" Ning "
is one of hundreds of family names in China. The origin of the surname
"Ning" could be traced back to the earliest family in
China. It is thought that Ning was originated from an old family
in central China around two to three thousands years ago. Huangdi
(The Yellow Emperor ,
born more than 4700 years ago), who was a great tribal chief at
the time towards the end of primitive society in China, was honoured
as the ancestor who had initiated Chinese civilization. He was also
considered as the earliest ancestor of NingĄ¯s family. It is said
that one of the descendants of Huangdi, Zhou Wen Wang (the first
emperor of Zhou Dynasty)
founded the Zhou Dynasty (771-221 B.C.) in central China, and allotted
the present territory of Hebei Province and
Henan Province upon
his son, Kang Su ,
where Kangsu established the State of Wei ,
a state of Dukedom under Zhou Dynasty. Upon the time when Wei Wu
Gong (the offspring of Kang Su )
served as the king of Wei State, his young son, Ji Wei ,
was conferred upon the county of Ningyi ,
which included the current regions of Huojia County and
Xiuwu County in
Henan Province. Later on, the family of Ji Wei started to adopt
the geographical name of Ningyi as his surname in commemoration
of his settlement. That was the commencement of NingĄ¯s family name.
Ji Wei was thought as the first Chinese using "Ning" as
a surname. During the period of the State of Wei, NingĄ¯s family
inherited the titles of the high-ranking officials from generations
to generations and was handed down until Ning Xi with
a total of nine generations, so that NingĄ¯s family was also addressed
as "nine generations of royal family".
"
is one of hundreds of family names in China. The origin of the surname
"Ning" could be traced back to the earliest family in
China. It is thought that Ning was originated from an old family
in central China around two to three thousands years ago. Huangdi
(The Yellow Emperor 
,
born more than 4700 years ago), who was a great tribal chief at
the time towards the end of primitive society in China, was honoured
as the ancestor who had initiated Chinese civilization. He was also
considered as the earliest ancestor of NingĄ¯s family. It is said
that one of the descendants of Huangdi, Zhou Wen Wang (the first
emperor of Zhou Dynasty
)
founded the Zhou Dynasty (771-221 B.C.) in central China, and allotted
the present territory of Hebei Province 
and
Henan Province 
upon
his son, Kang Su 
,
where Kangsu established the State of Wei 
,
a state of Dukedom under Zhou Dynasty. Upon the time when Wei Wu
Gong (the offspring of Kang Su 
)
served as the king of Wei State, his young son, Ji Wei 
,
was conferred upon the county of Ningyi 
,
which included the current regions of Huojia County 
and
Xiuwu County 
in
Henan Province. Later on, the family of Ji Wei started to adopt
the geographical name of Ningyi as his surname in commemoration
of his settlement. That was the commencement of NingĄ¯s family name.
Ji Wei was thought as the first Chinese using "Ning" as
a surname. During the period of the State of Wei, NingĄ¯s family
inherited the titles of the high-ranking officials from generations
to generations and was handed down until Ning Xi 
with
a total of nine generations, so that NingĄ¯s family was also addressed
as "nine generations of royal family".