Tāng (surname)

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Tang (湯/汤)
Shang, Yang
See alsoShang dynasty

Tāng (/tɑːŋ/;[1] simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: tāng) is a Chinese surname. It is 72nd surname in the Hundred Family Surnames or Baijiaxing of the Song dynasty and 101st in modern[when?] popularity.[2] The Tang (湯) family name traces its lineage from Tang of Shang, the first ruler of the Shang dynasty.[3] In modern times the character can also mean "soup" or "broth".

Notable people

  • Tang Xianzu (湯顯祖; 1550–1616), Chinese playwright
  • Tang Enbo (1898–1954), Nationalist general in the Republic of China
  • Tang Xiaodan (1910–2012), Chinese film director
  • Tang Yuhan (1913–2014), Hong Kong doctor and oncologist
  • Tang Yijie (1927–2014), Chinese scholar and professor
  • John Tong Hon (born 1939), Chinese Roman Catholic cardinal and Bishop of Hong Kong
  • Tang, Ming Yue (湯明越), a news analyses, and an LGBT rights activist of Taiwan
  • Tang, Lan hua (湯蘭花), a female singer of Taiwan
  • Ronny Tong (born 1950), Hong Kong politician
  • Timothy Tong (born 1949), Hong Kong commissioner
  • Kent Tong (born 1958), Hong Kong actor
  • Tang Sulan (born 1965), Chinese writer and politician
  • Angela Tong (born 1975), Hong Kong actress
The family temple of the Tang (Chinese: ) family in Jinxiang Town, Cangnan County, Zhejiang

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tang". Collins English Dictionary.
  2. ^ Tang surname No. 72 in Baijiaxing and No. 101 in the "New Baijiaxing"
  3. ^ Tang surname Ancestry.ca