Huangfu
Huángfŭ (皇甫), alternatively pronounced Huangpu,[1] is a Chinese compound surname. It's also called as Hwangbo (황보) in Korea and Hoàng Phủ in Vietnam.
Origins
In the early Zhou Dynasty, Huangfu is the name of Military Office of Zhou Dynasty period, the officer's descendants appended his name to their own to commemorate him, and thus the surname was born. In the middle Zhou Dynasty, some noble of Zheng (state) became Officer of Zhou Dynasty Government. Thus, Post Huangfu (皇甫) family founded in from descendant of Wu Ji (武子) of Zheng (state). Some Huangfu (皇甫) family founded in Song (state) in Zhou Dynasty at period.
List of persons with the surname
- Huangfu Song (?–195), Eastern Han dynasty military general
- Huangfu Mi (215–282), Cao Wei and Western Jin Dynasty scholar and physician
- Huangfu Zhen (fl. 4th century), Former Yan official
- Huangfu Ran (714? – 767?), Tang dynasty poet
- Huangfu Bo (died 820), Tang dynasty chancellor
- Huangfu Duan, fictional character in Water Margin
- Hwangbo Hyejeong, South Korean singer and rapper
- Hwangbo Kwan, Former South Korean footballer and former manager of FC Seoul
References
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