Xing (surname)
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Xing (Chinese 邢) denotes a Chinese surname. There are two hypothesized sources for the extant catalogue of surnames:
1. According to Yuanhe Xing Zhuan (zh:元和姓纂), or Yuanhe Xing Collections, Xing is originated from Ji (zh:姬, in Chinese), the royal family of Zhou Dynasty (zh:周朝) in China. The fourth son of Duke Dan of Zhou (Zhou Gongdan, or zh:周公旦 in Chinese, the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou), was appointed the ruler of state Xing (now is Xingtai city of Hebei Province). The year 662 BC saw the taken over of state Xing by state Wei, and the noble descendants entitled themself the state name as their surnames.
2. According to Xing Kao (zh:姓考), or Surname Investigation, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Dafu (zh:大夫)Han Xuanzi of State of Jin (晉), along with his family and offsprings resided in county Xing (now is eastern of Wen county of Henan Province), and later his descendants had the surname Xing after the county name.
The term lao bai xing (老百姓, literally, "Old Hundred Surnames") is an idiomatic Chinese term for the peasantry or general populace.
