Gongsun
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Gongsun () is one of the few Chinese compound surnames.
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Gongsun () is one of the few Chinese compound surnames.
Famous people with this surname include: Gongsun Xuanyuan, reputed name of the Yellow Emperor; other sources say his surname was Ji Gongsun Shu, emperor of Chengjia Gongsun Yang, Legalist philosopher (Xishou [犀首]), Warring States era Qin premier and Wei strategist Gongsun Xi, Warring States era Wei general Gongsun Long, philosopher, Logician Gongsun Hong Western Han dynasty philosopher, Confucian scholar Gongsun Ao General of the Han dynasty Gongsun He, General of the Han dynasty Gongsun Zan, warlord and general of the Han dynasty Rulers of Liaodong in the Three Kingdoms: Gongsun Du, general of the Han dynasty Gongsun Kang, elder son of Gongsun Du Gongsun Gong, younger son of Gongsun Du Gongsun Yuan, younger son of Gongsun Kang, claimed independence and set up Yan Kingdom Gongsun Qiao, statesman of the State of Zheng Gongsun Sheng, character from Water Margin Gongsun Lü'e, character from The Return of the Condor Heroes Gongsun Ce, the adviser or personal secretary of Bao Zheng
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