Bing (Chinese surname)

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| name = Bing (邴)

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| pronunciation = Bǐng (Mandarin)

| language = Chinese

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| variant = Ping

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Bing is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written {{linktext|邴}} in Chinese character. It is romanized Ping in Wade–Giles. Bing is listed 214th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.{{cite web |url=http://www.guoxue.com/gxrm/gx_bjx.htm |title=百家姓 |trans-title=Hundred Family Surnames |publisher=Guoxue |language=Chinese |accessdate=2014-09-16}} It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China.{{cite web |url=http://www.taiwan.cn/zppd/XSDG/200901/t20090106_811068.htm |script-title=zh:中国最新300大姓排名(2008)|trans-title=300 most common surnames in China (2008) |publisher=Taiwan.cn |language=Chinese |date=2009-01-06 |accessdate=2014-09-24}}

Origin

During the Spring and Autumn period (771–476 BC), a government minister of the State of Qi (in modern-day Shandong province) was enfeoffed at the settlement of Bing. He and his descendants adopted Bing as their surname.{{cite book|title=齐国姜氏后裔考略 |url=http://www.docin.com/p-216180566.html |publisher=Docin |accessdate=25 September 2014}}

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