Dongfang (surname)

Dongfang
Dongfang in regular script
Pronunciation	Dōngfāng (Pinyin) Tong-hong (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Chinese language
Word/Name	Fu Xi clan Dongfang Shuo
Meaning	the east
Other names
Variant(s)	Dongfang (Mandarin)
See also	Zhang (surname)

Dongfang^[1] (Chinese: 东方; pinyin: Dōngfāng; literally: "the east") is a Chinese compound surname. Dongfang has two points of origin. One branch is said to be descended from the Fuxi clan, which originated in the east; the other is said to be descended from Dongfang Shuo, whose original family name was Zhang.^[2]

Dongfang is the 119th surname in Hundred Family Surnames.

Notable people named Dongfang

• Dongfang Shuo, poet in Han Dynasty
• Dongfang Qiu, poet and historian in Tang Dynasty
• Dongfang Xian, scholar in Tang Dynasty
• Dongfang Bubai, fictional character from The Smiling, Proud Wanderer

References

1. The approximate pronunciation in English is /ˈdoʊŋ ˈfɑːŋ/.
2. People's Daily. Overseas Ed. May 9th, 2001. Dongfang, a surname originated from Dongfang Shuo(始于东方朔的东方姓)