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    Origin of Fan*, Fang*

    Famous People in History

    The 61st most common last name in China. Descendents of Tang Yao and Liu Lei. Before the Zhou Dynasty, Fan and Du had common ancestors, known as Tangdu, who resided in south east of Xian in Shaanxi. During Zhou Xuan Wangs reign, Do Bo was killed and his son fled to Jin kingdom and became a judge. He changed his name to Shi (meaning judge). His great grandson Shi Hui, was the Commander in Chief. To reward him for his contributions in defeating the neighboring tribes, he was awarded the duke of Sui (Jiaxiu in Shanxi) and duke of Fan (south east of Fan in Henan). Thus he was also known as Sui Hui, or Fan Hui. His descendents assumed one of the following last names, Fan, Sui, or Shi. Among them Fan is the biggest clan. Huis son took Fan as his last name, and was known as Fan Quan or Fan Ziwen. He established the civil system for the Jin kingdom, and made Jin the earliest kingdom during Chun Qiu to adopt the civil system. Later, the Fans lost in a power struggle and were driven out of Jin by the Zhaos, Xuns, and Hans.

    Hometown: 40 miles north west of Jingxian in Shandong Province.

    Chun Qiu- Fan Li

    Zhan Guo- Fan Wei

    (prime minister of Qin)

    Song Dynasty- Fan Zhongyan (prime minister), Fan Chengda (judge)

    Qin Dynasty- Xiang Yu had a judge called Fan Zhen

    Qing Dynasty- Fan Wen Zheng (kings teacher)

    Family Tree of Chinese Last Names Dating Back to 5,000 Years!


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