Bing_(Chinese_surname)

Bing (Chinese surname)

Bing (Chinese surname)

Chinese family name

Not to be confused with Ping (surname).

Bing is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 邴 in Chinese character. It is romanized Ping in Wade–Giles. Bing is listed 214th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China.[2]

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Origin

During the Spring and Autumn period (771–476 BC), a government minister of the State of Qi (in modern-day Shandong province) was enfeoffed at the settlement of Bing. He and his descendants adopted Bing as their surname.[3]

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  2. [2]
    中国最新300大姓排名（2008） [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
  3. [3]
    齐国姜氏后裔考略. Docin. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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