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51-609: [REDACTED] Look up kuang in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kuang may refer to: Kuang (surname) (邝/鄺), a Chinese surname Kuang (town) , a town in Selangor, Malaysia Kuang (state constituency) , a constituency of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly See also [ edit ] Guang (disambiguation) Kwang ,

102-467: A Korean given name and name element Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kuang . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kuang&oldid=954236722 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

153-523: A Song dynasty capital. In 1168, he was named the Advisor to the Crown Prince ( Chinese : 太子太保 ; pinyin : tàizǐ tàibǎo ; Wade–Giles : taizi t'aipao ); the imperial inspector of the emperor's dining ( simplified Chinese : 光禄大夫 ; traditional Chinese : 光祿大夫 ; pinyin : guānglù dàfū ; Wade–Giles : kuanglu-tafu ); and the rank of nobility and peerage and remained

204-605: A quarter for nine holes. He later attended the University of Hawai'i, where he was the editor for the Ka Leo and Ka Palapala, the yearbook, and was a ROTC cadet, which paid 30 cents a day, "that paid for my lunch", recounted Fong. In 1930, Fong graduated with honors from UH in three years and attended Harvard Law School in 1932, later working as a deputy city attorney in Honolulu from 1935 to 1938. In 1938, Fong won election to

255-695: A traditional Chinese zither, weapon, and a classical text. Kuang Lu, the word Cham if the Hoi snow; the Guangdong Nanhai person (now Hainan Otsu). Famous late Ming Minister. Kuang Ye (鄺埜, style name "Mengzhi" 孟質), of Yizheng County , Hunan, was a Ming dynasty literato, winning the imperial examination in the reign of the Yongle Emperor and was appointed a position in the Imperial Defense department (兵部右侍郎). Ye's father, Kuang Zifu (鄺子輔),

306-723: Is accessible by bus with a long-distance bus station in Taicheng, and through a port at GongYi on the Tan River which flows into the Pearl River Delta . The ferry service between GongYi and Hong Kong has been discontinued. Ferry services connect the island of Shangchuan with the mainland, sailing between the Sanzhou Harbor ( 三洲港 ) on Shangchuan, and Shanzui Harbor ( 山咀港 ) in the town of Chuandao . There are also daily ferry services between Sanzhou Harbor and

357-586: Is broader than, the Cantonese spoken in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. Cantonese and Taishanese are thus related but distinct. Cantonese is also widely known in Taishan, as it serves as Guangdong Province's lingua franca . Before the 1980s, Taishanese was the predominant Chinese language spoken throughout North America's Chinatowns . In 2018, Taishan's GDP reached 43.25 billion Yuan , government revenue

408-647: Is common amongst the Chinese diaspora in Hong Kong , Macau , Malaysia , Singapore , Vietnam , Philippines , United States , United Kingdom , Canada , Australia , Fiji , Thailand , Peru , Cuba , Burma , Indonesia and Reunion Island . Since the Han dynasty , the Kuang family had a prominent role in the Han aristocracy. Several high generals and commissioners were from the Kuang clan. The last recorded Kuang aristocracy

459-413: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kuang (surname) Kuang ( traditional Chinese : 鄺 ; simplified Chinese : 邝 ; pinyin : kuàng ; Wade–Giles : k'uang ; Jyutping : Kwong3 ) is a Chinese surname that originated from central China. Although Kuang is not amongst the 100 most common Chinese surnames , it

510-708: Is now part of the Greater Taishan Region . During the Ming dynasty , the area of present-day Taishan was carved out of Xinhui County on 12 February 1499 as "Xinning County". By the 19th century, Xinning was already a source of migrant and emigrant workers, but a series of subsequent natural and political disasters in the area exacerbated the situation. Aside from the disruption of the Sea Ban regulations ( Haijin ) themselves, their revocation led to an influx of northern settlers who began long-running feuds with

561-650: Is the archbishop of the Anglican province of Hong Kong and served as the first Chinese primate of the Anglican communion until 2006, when he was succeeded by The Most Reverend Dr Paul Kwong. Li-jen Kwong (鄺麗貞), is the first female mayor of Tai-tung, Taiwan, Republic of China. Wife of former Tai-tung Mayor Wu Jun-li, Li-jen Kwong represents the Kuomintang , the Chinese Nationalist Party. Paul Kwong , or The Most Reverend Dr Paul Kwong (鄺保祿)　is

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612-641: The Song dynasty , Kuang Xing (邝兴, style name Gong Biao 公表), the fourth-generation ancestor of the Kuang clan in Guangdong, migrated from Pan Village, Kaiping County to Chengyun Village, Zhongxin Village, Xining County, now known as Zhongxin Village, Chengyun Administrative District, Sanba Village, Taishan Municipality, and became the ancestor of the Kuang clan in Taishan , the largest today in mainland China. Since

663-775: The returning locals ; this erupted into full-scale war in the 1850s and '60s. The 1842 Treaty of Nanking that ended the First Opium War opened China to greater foreign trade just before the California Gold Rush made the prospect of emigration to the United States appealing. Many also served as contract workers abroad, as in Hawaii , Peru and Cuba and—most famously—for the Central Pacific half of America's Transcontinental Railroad , where

714-518: The "Home of Overseas Chinese". Taishan's main dialect is Taishanese ( 台山话 ; 台山話 ). Most Taishanese today use Mandarin in school or formal occasions, but Taishanese is the lingua franca . Schools require their students to speak Mandarin in the classroom, and teachers are required to lecture in Mandarin. Taishanese is a language of the Yue Chinese , a large group that includes, but

765-500: The 1980s were Taishanese according to 1988 data. About 500,000 Chinese Americans claim Taishanese origins today. While Taishan itself has a population of about 1 million, there are around 1.3 million Taishanese people overseas, distributed in 91 countries and regions. It is estimated that, up to the mid- to late-20th century, over 75% of all overseas Chinese in North America claimed origin in Taishan, so Taishan has been called

816-498: The Advisor to the Crown Prince ( Chinese : 太子太保 ; pinyin : tàizǐ tàibǎo ; Wade–Giles : taizi t'aipao ). He died 8 July 1246, leaving behind two sons, Kui (奎，style name Gong Shao 字公昭) who became the ancestor of the Kuang clan in Pan Village, Kaiping County, and Xing (興, style name Gong Biao 字公表). Kuang Lu (鄺露, style name Zhan Ruo "湛若" and psedo-name "Haixue" 海雪) (AD 1604–1650), of Hainan County, Guangdong,

867-558: The American continent, including the United States of America. The Kuang clan ancestral ritual motto ( traditional Chinese : 鄺姓宗祠通用對聯 ; simplified Chinese : 邝姓宗祠通用对联 ; pinyin : kùang xìng zōngcí tōngyòng duìlían ; Wade–Giles : k'uang sheng tsungch'h t'ungyung tuiliehn ) is "One origin evolved into three ancestries " ( traditional Chinese : 源同一脈；衍以三宗 ; simplified Chinese : 源同一脉；衍以三宗 ; pinyin : yuán tóngyī mài; yǎn yǐ sān zōng ) This motto reflects

918-615: The Chinese entertainment industry as an actress and successful musician, producing many hits in the eighties. She is also notable for her interest in traditional Chinese opera and instruments. Kylie Kwong (born 1968 in Australia) is a prominent Australian television chef , author, television presenter and restaurateur . Chi-Kin Kwong , or 鄺志堅, (born 1958) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing

969-530: The Chinese made up 80% of the company's workforce as they laid track over the mountains and deserts of the west. By 1870, there were 63,000 Chinese in the U.S., almost all in California . Chin Gee Hee 's Sun Ning Railway Company connected Sun Ning (Xinning) with its hinterland in 1908 and reached Jiangmen (Kongmoon) in 1913. It was notable as one of only three railways financed, built, owned, and run by

1020-747: The Chinese themselves before the 1949 Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War . In 1914, the new Republican government renamed the area Taishan County to avoid confusion with other places named Xinning . (Foreign sources now frequently confuse it with Mount Tai in Shandong .) During the Second World War , the Sun Ning Railway was destroyed to prevent its use by the Japanese . Japanese soldiers entered Taicheng ,

1071-738: The Chungshan decade (1637 years) Scholars, the South China Sea, Ming dynasty the Xiangying push official. Hiram Fong * (鄺友良), native of Taishan county, Canton, was a 20th-century American politician. A true Horatio Alger legend, Fong was born into an impoverished family in Kalihi, Hawai'i, on 1 October 1907, as Yau Leong Fong . As a youth, Fong attended public schools, and held a variety of jobs to support his family, by selling beans and newspapers, shining shoes, and caddying golf for

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1122-578: The Imperial college ( simplified Chinese : 国子监忌酒 ; traditional Chinese : 國子監祭酒 ; pinyin : Guózǐjiàn jìjiǔ ), administrative director ( simplified Chinese : 尚宝司暑 ; traditional Chinese : 尚寶司署 ; pinyin : Shàngbàosī shǔ ), Governor of Palace Security ( simplified Chinese : 钦差提督 ; traditional Chinese : 欽差提督 ; pinyin : Qīnchāi tídū ), Minister of Punishments ( simplified Chinese : 刑部尚书 ; traditional Chinese : 刑部尚書 ; pinyin : Xíngbù shàngshū ), and

1173-742: The Primate of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Hong Kong Island Diocese． Matt Fong † (鄺傑靈) is the adopted son of former Democratic Secretary of State March Fong Eu of California. He is a 1975 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy in 1975 and the Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles in 1985, serving as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force. Fong was the vice chairman of

1224-695: The Territorial House of Representatives at the age of 31 and was chosen the House Speaker. His service in the Territorial House halted with the start of World War II in 1942 however, when he was called into action, serving as the judge advocate with the 7th Fighter Command of the Seventh Air Force, earning the rank of major and later retiring as a colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve . After his World War II service, Fong returned to his Territorial Legislature seat, finishing his term as

1275-723: The United States, Canada, and Brazil. To honor their benefactors, these schools often bear either their names or the names of said donor's parents. The Peng Quan School ( 鹏权中学 ; 鵬權中學 ) is a prime example, which was constructed during 1999–2001 and is now integrated into Taishan's public school system. It is situated on the west side of Taicheng and was built by a Hong Kong businessman. There are many middle schools and high schools in Taishan but no academic universities. Students must study rigorously in order to be accepted at universities located in other cities. Taishan schools include: University: Secondary schools (including combined junior-senior high schools and senior high schools): Taishan

1326-686: The Yongle nine (1411 years) Scholars, the word Meng quality, the Yizhang people, Bingbushangshu. Kuang Yue Guang (鄺曰廣), a Ming literato and a native of Panyu County, Guangdong, was an administrator of the Ming fortress Xiangying . In the Chungshan Emperor 's reign, Mongol bandits surrounded the city, Ruigang defended the city and was murdered under a bandit's sword, alongside his wife, concubine, two sons and two daughters. Kwong said Canton

1377-402: The actress of Thai-Hong Kong. See: Soo Yuen Benevolent Association Taishan, Guangdong Taishan is in the Pearl River Delta , in southwestern Jiangmen Prefecture. It has 95 islands and islets, including Shangchuan Island , Guangdong's largest island now that Hainan is a separate province. Taishan is one of Guangdong's " Four Counties " ( Sze Yup ), which excluded Heshan and

1428-753: The city have invested in the area's volleyball programs, and the city hosted a number of Volleyball Women's Nations League matches in 2018. 9-man is a form of volleyball from Taishan brought to American Chinatowns by Taishanese immigrants. Taishan and Guangzhou are the birthplaces of Guangdong music . Parts of the movie Let the Bullets Fly were filmed in Taishan in 2010. Education enjoys significant support from Overseas Chinese professionals and businessmen. Many secondary schools were built and financed by Chinese living in China's Special Administrative Regions , as well as various foreign countries, such as

1479-402: The city's natural villages include Annanjiangchao ( 安南江潮 ), Bihou ( 庇厚 ), Jilong , and Guanbuli ( 官步里 ). Counting the total Greater Taishan Region or Sze Yap Region, which includes Kaiping , Xinhui , Enping and Taishan, there are about 8 to 9 million Taishanese people worldwide. According to American historian Him Mark Lai , approximately 430,000 or 70% of Chinese Americans in

1530-424: The country and the emperor. And the second line tells Kuang Ye (鄺埜)'s death in the defense of a southern Ming city against Mongol invasion and reminds people of the exemplar's loyalty and valor. According to the Chinese classical text Sheng Yuan (姓苑), "Many in Guangdong's Nanhai County bears the Kuang surname." The fourth son of Yiping, Kuang Zhun (邝谆) had three sons. Ordered by their father to disperse and spread

1581-611: The county examinations official. When Zifu was notified of this, he became angry, telling his son that as a magistrate, he should not appoint an elder as an employee, due to improper observation of filial piety, remarking that "A son cannot control or complain about a father's work." On another occasion, Mengzhi sent some robes made of a rough cloth to Zifu, and Zifu repudiated Ye, telling him that, "Why then do you insult me by sending me such clothes?" When Ye learned of his father's reaction he broke into tears, accepting his father's scolding. The Kwong Wild Yizhang people (1385 to 1449 years),

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1632-852: The county seat, in March 1941 and killed nearly 280 people. One quarter of the " Flying Tigers ", a joint American and Chinese group of airmen who fought the Japanese before the U.S. entered the Second World War, hailed from Taishan. Taishan was promoted to county-level city status on 17 April 1992, reflecting its increasing level of urbanization . Taishan administers one subdistrict and 16 towns , which in turn are subdivided into 313 administrative villages ( 村委会 ), and residential communities ( 社区委会 ). The city has 3,655 natural villages, but they do not function as administrative divisions ( 自然村 ). Taishan's township-level divisions are: Some of

1683-739: The cultural anthropology, geography, and agriculture of the Yao peoples. He later authored Chiya (赤雅), now considered an authoritative book of the ethnic minority cultures and geography of the Guangxi region. He was later employed by King Tang in the Southern Ming period (南明唐王) where he was sent as an emissary to Guangzhou by the Yongli Emperor . When the Manchurian armies conquered the Ming empire, Kuang Lu committed suicide while embracing

1734-607: The ethnic Chinese communities in Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Fiji, Thailand, Cuba, Burma, Indonesia. In the United States, 0.001% of the population has the last name "Kwong." Kuang Zhun (鄺諄), Kuang Yiping's fourth son, won the imperial examinations in AD 1142. In 1146, he received his commission and in 1152, is appointed the administrative governor of Anching in Lin'an (臨安京城),

1785-629: The family name, the second son of Kuang Zhun, Kuang Yizheng (邝一声) migrated to Kukang in Xinhua County, Guangdong where he became the ancestor of the Xinhua , Kaiping , and Taishan lineage of the Kuang family. Zhun's third son, Kuang Yijun (一俊), returned to the original home of the Kuang family in Guangdong , located in Dazhan, Nanhai County, Guangdong. During the reign of Emperor Lihong of

1836-474: The founding of Huaxing's Taishan-based ancestral branch, over 30 generations of Kuang's have taken root in Chengyun Village, with a total of 13,835 individuals dispersed in 12 towns and 154 villages sharing the surname in Taishan alone according to municipal statistics. Originating from mainland China, there are over 5 million Kuang's today (including variations), dispersed mostly in China and in

1887-728: The governor of Lin'an for 60 years. Zhun's wives, He and Feng , were named noble women (一品夫人) at the same time. In AD 1217, the Mongol army invaded the Song and Kuang Zhun ventured north to Yunjing to lead the defense against the Mongols. In AD 1218, Zhun resigned from the court and moves his entire clan back to Heyuan County, Huizhou, Guangdong . He died in AD 1219 of exhaustion. His eldest son, Kuang Yi yuan (鄺一元), remained in Huizhou to guard Zhun's grave until his death. Kuang Yasheng (鄺一聲),

1938-536: The majority of Kwongs trace their origins to Toishan and Panyu , both coastal counties in Kwangtung province, many Kwongs pronounce the name Fong, in accordance with the pronunciation of the local dialect. In addition, at the beginning of the 20th century, when many new Chinese immigrants were entering the U.S., those filling out ships' manifests sometimes spelled it in a variety of ways, including Kuàng, Kuang, Kong, Kwang, Kuong, Kwong, and Fong. In Australia,

1989-450: The non-geographical labour functional constituency, and a member of the Bar of England and Hong Kong. Fong See (鄺泗) is the paternal great-grandfather of Lisa See , an American novelist. The Chinese ancestor has 鄺 as the family name, but for some reason, the given name is passed down as a family name to Lisa See . The Chinese ancestor might have originated from Taishan. Ling Ling Kwong is

2040-402: The overseas communities, those with the spelling Kwong trace their origins to families who have emigrated overseas before the 1970s when mainland China reformed its romanisation system, adjusting the surname spelling to Kuàng. Hong Kong residents continue to use the spelling Kwong along with most overseas Chinese communities, especially those that emigrated before the 1970s. Alternatively, since

2091-598: The ranking Republican on six committees from agriculture to retirement. He returned to his finance empire in 1976, serving as chairman of Finance Enterprises, Ltd. He died due to kidney failure on 18 August 2004 and is interred in Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary. Joseph Neng Shun Kwong was a chemical engineer who, along with Otto Redlich , developed the Redlich–Kwong equation of state . Peter Kwong , or The Most Reverend Dr Peter Kong-Kit Kwong (鄺廣傑),

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2142-553: The state Board of Equalization from 1990 to 1994 and as state treasurer until 1998. In the U.S. Senate election, 1998, he challenged sitting California Senator Barbara Boxer unsuccessfully. Since then, he has returned to the practice of law and was appointed by President George W. Bush as the chairman of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Advisory Board. Cally Kwong (鄺美雲) won Miss Hong Kong 1982 and subsequently entered

2193-712: The surname can be spelled as Quong. In Peru, the surname can be spelled Fohn or Fong. In Trujillo, Peru, the surname Fhon comes from Panyu. The surname of a man named 鄺其莊 who emigrated to Peru in the early 1900s was translated by a Chinese consulate member in Lima, Peru, to Aurelio Kin Chong Fhon at his arrival from China, with Aurelio probably picked by the man. His mother's maiden name was Huayno (Ou-Yang 歐陽) also from Panyu , Kwangtung province. The surname Fhon started in Trujillo and nowadays they can be found in many regions of

2244-422: The unique familial history of the Kuang's, as the Kuang, the Lei, and the Fang families all evolved from a common ancestor. The Kuang clan ancestral seven-character motto ( traditional Chinese : 鄺姓宗祠七言通用聯 ; simplified Chinese : 邝姓宗祠七言通用联 ; pinyin : kùang xìng zōngcí qīyán tōngyòng lían ; Wade–Giles : k'uang sheng tsungch'h ch'ihyan t'ungyung liehn ) is " the official dies in Haixue Hall;

2295-428: The vice president of the Territorial Constitutional Convention in 1950. In 1959, after a successful build-up of one of Hawai'i largest insurance financial empires, he ran for one of the two new US Senate seats for the state, becoming the only Republican to ever represent Hawai'i in the Senate, and the only Asian American to serve in the United States. Fong held the seat until 2 January 1977, when he retired from politics as

2346-424: The warrior dies in defense of the fort " ( traditional Chinese : 海雪堂遺臣死節； 土木堡兵部殉忠 ; simplified Chinese : 海雪堂遗臣死节； 土木堡兵部殉忠 ; pinyin : Hǎixuě Táng yíchén sǐjié; Tǔmù Bǔ bīngbù xùnzhōng The motto commemorates two of the greatest Ming dynasty officials in the family. The first line records Kuang Lu (鄺露)'s suicide in Haixue Hall in the face of invading Manchurian rebels and memorializes his loyalty to

2397-544: Was 2.92 billion Yuan, fixed-asset investment was 27.33 billion Yuan, retail sales totaled 25.52 billion Yuan, and foreign trade totaled 13.76 billion Yuan. Taishan is home to two major power plants: the Guohua Taishan Power Station and the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant . Taishan is nicknamed the "hometown of volleyball ", after the game was introduced to the city in 1915 by Lingnan University student Wu Xiumin ( 伍秀民 ). Many prominent Chinese volleyball players have hailed from Taishan. In recent years, local governments in

2448-448: Was a Ming dynasty literato, specializing in poetry, literature, and calligraphy. In 1634, seventh year of the Chongzhen Emperor 's reign (崇禎七年), he offended the magistrate of Hainan County and was exiled to Guangxi province where he became the scribe for five clans, the Cen, Lan, Hu, Hou, and P'an (岑、藍、胡、侯、槃). He later became employed by Yunshan (雲鄲娘), a female warrior of the Yao tribe (瑤族), an ethnic Chinese tribe, and became familiar with

2499-498: Was an Anfu county magistrate (安福縣令) and later the chief educational minister of Chüjung County (句容縣教諭). According to the biography of Kuang Ye in the History of Ming , Zifu was known as a remarkable educator and parent, shaping Mengzhi to become a studious, righteous, incorrupt, serious person exhibiting the utmost filial piety towards his parents. When he was appointed the magistrate of Shan-Tso County, Ye became overcome with solitude from his parents, and decided to employ his father as

2550-456: Was of the Ming dynasty . Since the collapse of the Han dynasty and the start of an era of political unrest, during the Three Kingdoms period in 220 CE, several members of the Kuang clan migrated south in pursuit of a brighter future for their descendants in more fertile and peaceful lands. Variations of the surname Kwong are also common. These include different spellings of the English term and versions from other countries and cultures. In

2601-430: Was the third-generation ancestor of the Guangdong clan of the Kuang surname and the third son of Kuang Zhun. Born 2 October 1155, he won the imperial examinations at age 26 and during his thirty years of government service was named the Chief Imperial Doctor ( Chinese : 朝奉大夫 ; pinyin : cháofèng dàifu )，director of the Ministry of Punishments ( Chinese : 刑部主政 ; pinyin : Xíngbù zhǔchèng )，Chancellor of

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