Taishan surnames

The 龚 surname

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Gong (龚) is one of the surnames of Taishan. According to Origins of Taishan's Surnames (《台山姓氏源流》), the forebears of the Gong of Taishan came from Zhuji Lane (珠玑巷) in Nanxiong (南雄), about 500 years before the late 1990s; at that time they numbered more than 600 households and more than 3,000 people, living together around Haiyan (海宴), Shalan (沙栏) and Baisha (白沙).[1][2]

Origin of the surname[edit]

Most of the old books hold that the Gong (龚) came from the Gong (共) clan. The Critical Study of Surname Books Ancient and Modern (《古今姓氏书辩证》) says, "Their forebears were the Gong (共) clan, who, fleeing danger, added 龙 ('dragon') to make 龚"; the Yuanhe Compendium of Surnames (《元和姓纂》) says the descendants of Gonggong (共工) formed two clans, the Gong (共) and the Gong (龚); and the Comprehensive Register of the Myriad Surnames (《万姓统谱》) says the Gong (龚) "had their ancestral commandery in Wuling (武陵)". Another account holds that Gonggong, a minister of the Yellow Emperor, was in charge of water and land, and that his son Goulong (句龙) succeeded to his office; his descendants became the Gong (龚).[2]

The Gong chapter of Origins of Taishan's Surnames goes further, holding that descendants of the Gong (共) clan changed their surname to escape their enemies: some added water (氵) beside 共, becoming the Hong (洪) clan, and some added 龙 above 共, becoming the Gong (龚) clan; so the Gong (龚) and Hong surnames share one origin.[2] On the origin of the Gong (共) surname itself, there are several other accounts, deriving it from the state of Gong (共国), from Gongbo He (共伯和), from Gongshu Duan (共叔段) and others.[3]

Coming to Taishan[edit]

The book says only that the Gong of Taishan came from Zhujili (珠玑里) in Nanxiong about 500 years ago; it does not record the name of the first migrant ancestor or how they came.[2]

Distribution[edit]

According to Origins of Taishan's Surnames (vol. 1, late 1990s), the Gong of Taishan have more than 600 households and more than 3,000 people, living in the following villages, of which the three villages of Wangtou (望头), Changqing (长庆) and Dongcun (东村) are the largest:[2]

  • Haiyan Town: Wangtou Village, Dakuangpo (大狂坡; the reprint has "Dafupo", 大覆坡) and Tan'an Village (坦安村).
  • Shalan Town: Shuoren Village (硕仁村).
  • Baisha Town: Gongbian Village (龚边村), Dongcun Village, Changqing Village and Tianxin Village (田心村).

The Gongbian area of Baisha belonged to Dexing Du (德行都) in the Ming and Qing; in the Republic it was Gongbian Township in the 6th District of Taishan County, and today it is the Gongbian village committee of Baisha Town, which includes the villagers' groups of Gongbian, Changqing and others.[4]

References

  1. Gong Ziming, "Gong", in "Origins of Taishan's Surnames" (vol. 1), compiled by the Cultural and Historical Materials Committee of the Taishan Municipal CPPCC. Reposted on the Taishan Classmates website in the thread "[Share] Origins of Taishan's Surnames", 2007 龚子明：「龚氏」，载台山市政协文史资料委员会编《台山姓氏源流》（第一册）。转载于台山同学网「[分享]台山姓氏源流」，2007年
  2. "Gong" (the Gong chapter of "Origins of Taishan's Surnames"), in the "Taishan Surnames" column of the Taishan Municipal Government website, 2017. The original page has been taken offline; cited from the Internet Archive's 2020 copy 「龚氏」（《台山姓氏源流》龚氏篇），台山市人民政府门户网站「台山姓氏」栏目，2017年。原页已下线，据互联网档案馆2020年存档
  3. "Gong (surname)", Chinese Wikipedia 「龚姓」，维基百科
  4. "Basic Facts on the Villages (Communities) Under Its Administration", Baisha Town Government website, Taishan, 2026 「下辖村（社区）基本情况」，台山市白沙镇人民政府网站，2026年

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