Shang (surname)

Origins

• from the given name of Jiang Shang or Shang Fu, known as Jiang Ziya, a revered official during the Western Zhou dynasty, who was the ancestor of the kings of the Qi. He helped King Wu of Zhou overthrow the Shang dynasty. Some of his descendants inherited his given nameas their surname.
• from the personal name of Shang Kegu, who was from the Xianbei people in the Tang dynasty

  Notable people

• Shang Kexi, Qing dynasty general and Prince of Jingnan
• Shang Wenjie, also known as Laure Shang, Chinese singer
• Shang Zhixin, Qing dynasty general and Prince of Jingnan who rebelled in the Qing in the Revolt of the Three Feudatories
• Shang Yang a contemporary Chinese painter based in Beijing and is considered one of the most important painters of the life-stream movement