GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 89

龚

龚 is read as gōng.

Pinyin

gōng

Script forms

Simplified 龚 · Traditional 龔

Basic meaning

respectful

Five element

Wood

Origin

Time: Ancient Gong state and Gonggong-related traditions; Ancient surname tradition, before 221 BCE; exact calendar year not pinned by the attached sources

Place: Gong traditions in the ancient central plains

Origin note

Gong surname traditions include ancient Gong state/place layers and Gonggong-related legendary memory. The page presents Gong as an ancient state/ancestor surname and avoids treating a single legend as the only origin.

Historical figures

龚自珍 (Gong Zizhen)

1792-1841 CE · Qing poet and thinker

A major late Qing literary and reform-minded figure.

龚贤 (Gong Xian)

1618-1689 CE · painter

A Qing painter associated with the Nanjing school.

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