Huang ( / ˈ hw ɑː ŋ / ; traditional Chinese : 黃 ; simplified Chinese : 黄 ) is a Chinese surname . While Huáng is the pinyin romanization of the word, it may also be romanized as Hwang , Wong , Waan, Wan, Waon, Hwong, Vong, Hung, Hong, Bong, Eng, Ng , Uy , Wee, Oi, Oei, Oey , Ooi, Ong, or Ung due to pronunciations of the word in different dialects and languages. It is the 96th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
41-691: This surname is known as Hwang in Korean . In Vietnamese , the name is known as Hoàng or Huỳnh . Huang is the 7th most common surname in China . Hoang/Huynh is the 5th most common surname in Vietnam . The population of Huangs in China and Taiwan was estimated at more than 35 million in 2020; it was also the surname of more than 2 million overseas Chinese, 5.7 million Vietnamese (6%), and an estimated 1 million Koreans (The 2015 census of South Korea revealed it
82-509: A Vietnamese scholar, approximately 5.1 percent of Vietnamese people have this surname. The original form of this surname was Hoàng . But in southern Vietnam, Hoàng was ordered to be changed (excluding the Hoàng Trọng family) to Huỳnh due to a naming taboo with the name of Lord Nguyễn Hoàng . Hwang (Korean name) Hwang or Whang (or in some cases, Whong ) is a Korean family name . Today, Hwangs comprise approximately 1.4% of
123-566: A son, Gao Yao and Gao Yao had a son, Bo Yi . Bo Yi helped Emperor Shun and Yu the Great control the Great Flood and got surname Ying (嬴) at early Xia dynasty period. Bo Yi married Emperor Shun 's youngest daughter and had three sons (some accounts mentioned only two sons – Da Lian and Ruo Mu ): Xia Yu awarded the Huang kingdom to Da Lian , and his descendants are known as
164-500: A state of marital harmony together with Yao's two daughters , Shun took on administrative responsibilities as co-emperor. Among these responsibilities, Shun had to deal with the Great Flood and its associated disruptions, especially in light of the fact that Yao's reluctant decision to appoint Gun to handle the problem had failed to fix the situation, despite having been working on it for the previous nine years. Shun took steps over
205-567: The Shiji (Historic Records), Yao assigned astronomic officers to observe celestial phenomena such as the sunrise, sunset, and the rising of the evening stars. This was done in order to make a solar and lunar calendar with 366 days for a year, also providing for the leap month. Some recent archaeological work at Taosi , an ancient site in Shanxi , dating to 2300 BCE – 1900 BCE, may have provided some evidence for this. A sort of an ancient observatory –
246-740: The Silla dynasty . Hwang Rak arrived at a place in Korea called Pyeong-Hae (평해,平海), located in the Eastern province of GyeongSang-BukDo, as currently known in South Korea. Upon settling in Pyeong-Hae, Hwang Rak naturalized as a Silla citizen and became the first progenitor of the last name Hwang (황) in Korea. His grave is located at GulMi-Bong (봉, 峰, peak), 423-8 BunJi, Wolsong-Ri, PyeongHae-Eub, WolJin-Kun, KyeongSang-BukDo, Republic of Korea , but only
287-496: The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors . Yao's ancestral name is Yi Qi ( 伊祁 ) or Qi ( 祁 ), clan name is Taotang ( 陶唐 ), given name is Fangxun ( 放勳 ), as the second son to Emperor Ku and Qingdu ( 慶都 ). He is also known as Tang Yao ( 唐堯 ). Yao's mother has been worshipped as the goddess Yao-mu (堯母). According to the legend, Yao became the ruler at 20 and died at 99 when he passed his throne to Shun
328-663: The bon-gwan . The last name is referred to as the Ssi (씨-氏) in Korean. This arranges every Korean family clan name as bon-gwan ssi, or in other words, family clan - last name. The Korean Hwang surname originates from a Chinese Han dynasty 's diplomatic ambassador to Vietnam , named Hwang Rak (황락,黃洛). Hwang Rak is recorded in AD 28 as having become lost at sea during a voyage from China to Vietnam , and instead having arrived in Korea during
369-735: The 3rd biggest surname in Southern China today. The Cantonese Baiyue adopted Huang surname as well. Huang migration overseas began as early as the 14th century during the Ming dynasty to destinations in Southeast Asia . Migration to Americas began only in the mid-19th century following the forced opening of China's doors to the West. Huang is one of the largest Chinese surname clans in Americas today. The population of overseas Huang Clansmen
410-574: The 53rd generation descendant of Hui Lian, Huang Xi 黃熙 (aka Huang Shi 黃石) the nobility of 'Hou' 侯 (marquis) and a fiefdom in the region east of the Han river 漢水 (in present-day region of Yicheng , Hubei province) called 'Huang' 黃 (Not to be confused with the Huang State of Fenyang, Shanxi) with the four states Jiang 江, Huang 黃 (founded by 伯益 Bo Yi's descendants), Dao 道, and Bo 柏 in the Huang river 潢水 valley as vassals. The Huang State of Yicheng , Hubei
451-457: The Chang-Won (창원황씨,昌原黃氏), Jang-Su (장수황씨,張水黃氏), and Pyeonghae (평해황씨,平海黃氏) clans, with the largest member counts of the 55 Hwang clans. Emperor Yao Emperor Yao ( simplified Chinese : 尧 ; traditional Chinese : 堯 ; pinyin : Yáo ; Wade–Giles : Yao ; traditionally c. 2356 – 2255 BCE) was a legendary Chinese ruler, according to various sources, one of
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#1732772320261492-524: The Great as historical figures, and contemporary historians believed they may represent leader-chiefs of allied tribes who established a unified and hierarchical system of government in a transition period to the patriarchal feudal society. In the Classic of History , one of the Five Classics , the initial chapters deal with Yao, Shun and Yu. Of his many contributions, Yao is said to have invented
533-616: The Great , to whom he had given his two daughters in marriage. According to the Bamboo Annals , Yao abdicated his throne to Shun in his 73rd year of reign, and continued to live during Shun's reign for another 28 years. It was during the reign of Emperor Yao that the Great Flood began, a flood so vast that no part of Yao's territory was spared, and both the Yellow River and the Yangtze valleys flooded. The alleged nature of
574-472: The Huai River Basin 淮水流域: Quan Yi 畎夷, Yu Yi 於夷, Fang Yi 方夷, Huang Yi 黃夷, Bai Yi 白夷, Chi Yi 赤夷, Xuan Yi 玄夷, Feng Yi 風夷 and Yang Yi 陽夷. The Dong Yi tribe people used different birds as their totems and for Huang Yi 黃夷 tribe, Yellow Oriole 黃鶯 was the totem. Later when the people from Huang Yi 黃夷 tribe moved and settled in different parts of China, they adopted Huang 黃 as their surname. Shaohao 少皋 had
615-729: The Huangs. There are total of 14 clans derived from Bo Yi Ying Clan: Lian (廉), Xu (徐), Jiang (江), Qin (秦), Zhao (趙), Huang (黃), Liang (梁), Ma (馬), Ge (葛), Gu (谷), Miao (繆), Zhong (鍾), Fei (費), and Qu (瞿). Rulers of Qin Kingdom , Zhao Kingdom , Qin dynasty and Song dynasty could trace back their ancestor to Bo Yi . Hata Clan (秦氏) of Japan, and Aisin Gioro Clan , Irgen Gioro Clan and Gioro Clan of Manchuria (one of several different opinions) were also derived from Bo Yi Ying Clan. The lineage of Huang Clan from
656-593: The Jang-Su Hwang family clan. The third and youngest son, Byung-Go, is said to have settled in Chang-Won, becoming the first progenitor of the Chang-Won Hwang family clan. These migrations of the two sons have resulted in the three major Bon-gwans being created under the Hwang family name. All figures are from the 2000 South Korean census. To this day, the three primary branches of the Hwang family are
697-601: The Korean population. The South Korean census in the year 2000 found that there were 644,294 Hwangs with over 68 Bon-gwan family clans, making it the 16th most common last name in the country. Also, it is estimated that there are over 29,410,000 individuals whose last names are the variations of Huang , including the Korean Hwang and the Vietnamese Hoang around the world. The Chinese character, or Hanja, for Hwang indicates " yellow " or “ Huang Kingdom ”. In
738-668: The Longgang, Kengxi village Hakka Huang, the Cantonese "guangfu" Huang native to Shenzhen in the villages of Shangsha & Xiasha & the Chaoshan Huang. Huang Qiaoshan lived from 872 to 953 and claimed he was the Yellow Emperor's 128th generation descendant. Huang Moutang who was born in 1183 and was Huang Qiaoshan's 15th generation descendant is the ancestor of the Cantonese guangfu Huang clans. One of his descendants
779-693: The Ming-Qing transition spoke Hakka. Huang is the 7th most common surname in China, and the 3rd most common surname in Taiwan . It is also one of the common surnames among Zhuang People , the largest ethnic minority in China, and is also the most common surname in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 19% of people from China with Surname Huang live in Guangdong Province . The population of people named Huang in China
820-510: The Yellow Emperor is as follows: 1) Yellow Emperor 黃帝 -> 2) Shao Hao 少昊 -> 3) Jiao Ji 嬌極 -> 4) Hui Gong 揮公 -> 5) Mei 昧 -> 6) Tai Tai 臺駘. Tai Tai helped Zhuan Xu Emperor 顓頊, and he and his descendants (Jin Tian Clan 金天氏) were enfeoffed with Fen Zhou 汾州 at Fen River 汾河 which was further divided into four kingdoms – Huang Kingdom 黃國, Shen Kingdom 沈國, Ru Kingdom 蓐國 and Si Kingdom 姒國. In 891 BC King Xiao of Zhou conferred on
861-458: The Yellow Emperor is as follows: 1) Yellow Emperor 黃帝 -> 2) Chang Yi 昌意 -> 3) Zhuanxu Emperor 顓頊帝 -> 4) Da Ye 大業 (aka Ye the Great ) -> 5) Shao Dian 少典 -> 6) Nu Shen 女莘 -> 7) Da Fei 大費 (aka Fei the Great ) -> 8) Juan Zhang 卷章 -> 9) Wu Hui 吳回 (also known as Zhurong ) -> 10) Lu Zhong 陸終 -> 11) Hui Lian 惠連 (Some accounts state that Hui Lian is son of Fan Ren, son of Lu Zhong). Lu Zhong had six sons: In 2220 BC during
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#1732772320261902-451: The Yellow Emperor. Even after nine years of the efforts of Gun, the flood continued to rage on, leading to the increase of all sorts of social disorders. The administration of the empire was becoming increasingly difficult; so, accordingly, at this point, Yao offered to resign the throne in favor of his special adviser(s), Four Mountains: however, Four Mountains declined, and instead recommended Shun – another distant relative to Yao through
943-407: The Yellow Emperor; but one who was living in obscurity, despite his royal lineage. Yao proceeded to put Shun through a series of tests, beginning with marrying his two daughters to Shun and ending by sending him down from the mountains to the plains below where Shun had to face fierce winds, thunder, and rain. After passing all of Yao's tests, not the least of which being establishing and continuing
984-470: The altar of the grave remains as a marker. Before his death, Hwang-Rak had three sons named Gab-Go (갑고,甲古), Eul-Go (을고,乙古), and Byung-Go (병고,丙古), from eldest to youngest. Gab-Go, the oldest son, is recorded as having remained in Pyeong-Hae, continuing the main Pyeong-Hae family clan. The second son, Eul-Go, is said to have left home Westwards and eventually settled in Jang-Su, becoming the first progenitor of
1025-557: The death of Yao, "Shun tried to yield the throne to him, but in vain." However, an alternative account found elsewhere in the Annals offers a different story. It holds that Shun dethroned and imprisoned Yao, then raised Danzhu to the throne for a short time before seizing it himself. Often extolled as the morally perfect and intelligent sage-king, Yao's benevolence and diligence served as a model to future Chinese monarchs and emperors. Early Chinese accounts often speak of Yao, Shun and Yu
1066-413: The flood is shown in the following quote: Like endless boiling water, the flood is pouring forth destruction. Boundless and overwhelming, it overtops hills and mountains. Rising and ever rising, it threatens the very heavens. How the people must be groaning and suffering! According to both historical and mythological sources, the flooding continued relentlessly. Yao sought to find someone who could control
1107-561: The flood, and turned for advice to his special adviser, or advisers, the Four Mountains (四嶽, Sìyuè ); who, after deliberation, gave Emperor Yao some advice which he did not especially welcome. Upon the insistence of Four Mountains, and over Yao's initial hesitation, the person Yao finally consented to appoint in charge of controlling the flood was Gun , the Prince of Chong, who was a distant relative of Yao's through common descent from
1148-528: The game of Weiqi (Go), reportedly to favorably influence his vicious playboy son Danzhu . After the customary three-year mourning period after Yao's death, Shun named Danzhu as the ruler but the people only recognized Shun as the rightful heir. According to some Chinese classic documents such as Yao Dian (Document of Yao) in Shang Shu ( Book of Documents ), and Wudibenji (Records for the Five Kings) in
1189-409: The last name becoming a broad umbrella designation that involves numerous family clans. Therefore, individuals with Korean descent may be completely unrelated even if their last names are identical, depending on their family clan, or bon-gwan . In the Korean language, Bon-gwans are expressed before the family name when necessary and often involves the family progenitor's first settlement as the name of
1230-402: The next four years to reorganize the empire, in such a way as to solve immediate problems and to put the imperial authority in a better position to deal with the flood and its effects. The Bamboo Annals represent Yao as having banished prince Danzhu to Danshui in his 58th year of reign. They add that following Yao's abdication in favor of Shun, Danzhu kept away from Shun, and that following
1271-469: The oldest in East Asia – was found at Taosi that seems to coincide with the ancient records. Some Chinese archaeologists believe that Taosi was the site of a state called Tang ( 唐 ) conquered by Emperor Yao and made to be his capital. The structure consists of an outer semi-ring-shaped path, and a semi-round rammed-earth platform with a diameter of about 60 m; it was discovered in 2003–2004. Yao
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1312-798: The people with the surname Huang could track back their ancestors to one of the Huang Kingdoms. The Dong Yi or Eastern Barbarians were ancient people who lived in eastern China during the prehistoric period. They were one of the Four Barbarians in Chinese culture, along with the Northern Di 北狄, the Southern Man 南蠻, and the Western Rong 西戎. The Dong Yi tribe was the tribal alliance group that consisted of nine tribes in
1353-423: The reign of Emperor Yao 帝堯, Hui Lian 惠連 scored merits in harnessing river floods. Emperor Yao conferred on Hui Lian the title of Viscount 子 (but the nobility system of ancient China is still not clear) and the state of Can'hu 參胡 (in present-day region of Fenyang , Shanxi province). Emperor Yao renamed Can'hu as State of Huang , and bestowed on Hui Lian the surname Huang 黃 and the name "Yun" 雲. Hence, Hui Lian
1394-512: The reign) of Yongjia (308AD) the Central Plain was in chaos and the eight clans:- Lin 林, Huang 黃, Chen 陳, Zheng 鄭, Zhan 詹, Qiu 邱, He 何, and Hu 胡, entered Min 閩 (present day Fujian province, China)." From the Tang dynasty (618–907) onwards, many Han Chinese migrated from Fujian to Guangdong and the other southern provinces. Huang grew into a big clan in south China and it is
1435-470: The traditional Korean clan system, which remains as the basis of the family registry system in South Korea , each clan is distinguished by its bon-gwan (본관,本貫). Each bon-gwan in Korea originates from the clan progenitor's settlement, which can be explained as the traditional home of the family clan's first male ancestor. Typically in Korea, a last name includes many distinct bon-gwans, which leads to
1476-518: Was Huang Siming from whom the Xiasha Huang descent. Huang Qiaoshan's 9th generation descendant Huang Liao was a Song official and his descendant Huang Chaoxuan during the Ming-Qing transition was the ancestor of the Longgang, Kengzi village Hakka Huang. The Huang descendants who migrated and established linages in the Song were Cantonese speakers while the Huang descendants who migrated to the coast in
1517-516: Was also known as Huang Yun 黃雲 or Nan Lu 南陆. Hui Lian became the Progenitor of the Huang surname clan. During Western Zhou dynasty, the rulers of the Huang State was given the title of Duke 公. The descendants of Huang Yun (Hui Lian) ruled the Huang State of Shanxi until the early Spring and Autumn period (722 BC-481 BC) when it was conquered by the State of Jin . Another lineage of Huang Clan from
1558-415: Was approximately 29 million and in Taiwan about 1.4 million. In 2019 Huang was again the seventh most common surname in mainland China. A 2013 study found that it was the seventh-most common surname, shared by 32,600,000 people or 2.450% of the population, with the province having the most people being Guangdong . The Vietnamese versions of this surname are Hoàng and Huỳnh . According to Lê Trung Hoa,
1599-503: Was estimated at 2 million in 2000. The surname 皇 has several origins: Across Guangdong, three million people surnamed Huang claim descent from the same paternal ancestor, Huang Qiaoshan who lived in the Tang dynasty and migrated to Fujian at the end of the dynasty, via three of his sons (out of 21) who founded different branches, found among the Hakka, Chaoshan and Cantonese. Among them are
1640-627: Was known as the Western Huang (Xi Huang 西黃) in history. During the Jin dynasty (266–420) , when northern China was invaded by the barbarian tribes, many northerners (especially the aristocratic clans) moved to south China with the Jin court. It was during this period that the Huang clansmen migrated to Fujian . According to Min Shu 閩書 (Book of Min) (Quoted from Chung Yoon-Ngan): "During the second year (of
1681-457: Was the surname for 697,171 South Koreans, ranked 16th). Huang is also the pinyin romanization of the very rare surname 皇 . Huang is an ancient surname. According to tradition, there are several different origins of the surname, for example as descendants of Bo Yi , Lu Zhong (陸終) or Tai Tai (臺駘). There were also at least three Huang Kingdoms during the Xia , Shang and Zhou dynasties. Most of