The character (彭) is composed of壴 (zhǔ meaning "drum") and a pictograph (shān representing "beats"). More commonly used as asurname, this character is also an adjective, meaning "big".[1]
The surname Peng (彭) is traced to the legend ofPeng Zu, God of Longevity, who legend tells lived 800 years. During theShang dynasty, Jian Keng, a descendant ofZhuanxu, was granted the feudal territoryDapeng (Great Peng), and later adopted the name, Peng Zu.[2][3]
The same surname character is also found in Korea, where it is pronouncedPaeng (Korean: 팽). According to South Korea's 2000 census, 2,825 people in 918 households had this surname.[6] There are two major clanlineages for this surname, each with a differentbon-gwan (seat of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of clan members). The more common one,Jeolgang Paeng (1,578 people in 515 households), claims descent from Paeng U-deok (彭友德), who came fromZhejiang (pronounced Jeolgang inSino-Korean reading), China to the Korean peninsula during the reign of KingSeonjo of Joseon (r. 1567–1608).[7] The less common one,Yonggang Paeng clan (795 people in 259 households), claims descent from Paeng Jeok (彭逖), who came from Jinling, China to the Korean peninsula in the retinue ofPrincess Noguk during the reign of KingChungjeong of Goryeo (r. 1348–1351). Yonggang (Ryonggang) is located in an area that became part ofNorth Korea after the division of Korea.[6][8]
Peng Shilu (彭士禄), the "father of China's nuclear submarines" and the "father of China's naval nuclear propulsion", as the first chief designer of China's nuclear submarines
^ab"행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구" [Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated bybon-gwan, households and individuals]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved23 October 2015.
^"성씨유래검색: 팽(彭)". Daejeon: Jokbo Museum. Retrieved20 November 2017. The Jokbo Museum cites the following work for their pages on family names:김진우 (2009).한국인 의 역사 [The History of Koreans]. 春秋筆法 [Chunchu Pilbeop].OCLC502157619.
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