My Surname is Wang. And I had been visited my ancestor’s place before in China Hokkien Xiamen many years ago. It is village of Wang’s family and there is a temple of 3 great men that the wangs’ were actually worshiping. There were known to be the “3 dragon of the Wang’s Family” – 王潮、王审邽、王审知.. from 881 year.. So, I was curious WANG ’s origin.. Wang is the one of the oldest surname and it is very wide and got a lot of “branch” My grandpa is – “Dai Yuan” – Below is what I found…
The Surname Wang (Dai Yuan), the root originated from a great King in China… The Wang’s first generation is the the 42 descendants of Huang Di..
黄帝→周文王→周武王→周灵王→周灵太子晋（受姓王）
→敬（太原王姓祖）the first generation of Wang
Huang Di – Zhou Wen Wang – Zhou Wu Wang – Zhou Ling Wang – Zhou Ling Dai Zi
The ancestors’ surname is actually 姬 ji.. the surname was changed to Wang at the next generation of “Zhou Ling Dai Zi” is because of some political uproar… Last time, it is known to have some chaos when a king is passed away as the people within tried to enthrone.. The son of “Zhou Ling Da Zi” lost and had to leave the palace and moved to other place and changed the surname to WANG. Other said that the change of surname is because they want to honor “Zhou Ling Da Zi”…
