Feng (surname 酆)
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Fēng (酆) is the 61st name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[1] It is derived from the place-name Feng (酆), the name of a fief (in present-day Huyi District, Shanxi province) granted to the 17th son of the virtuous King Wen of Zhou.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1285-9.
- ^ The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland