Wen (surname)

Origins

• from Wen, the posthumous title of king King Wen of Zhou, father of King Wu of Zhou who established the Western Zhou dynasty
• adopted in place of another surname, Jing due to a naming taboo, as the latter was part of the name of two royal personages, Jin Gao Zu and Song Yi Zu. The latter was the grandfather of Zhao Kuangying, who established the Song dynasty.
• from Wen, the given name of Tian Wen, also called Lord Mengchang, a prince of Qi, known as one of ‘the four princes’ during the Warring States period
• from the personal name Wen Zi, a general who lived in Wei during the Spring and Autumn period.
• from the personal name Wen Shu, the founder of the Xu during the Western Zhou dynasty.

  Notable people named Wen

Historical figures

• Wen Zhong, advisor in the state of Yue
• Wen Ping, military general of the Cao Wei state in the Three Kingdoms period
• Wen Chou, military general under Han dynasty warlord Yuan Shao
• Wen Qin, military general of the Cao Wei state in the Three Kingdoms period
• Wen Zhenheng, Ming dynasty painter, scholar
• Wen Tianxiang, chancellor of the Southern Song dynasty
• Wen Zhengming, Ming dynasty calligrapher
• Wen Yang, several people

  Other people

• Wen Yiduo, poet and scholar
• Wen Junhui, Chinese member of the South Korean boyband Seventeen

  Fiction

• Wen Zhong, fiction character from the ancient novel Fengshen Yanyi