GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 25

唐

唐 is read as táng.

Pinyin

táng

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 唐

Basic meaning

Tang state; Tang dynasty; grand; empty

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Western Zhou period; older Tang Yao memory belongs to legendary antiquity; Western Zhou tradition, 1046-771 BCE

Place: Tang place/state in today's Shanxi Province, commonly associated with the Linfen/Yicheng region

Origin note

The practical surname layer for Tang is usually linked with the ancient Tang state/place in the Western Zhou world. Shiji records that King Cheng of Zhou enfeoffed Tangshu Yu at Tang; this became part of the Jin ruling-house story. Tang surname traditions also remember older Tang Yao cultural memory, but the page keeps that cultural antiquity separate from the historically clearer Zhou state/place surname layer.

Historical figures

唐寅 (Tang Yin)

1470-1524 CE · Ming painter, calligrapher and poet

Also known as Tang Bohu, he is one of the best-known cultural figures with the Tang surname.

唐绍仪 (Tang Shaoyi)

1862-1938 CE · statesman

A late Qing and early Republican diplomat and politician, often named as the first premier of the Republic of China.

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