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Fēng (封) is a Chinese family name. It is No.208 in the
Baijiaxing The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dy ...
, and 257 in the modern census, called the "New Baijiaxing".封姓
新百家姓排名:257 There are two recorded origins for the name. The first according to the Xingyuan (《姓苑》) from a prince originally with the name Jiang. The second according to Weishu Guanshizhi 《魏书·官氏志》 the name Fu (复) was changed to Feng (封).


Notable people with the surname

* Feng Deyi (封德彝) (568–627), formal name Feng Lun (封倫) chancellor to the emperors of the Tang Dynasty * Feng Changqing (Chinese: 封常清; pinyin: Fēng Chángqīng; Wade–Giles: Feng Ch'angch'ing (died January 24, 756 a general of the Tang Dynasty. * Feng Congde (born 1966), political activist * Feng Donglai, physicist * Feng Hetu (438–501), official in the Northern Wei dynasty * Feng Jialiang (born 1966), painter * Peter Feng Xinmao (born 1963), Catholic priest * Feng Yi (died 365), official during the Sixteen Kingdoms period * :zh:封姓


References

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