census, there are 14364 people surnamed Fang in Shanxi Province, 4700 people in Linfen City, and 127 people in Hongdong County.
The ancestral deity with the surname Fang is enshrined in the fourth altar of the Ancestral Worship Hall in the Da Huai Tree Scenic Area of Hongdong.
In the 18th year of the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty, Fang Heng revised the "Genealogy of the Fang Family". The genealogy of a branch of the Fang surname in Xinyang, Henan Province is as follows: "Inheriting the ancestral legacy, inheriting Yongchang, loyal and filial, and peaceful and healthy."
Migration: Three brothers, the ancestors of the Puyang Fang family, migrated from Hongdong, Shanxi to Yuncheng County, Shandong during the Hongwu year of the Ming Dynasty. Later, their second son moved to Fangchangzhi Village, Liyuan Township, Puyang County; The founder of the Baodi Fang family moved from Guangji Temple in Hongdong County, Shanxi Province to Majiadian Village in Baodi County in the third year of the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty; The founder of the Huairou Fang family moved from Hongdong, Shanxi to Zhengding, Henan Village, Huairou County, Beijing in the second year of Ming Yongle; The founder of the Fang family moved from Hongdong, Shanxi to Dongfangtou Village, Zhengding County during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty; The ancestor of the Fang family in Zaozhuang moved from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province to Yangtao, Tengzhou, Zaozhuang, Shandong Province in the mid Song Dynasty; The ancestor of the Zaozhuang Fang family moved from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province to Houfang Village, Tengzhou, Shandong Province in the early Tang Dynasty; The ancestor of the Zaozhuang Fang family moved from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province to Qianfang Village, Tengzhou, Shandong Province in the early Tang Dynasty; The founder of the Jining Fang family moved from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province to Jiaxiang Fang Zhuang in Jining, Shandong Province in the second year of the Ming Yongle era; The founder of the Fang family in Jining moved from Pingyang Prefecture in Shanxi Province to Weishan Jiepaikou in Shandong Province in the early Ming Dynasty; The founder of the Jining Fang family moved from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province to Rencheng Fang family in Jining, Shandong Province in the early Ming Dynasty; The founder of the Fang family in Jining moved from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province to Fang in Liangshan County, Jining, Shandong Province during the Hongwu year of the Ming Dynasty; The founder of the Fang family in Jining moved from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province to Fang Village, Liangshan County, Jining, Shandong Province during the Ming Wanli period; The founder of the Shanghe Fang family moved from Hongdong, Shanxi to the Fang family in Shanghe County, Shandong Province in the 14th year of the Ming Hongwu reign; The founder of the Tancheng Fang family moved from Hongdong, Shanxi to Xifangzhuang, Tancheng County, Shandong Province during the Ming Chenghua period; The founder of the Zouping Fang family moved from Hongdong, Shanxi to Dafang, Zouping County, Shandong Province in the second year of the Ming Hongwu era; The founder of the Zouping Fang family moved from Hongdong, Shanxi to Xiaofang in Zouping County, Shandong Province in the second year of the Ming Hongwu era; The ancestor of the Shouguang Fang family moved from Hongdong, Shanxi to Wujiamiaozi, Shouguang City, Shandong Province in the Hongwu year of the Ming Dynasty.