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Peng (surname)
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Peng is a common Chinese family name, ranking 35th most common in 2006. Alternate Romanizations include Pang (Cantonese, Hakka), Phang and Bành (Vietnamese
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The character (彭) is composed of 壴 (zhǔ meaning "drum") and a pictograph (shān representing "beats"). More commonly used as a surname
, this character is also an adjective, meaning "big".
The surname Peng (彭) is traced to the legend of Peng Zu
(彭祖), God of Longevity, who legend tells lived 800 years. During the Shang Dynasty
, Jian Keng, a descendent of Zhuanxu
(顓頊), was granted the feudal territory Dapeng (大彭, or Land of Peng), and later adopted the name, Peng Zu.
Peng is also a Swiss surname.
Vietnamese language
Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...
).
The character (彭) is composed of 壴 (zhǔ meaning "drum") and a pictograph (shān representing "beats"). More commonly used as a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
, this character is also an adjective, meaning "big".
The surname Peng (彭) is traced to the legend of Peng Zu
Peng zu
Peng Zu is a legendary long-lived figure in China. He supposedly lived 800 years in the Yin Dynasty . Some legends say that one year was 60 days in ancient China; that made him more than 130 years old. Others say he was accidentally left off of the death list in heaven. Peng Zu was regarded as a...
(彭祖), God of Longevity, who legend tells lived 800 years. During the Shang Dynasty
Shang Dynasty
The Shang Dynasty or Yin Dynasty was, according to traditional sources, the second Chinese dynasty, after the Xia. They ruled in the northeastern regions of the area known as "China proper" in the Yellow River valley...
, Jian Keng, a descendent of Zhuanxu
Zhuanxu
Zhuanxu , also known as Gaoyang is a mythological monarch of ancient China.A grandson of the Yellow Emperor, Zhuanxu led the Shi clan in an eastward migration to present-day Shandong, where intermarriages with the Dongyi clan enlarged and augmented their tribal influences...
(顓頊), was granted the feudal territory Dapeng (大彭, or Land of Peng), and later adopted the name, Peng Zu.
Peng is also a Swiss surname.
People with the surname Peng (彭)
- Peng BoPeng BoPeng Bo is a Chinese diver who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the men's 3m springboard diving event with a score of 787.38....
, Olympic diving medalist - Peng Cheng-minPeng Cheng-minPeng Cheng-min, , is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays first base for the Brother Elephants of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. During the 2001-2002 seasons he was designated hitter for the team. Starting in 2003, he began his four-season tenure in right field...
(彭政閔), a Taiwanese baseball player - Peng ChongPeng ChongPeng Chong was a member of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and its politburo ; and Secretary General of the National People’s Congress .-Pre-1949:...
, a former Chinese politburo member - Peng DehuaiPeng DehuaiPeng Dehuai was a prominent military leader of the Communist Party of China, and China's Defence Minister from 1954 to 1959. Peng was an important commander during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese civil war and was also the commander-in-chief of People's Volunteer Army in the Korean War...
, the Communist Party of China military leader. - Peng Ming-minPeng Ming-minPeng Ming-min is a noted Taiwan independence activist and politician. Arrested for sedition in 1964 for printing a manifesto advocating Taiwanese independence, he dramatically escaped from Taiwan to the United States and after 22 years in exile, returned to became the Democratic Progressive...
(彭明敏), Taiwan independence activist - Peng ShuaiPeng ShuaiPeng Shuai is a Chinese professional female tennis player. She won a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova in the final...
, professional tennis player - Peng Wan-ruPeng Wan-ruPeng Wan-ru was a feminist Taiwanese politician. The director of the Democratic Progressive Party's Women's Affairs Department, Peng advocated for the safety and development of women...
, Taiwanese politician and feminist - Peng XiuwenPeng XiuwenPeng Xiuwen was a noted Chinese conductor and composer. He was a native of Wuhan, in the Hubei province of central China....
, conductor and composer - Peng ZhenPeng ZhenPeng Zhen was a leading member of the Communist Party of China.-Biography:Born in Houma , Peng was originally named Fu Maogong....
, a leading member of the Communist Party of China - Peng Huaying (彭華英), a Taiwan independence activist during 1920s
- Adrian PangAdrian PangAdrian Pang is a Singaporean Chinese actor who trained at the ARTTS International in Bubwith, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Born in Malacca, Malaysia, he was educated at Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, and in the United Kingdom. Although he studied law at Keele University, he has not...
(彭耀顺; born 1966), Singaporean Chinese actor - Diana PangDiana PangDiana Pang is a Hong Kong dancer and actress, born on 10 November 1972 in Changsha, Hunan.She was a member of Beijing Ballet Troupe for three years . Her family moved to the USA in 1990, and she entered the Dance Faculty of Juilliard School, New York City to study ballet...
(彭丹; born 1972), Hong Kong dancer and actress - Jacqueline PangJacqueline PangJacqueline Pang Traditional Chinese - 彭晴 is a Hong Kong live television compère/host, interviewer, and a radio announcer on RTHK since 1998....
(彭晴; born 1974), Hong Kong radio announcer and author - The Pang BrothersThe Pang BrothersThe Pang Brothers are Danny Pang Fat and Oxide Pang Chun , twin-brother screenwriters and film directors, born in 1965 in Hong Kong. Among their films is the hit Asian horror film, The Eye, which has spawned two sequels, as well as a Hollywood remake and a Hindi remake...
(born 1955), Hong Kong, twin brothers Danny Pang Fat (彭發) and Oxide Pang Chun (彭順), screenwriters and film directors - Ern PhangErn PhangErn Phang is an Australian solicitor, notary public and community advocate. He is the solicitor director of Phang Legal, a law firm in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia....
(彭憶恩; born 1976), an Australian solicitor
See also
- List of common Chinese surnames
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, a walled village in FanlingFanlingFanling , also known as Fan Ling and Fan Leng, is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the North District...
, Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, built by the Pang clanChinese clanA Chinese clan is a patrilineal and patrilocal group of related Chinese people with a common surname sharing a common ancestor and, in many cases, an ancestral home.-Description:...