 Dongfang in regular script | |
| Pronunciation | Tong-hong (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
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| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Chinese language |
| Word/name | Fu Xi clan Dongfang Shuo |
| Meaning | the east |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Dongfang (Mandarin) |
| See also | Zhang (surname) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 東方 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 东方 | ||||||||||||||||
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Dongfang is a compound surname in China and also later spread into East Asia. Dongfang has two points of origin. One branch is said to be descended from the Fuxi clan, which originated in the east; the other is said to be descended from Dongfang Shuo, whose original family name was Zhang.
Dongfang is the 119th surname in Hundred Family Surnames.
Notable people named Dongfang
- Dongfang Shuo, poet during the Han dynasty
- Dongfang Qiu, poet and historian during the Tang dynasty
- Dongfang Xian, scholar during the Tang dynasty
- Dongfang Bubai, fictional character from The Smiling, Proud Wanderer
References
- People's Daily. Overseas Ed. May 9th, 2001. Dongfang, a surname originated from Dongfang Shuo(始于东方朔的东方姓 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine)
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