标题: Origin of Surname PAN [打印本页] 作者: Judith 时间: 2002-9-23 08:08:51 标题: Origin of Surname PAN
Origin of Pan*, Poon*
The 52nd most common last name in China. There are two main sources of this last name.
1) Descendents of Ji Sun, a son of Zhou Wen Wang? 15th son Bi Gong Gao. Ji was made the duke of Pan in north of Shaanxi, and his descendents are known as the Pans.
2) Came from the last name Mi, a noble family of the Chu kingdom. Later, the Mis changed their name to Pan. Among their descendents, there was a person called Pan Chong. Pan was a judge in the Chu kingdom. When the king Chu Cheng Wang decided to give his throne to his younger son instead, Pan helped the older price, Shang Chen, to seize the throne. This led to the suicide of Zhou Cheng Wang. Because of his contribution, Shang Chen gave Pan the title of the "King? Teacher", and gave him all the wealth that he had accumulated when he was a prince. The Pan family thus had a very high social status in the Chu kingdom.
Hometown: 20 miles east of Wei, in Hebei Province.
Famous People in History
Three Kingdoms- Pan Zhang (general)
Dong Han- Pan Xu (right prime minister)
Song Dynasty- Pan Mei (prime minister); Pan Jin Lian
Note by Judith : I copied the information here just for reference. It is interesting to learn that the name Pan Mei did appeared during the Song Dynasty who was a prime minister then! Origin of information is from http://www.yutopian.com/names/14/14pan52.html作者: Judith 时间: 2003-4-4 12:31:38 标题: Just For Fun 潘美 [转帖]
