Fēng (surname 封)
Appearance
Fēng (封) is a Chinese family name. It is No.208 in the Baijiaxing, and 257 in the modern census, called the "New Baijiaxing".[1]
There are two recorded origins for the name. The first according to the Xingyuan (《姓苑》) from a prince originally with the name Jiang. The second according to Weishu Guanshizhi 《魏书·官氏志》 the name Fu (复) was changed to Feng (封).
Notable people with the surname
[edit]- Feng Deyi (封德彝) (568–627), formal name Feng Lun (封倫) chancellor to the emperors of the Tang Dynasty
- Feng Changqing (Chinese: 封常清; pinyin: Fēng Chángqīng; Wade–Giles: Feng Ch'angch'ing (died January 24, 756[1]) a general of the Tang Dynasty.
- Feng Congde (born 1966), political activist
- Feng Donglai, physicist
- Feng Hetu (438–501), official in the Northern Wei dynasty
- Feng Jialiang (born 1966), painter
- Peter Feng Xinmao (born 1963), Catholic priest
- Feng Yi (died 365), official during the Sixteen Kingdoms period
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