Among the hundreds of surnames, Pan is a surname with a long history. According to historical records, during the Shang Dynasty, the descendants of Shun established the State of Pan in Pan. Their descendants took the state as their surname. Because Shun's surname was Yao, they called the state of Pan the surname of Yao. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty and granted Pan Di to his younger brother Bi Gonggao's Ji Sun. They also took Pan Di as their surname, and the Ji surname was Pan Guo. Because the two surnames of Pan were weak and small, they are not found in the classics. According to historical records, during the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Chu occupied the State of Pan and granted it the title of a town. Their descendants took Pan as their surname, that is, Mi's surname Pan. Pan Chong, the master of the merchants and princes of the Chu State, was the ancestor of the Pan family with the Mi surname. Today, the Pan family is mainly composed of Pan people with the Mi surname.
In addition, giving the surname Pan, changing foreign surnames to Pan, and ethnic minorities being assimilated by the Han people and changing their surnames to Pan are also important ways in which the surname Pan comes from.
1. Changes in the surname Pan
Historically, the surname Pan has not undergone major changes. During the pre-Qin period, the surname Pan was initially active in Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi and Hubei. After the Tang Dynasty, the Pan surname developed in Gansu, Hebei, Shandong and other places. The development of the Pan surname in the south was mainly concentrated during the two migrations from the Central Plains to Fujian.
Since the surname Pan was established, celebrities have appeared in history books, and they can be called Jiji Tuoshi. In ancient times, there were Pan Xu, Zuocheng, the minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Pan and Pan Zhang, the famous Eastern Wu generals in the Three Kingdoms era, Pan Yue and Panni, the Western Jin Dynasty writers, Pan Mei, the famous Northern Song Dynasty general, Pan Zhiheng, the Ming writer, and Pan Pingge, the Ming and Qing thinker. In modern history, the Pan family has produced numerous celebrities, such as: famous psychologist Pan Shu, painter and art educator Pan Tianshou, Peking opera actor Pan Xinyuan, famous female painter and sculptor Pan Yuliang, philosopher Pan Zinian, social and Demographer Pan Guangdan and Pan Hannian, a pioneer of the Communist Party of China, etc.
2. People named Pan
The romantic and talented Pan An
Pan Yue, also known as Pan An, also known as Anren, was a writer of the Western Jin Dynasty and lived in Zhongmu, Xingyang (now part of Henan) )people. He once held the positions of Heyang Ling, Zuo Lang, and Huangmen Shi Lang. He is good at poetry and is especially good at elegies and elegies. His words are gorgeous and he is as famous as Lu Ji. He also has the praise of "Lu's talents are like the sea, and Pan's talents are like the river". In the literary history of the Jin Dynasty, he and Penny were called "Two Pans". Pan Yue's poems and poems are mainly collected in "Pan Huangmen Collection", among which the poems include "Three Mourning Poems" and Two "Poems Composed in Heyang County", etc., and the poems include "Autumn Xing Fu" and "Xianju Fu" wait.
Pan Yue's official career was not smooth. He once incurred jealousy for writing "Ode to Ji Tian Fu" and remained in office for 10 years. Around the sixth year of Yuankang (AD 296), he returned to Luoyang. During this time, he often participated in the tours of the "Twenty-Four Friends", a literary group that relied on Jia Mi, and was the leading figure among them.