Dongfang (surname) explained

Dongfang
Pronunciation:	Tong-hong (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Language origin:	Chinese language
Origin:	Fu Xi clan Dongfang Shuo
Meaning:	the east
Variant:	Dongfang (Mandarin)
See also:	Zhang (surname)

Dongfang is a compound surname in China and also later spread into East Asia. 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.^[1]

Dongfang is the 119th surname in Hundred Family Surnames.

Notable people named Dongfang

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

Notes and References

1. [People's Daily]