Xiang (surname 項)
Appearance
Xiàng (simplified Chinese: 项; traditional Chinese: 項) is a Chinese surname. It is listed 125th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1]
Notable people
[edit]- Xiang Bo (項伯), noble of the Chu state
- Xiang Chong (項充), a fictional character in the novel Water Margin
- Xiang Huaicheng (项怀诚), Chinese economist and former minister of finance of China
- Jing Xiang (项晶), Chinese German actress
- Xiang Liang (項梁), rebel leader in the Qin dynasty
- Xiang Shengmo (項聖謨), Chinese painter in the Ming Dynasty
- Xiang Yu (項羽), prominent warlord in the late Qin dynasty
- Xiang Zhuang (項莊), a younger cousin of Xiang Yu
References
[edit]- ^ Lionshare Media, Hundred Family Surnames: Chinese with Pinyin 百家姓, Dragon Reader