GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 44

程

程 is read as chéng.

Pinyin

chéng

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 程

Basic meaning

measure; rule; journey; procedure

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Western Zhou period; Western Zhou tradition, 1046-771 BCE

Place: Cheng fief/place tradition, commonly associated with today's Luoyang area, Henan Province

Origin note

A transmitted Cheng surname tradition connects the surname with Cheng Bo Xiufu and a Cheng fief/place. Because the current classical citation is not direct enough by itself, this page presents that as a surname tradition rather than a proven single-origin claim.

Historical figures

程颢 (Cheng Hao)

1032-1085 CE · Northern Song philosopher

One of the Cheng brothers, important in the development of Neo-Confucian thought.

程颐 (Cheng Yi)

1033-1107 CE · Northern Song philosopher

A major Neo-Confucian thinker whose work shaped later Song learning.

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