Pang (surname)

Origins

• The Pang surname originates from the surname Ji, the ancestral name of the Zhou dynasty. Descendants of King Wen of Zhou became the rulers of the vassal state Pang, located in today's Nanyang.
• The Pang surname originates from the surname Gaoyang, that of the mythological emperor Zhuanxu.
• A wealthy family around Xiangyang took the surname Pang, due to it having the meaning of grand or large.
• A noble family name in Ancient China, first granted to a country's benefactor and royal relative by the Empire during the Zhou dynasty. Meaning, Dragons roar from the High Palace of the South Sea. High Palace, a grand mansion surrounded by constant rapids. A person bearing traits associated with Pang including virtue, grand, power and strength, intelligence, or an affinity for dragons.
• A small fraction of Chinese ethnic minorities have the Pang surname. They include the Manchu, the Tujia, the Yao, the Qiang, and the Mongols.

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Notable people with surnamed Pang (龐)

• Pang Bingxun, military general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
• Pang De, general serving under various warlords in the late Eastern Han dynasty
• Pang Juan, military general from the Warring States Period
• May Pang, American personal assistant and production coordinator for John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
• Pang Wanchun, fictional character in the novel Water Margin
• Pang Tong, adviser to the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Liu Bei
• Pang Xi, official serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Liu Zhang