The Origin and Modern Situation of Kang Family

Kang, a Chinese surname, appeared in 2 1 year BC and has a history of more than 2,000 years. According to Kang's earliest historical records, the records in Volume 18 of Biography of the Western Regions and Kang Propaganda are mutually confirmed with the records of bamboo slips (ancient documents) unearthed in Xuanquanjia Site in Dunhuang City, Gansu Province. The prince of Kangju Kingdom rode to Hexi and stayed as the leader of Guizhou. Take the country as the surname, that is, Kang's surname: "Kang Cheng". Hexi Corridor (now Gansu Province) is the birthplace of China Kang. The ancestor of China Kang family was named Cheng.

20 1 1, Kang Wenyu, an expert from the Archaeological Team of the Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage, published a textual research on Kang's life after in-depth study of historical materials and investigation and demonstration of bamboo slips (ancient documents) unearthed at Diaoquan Site:

1. The Kang family originally originated from people who entered China and lived in a comfortable place (or Kangguo). According to the convention that Hu people take their surnames when they enter China, they take the country as their surname.

2. After the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Kang, who entered China, revered Kang Shu as his ancestor (

Kang Shu, surnamed Ji, also known as Wei Kang Shu and Kang Shu Feng, is the ninth son of Ji Chang and his wife Taisi.

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3. The influx of ethnic factors such as Song to Qing and Kuang family expanded and enriched the Kang Group.

Today's Kang family is already a part of the Han nationality in the big family of the Chinese nation. It has a long history, rich cultural connotation, many members and many historical celebrities. It is an extremely important surname among hundreds of surnames.

Migration distribution

Kang surname originated in Weiguo, and now governs eastern Henan, western Shandong and southwestern Hebei. The early spread of Kang surname was due to Dewey's migration and finally arrived in northern Henan. Qin Shikang's surname mainly migrated to Shaanxi and Shandong, so Kang's surname flourished in these two places in the early days, including Jingzhao and Dongping counties. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Gansu Kang moved to Lantian (now the west bank of Xibahe River in Lantian, Shaanxi) to escape the war, and then gradually moved to the southeast. Shi Zai, in the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, Lantian County of Huashan County was set up to resettle the people of Kangmu (after starting his official career, more than 3,000 people moved to the south of Xiangyang, Hubei Province), and Mu was appointed as the secretariat of Qin and Liang. More than one of his descendants is an official, and Kangmu is prosperous. In the Tang Dynasty, Sun Kangri, the grandson of Kangzhi, a native of Lingwu, Ningxia, was made King of Huiji, and his son Mu Zhi was made Duke of Huiji for his merits. Later generations multiplied and developed into a noble family, and Shaoxing, Zhejiang, where the family was located, was the main source of Kang's migration in southern China. In the Song Dynasty, Kuang's family, which was changed to avoid the emperor, became a new branch of Kang's surname. In addition, Luoyang Kang once again ranks among the founding heroes, so he was promoted to be a knight and a family honor. From the end of the Northern Song Dynasty to the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, the regime changed frequently and the north was in turmoil, so some people named Kang moved to the south to live and work in peace and contentment. In Ming Dynasty, Kang, as one of the surnames of Sophora Immigrants, moved to Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei and other places. Since the Qing Dynasty, people from Fujian and Guangdong with Kang family names have moved to Taiwan Province Province one after another, and some of them have emigrated overseas. Today, Kang's surname is mostly in Anhui, Sichuan, Gansu, Shandong, Shaanxi and other provinces, accounting for about 63% of the Han population in China. Kang is the 75th surname in China, with a large population, accounting for about 0.23% of the Han population in China.