Gongsun
Gongsun is one of the few Chinese compound surnames.
Famous people with this surname include:
- Gongsun Xuanyuan, reputed name of the Yellow Emperor; other sources say his surname was Ji
- Gongsun Shu, emperor of Chengjia
- Gongsun Shan Yang, Legalist philosopher
- Gongsun 'Xishou' Yan, Warring States era Qin premier and Wei strategist
- Gongsun Long, philosopher, Logician
- Gongsun Ao General of the Han Dynasty
- Gongsun Zan, warlord and general of the Han Dynasty
- Rulers of Liaodong in the Three Kingdoms:
- * Gongsun Du, general of the Han Dynasty
- * Gongsun Kang, elder son of Gongsun Du
- * Gongsun Gong, younger son of Gongsun Du
- * Gongsun Yuan, younger son of Gongsun Kang, claimed independence and set up Yan Kingdom
- Gongsun Qiao, statesman of the State of Zheng
- Gongsun Sheng, character from Water Margin
- Gongsun Lü'e, character from The Return of the Condor Heroes
- Gongsun Ce, the adviser or personal secretary of Bao Zheng
