宫氏图腾释义

【释义】宫，房屋也。甲骨文和金文的宫字是由房屋的外形和上下叠加的两个“口”组成，表示由很多房间组成。宫的物象本源为大型的建筑群。

【起源】源于姬姓。武王姬发克商建立周朝，分封天下诸侯时，封同一曾祖的族侄仲为虞君，是为虞仲。又封虞仲之子为“宫”（tong，音“同”）国之君， 宫国（今山西平陆县东）传数世即为晋国所灭。宫之奇原姓姬，名之奇，又名奇，是宫阝国后世国君的族人。宫阝国被晋国灭时，他离 宫阝奔虞国，将宫阝字去右耳（右“阝”旁的原字型为“邑”字，“邑”为诸侯之国的意思，去邑表示离开故国，“宫阝”去邑为“宫”），改姓宫，名之奇。子孙以宫为氏。

得姓始祖：虞大夫宫子奇

始 祖 地：山西平陆

郡望堂号：河东、太原；忠谏堂

当今排序/人口：第208位/约52万

宋朝百家姓排序：第300位开外

现存家谱：7部 

Interpretation of the Gong (宫) Surname Totem

【Meaning】

The character 宫 (Gong) literally means "palace" or "house." In Oracle Bone and Bronze Inscriptions, the character is composed of an external roof structure and two vertically stacked "mouth" (口) radicals. This signifies a large architectural complex consisting of many interconnected rooms. The essence of the "Gong" totem represents a grand cluster of buildings.

【Origins】

1. From the Ji (姬) Surname: After King Wu of Zhou (Ji Fa) overthrew the Shang Dynasty and established the Zhou Dynasty, he enfeoffed his relative Zhong (his clan nephew through a shared great-grandfather) as the ruler of Yu, known as Yu Zhong.

2. The State of Gong (Gong-fu): King Wu also enfeoffed the son of Yu Zhong as the monarch of the State of Gong (pronounced tóng in ancient phonetics, located east of modern Pinglu County, Shanxi). The State of Gong lasted several generations before being annexed by the State of Jin.

3. The Transformation of Gong-zhi-qi: Gong-zhi-qi was originally a member of the royal Ji family. When the State of Gong (written with the "city/state" radical 阝) was destroyed by Jin, he fled to the State of Yu. To signify his departure from his fallen homeland, he removed the right "ear" radical (阝, which stands for Yi 邑, meaning a vassal state) from the character. By removing the symbol of the state, the character 宫阝 became 宫 (Gong). He adopted this as his surname and became known as Gong-zhi-qi. His descendants followed suit, using Gong as their clan name.

Historical & Demographic Profile

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Details

Founding Ancestor

Gong-zhi-qi (Grand Official of the State of Yu)

Ancestral Homeland

Pinglu, Shanxi Province

Prefectural Mansions (Junwang)

Hedong, Taiyuan

Hall Name (Tanghao)

Zhongjian Hall (Hall of Loyal Admonition)

Modern Ranking / Population

Ranked 208th / Approx. 520,000 people

Song Dynasty Ranking

Beyond the top 300 in the Hundred Family Surnames

Extant Genealogies

7 volumes currently preserve