The Origin and Distribution of Surnames

Fang's surname is not among 100 surnames in Chinese mainland and Taiwan Province province. Fang surname originates from Ji surname. In ancient times, Yao did not pass the world on to his son, but to Shun. After Shun, Danzhu was appointed as the government, and now suiping county, Henan Province, was named as Hou, which is called Fang in the world. Fang Zisun took Fang as his surname and became the main source of Fang's surname today. During the Jin Dynasty, Fang Gan was an envoy sent by the imperial court to the northern minorities. Later, because Fang Gan lost contact with the imperial court during the war in the Central Plains and could not return to the Central Plains, he changed his surname and settled in the northern nomadic people. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the situation in the Central Plains was relatively stable, and Fang Gan's descendants moved back to the Central Plains and took the surname Fang. In ancient times, most of Fang's nobles came from Qinghe. Fang, a minister of the Tang Dynasty, was born in Linzi, qi zhou. He helped Li Shimin plan to unify the country and seize the throne. In the first year of Zhenguan (627), he served as secretary of the Central Secretariat and was in power for a long time. Together with Du Ruhui and Kevin·Z, he was an important assistant of Emperor Taizong.