Wang Xu: The teacher of Su Qin and Zhang Yi during the Warring States Period, known as "Mr. Guigu". Wang Jian: A famous general of the Qin Dynasty who made great achievements in conquering Zhao, Yan, Su, and Jing for the First Emperor of Qin. Wang Shifu: A famous dramatist in the Yuan Dynasty. His most outstanding work, "The Romance of the West Chamber", occupies an extremely important position in the history of Chinese opera. Wang Chong: a materialist philosopher of the Eastern Han Dynasty and an atheist. Wang Zhaojun: A palace maid during the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty. She was an upright and virtuous person. Because she was unwilling to bribe the painter Mao Yanshou, she did not see the emperor for several years after entering the palace. Instead, she asked to marry in the first year of the Han Dynasty and went out to make peace with the Huns. Wang Xizhi: a calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a native of Linyi, Langya, Shandong Province. He created an original round and fluent calligraphy style and was regarded as the "Sage of Calligraphy" by later generations. Wang Bo: A native of Longmen, Jiangzhou, a famous writer and one of the "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty". His highest achievement is the "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion", which reveals his unrivaled talent. Wang Anshi: One of the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties", a famous politician, thinker and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, a native of Fuzhou, Jiangxi. He advocated "changing customs and enacting laws" to implement reforms. His prose is famous for its vigorous and upright style. Wang Zhen, a modern Chinese military general and politician. Wang Yangming, a psychologist in the Ming Dynasty. Wang Fuzhi, a materialist philosopher. The origin and evolution of the surname Wang (reposted from the Wang family) There are four main sources of the surname Wang in the Han nationality: Zi, Ji, Gui and foreign surnames. The first branch comes from the surname Zi. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, King Zhou's uncle Bigan, together with Jizi and Weizi, were called the "Three Ren" in the late Shang Dynasty. King Zhou was dissolute and immoral. Bigan repeatedly violated Yan Qiang's advice and was killed. His descendants took Wang as their surname because they were descendants of the prince, and the surname Wang has a history of 3,100 years. From the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Wang family lived in Henan, forming the famous Wang family in Jijun, which later spread to Gansu, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi and other places. The second branch comes from the surname Ji. King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty and established its capital in Hao, which was known as the Western Zhou Dynasty in history. It was passed down to King Ling of Zhou Dynasty (reigned from 571 BC to 545 BC) in the 21st generation. The capital of the country became Zhou Dynasty, which is now Luoyang, Henan Province. It was already the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Prince Jin, the son of King Ling of Zhou, also known as Prince Jin or Prince Qiao, was deposed as a commoner because of his direct remonstrance. His son Zong Jing was still serving as a Situ in the court. People at that time called him "the Wang family" because he was a descendant of the royal family. From then on, this family took Wang as their surname. In the eighth generation, King Sun mistakenly worshiped the general of Wei State, and the surname of this king became noble again. During the pre-Qin period, this Wang family had been active in Luoyang, Henan. At the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Wang Yuan and Wang Wei, the sons of Wang Li, the Marquis of Wucheng in the Qin Dynasty, moved to Langya, Shandong and Taiyuan, Shanxi, respectively, to avoid war. Eventually, they developed into the two most famous families with the royal surname Langya and Taiyuan in the world. They are the largest among the royal surnames. group. The Ji surname Wang has a history of at least 2,600 years. There are three branches of Ji surnamed Wang. Bi Gonggao, the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou Dynasty, was granted the title of Bi State. During the Spring and Autumn Period, his grandson Bi Wan was the Situ of the Jin State. He had high merit and position and was granted the title of Wei. During the Warring States Period, the three families of Wei, Han and Zhao divided the Jin State. The most famous among his descendants is Wei Wuji, Lord Xinling, one of the "Four Gentlemen" during the Warring States Period. After Qin destroyed Wei, Wei Wuji's grandson Wei Beizi fled to Mount Tai, Shandong. In the early Han Dynasty, Wei Beizi was ordered to go to Beijing to serve as an official and was named Lord Lanling. At that time, because he was the descendant of the Wang family, he called his family the "Wang family" and took Wang as his surname from then on. This Ji surnamed Wang family has a history of about 2,200 years. The other branch originated from King Ping of Zhou in the early Spring and Autumn Period. King Zhou Ping reigned for 51 years (770 BC - 720 BC). The prince died young. After King Zhou Ping's death, his grandson Ji Chi succeeded to the throne. However, Ji Chi's younger brother Ji Lin took the throne and was known as King Huan of Zhou in history. Ji Chi fled to Jin, and his descendants changed their surname to Wang because they had been kings. Until the Tang Dynasty, this group of Wang surnamed Ji lived in Linyi, Shanxi. Historically known as the Wang surname of the Yi family in Hedong, it has a history of 2,700 years. Another branch was established by Duke Huan, the younger brother of King Kao of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (reigned from 440 BC to 426 BC). After that, Duke Huan was granted the title of Imperial City. The ancient city is located in today's Royal City Park in Luoyang. Although its fiefdom was small, it was located in the west of the royal city of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. It was called Duke Huan of the Western Zhou Dynasty in history. After the fall of the country, the descendants moved to Yichuan and Linru in Henan, where they lived in Wangcheng and changed their surname to Wang. Later they were called the Wang family in Wangcheng. This surname Wang also has a history of 2,400 years. The Ji surname Wang is the largest component of the Wang surname. It is estimated that 90% of the Wang surnames with genealogies in the country come from Ji surnamed Wang. The third branch is derived from the surname Gui. The Gui surname Wang, which has Yu Shun as its ancestor, is an important branch of the Wang surname.
One of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, Qi State, was destroyed by Qin. At the end of Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu made Tian An, the eldest grandson of Qi King Tian Jian, the king of Jibei. Later, Xiang Yu was destroyed by Liu Bang, and Tian An also lost the throne. His descendants changed their surname from Tian to Wang. This Wang surname has Beihai and Qingzhou as its county commanders, and has always used the land of the original Qi State in Shandong as its active territory. It also has a history of 2,300 years. The fourth branch is of foreign origin. The large family surnamed Wang has incorporated a large amount of foreign blood. The most famous foreigners with the surname Wang include: the Huns in the Han Dynasty, the Xian'er clan of Xiqiang, the Tuowang clan of Gaoli in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Wujiu people of the Xianbei clan, and the Yue clan of the Western Regions in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The Hu people of Zhiguo, the Uighur Absi clan of the Tang Dynasty, the Khitan people, the Jurchens Wanyan, Yelu and Jiagu clan of the Jin Dynasty, the Xiang people of the Western Xia Kingdom in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Mongols of the Yuan Dynasty, the Wanyan clan of the Eight Banners of Manchuria in the Qing Dynasty, Ela clan and other clans. Over time, most of these foreign royal surnames were assimilated into the Han royal surnames in northern China.