tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108050177481872302.post7965450600998058154..comments2023-03-22T23:58:08.667+08:00Comments on Notes from Noosphere: China's only Christian emperor? Southern Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongli (永曆)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108050177481872302.post-12817356935253021222012-11-07T02:08:59.024+08:002012-11-07T02:08:59.024+08:00According to the ''Oxford Dictionary of Fa...According to the ''Oxford Dictionary of Family Names'' (see below. http://www.answers.com/topic/meng-1), Meng can be either a Chinese (孟 or 蒙), German or Danish family name. As a Chinese family name, Meng, in either version(孟 or 蒙), originated before the Ming Dynasty, and is not connected to it.<br /><br />In the absence of any evidence, I think it is highly unlikely that your family name is derived from China.<br /><br />_________________________<br /><br />Meng (family name) in ''Oxford Dictionary of Family Names''<br /><br />Frequency: (1095)<br />(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)<br /><br /><br />1. Chinese 孟: during the Spring and Autumn period (722-481 BC), there were two sources of the name Meng. A son of a prince in the state of Lu was called Meng Sun, while a duke of the state of Wei had a ‘style name’ of Meng Zhi. Descendants of both adopted the Meng portion of their names as their surname. This was the family name of Meng Zi, known to the West as Mencius, the Confucian philosopher.<br /><br />2. Chinese 蒙: two sources of this surname are a General Men of the Qin Dynasty 221-206 BC) and a place named Mengshuang in Hebei province. Additionally, the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 AD) was under the rule of Mongolia, known in Chinese as Menggu. Menggu became a surname, which in later times was generally shortened to Meng.<br /><br />3. German: from a form of the personal name Magnus.<br /><br />4. German: variant of Menger.<br /><br />5. Danish: habitational name from a place so named.<br /><br />6. Danish: variant of Mang.<br /><br />Helluo Librorumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00521559843958732375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108050177481872302.post-25143370532903982812012-11-06T23:21:00.398+08:002012-11-06T23:21:00.398+08:00hi I started to read an excellent book about this ...hi I started to read an excellent book about this Ming, years ago, but was unable to finish it as my house burned down and the book was in it. My maiden name is Meng, and I have cousins named Ming, the last emperour was named Meng supposedly, I think the two names are one and the same, anyhow we supposedly are NOT Chinese but German, I have a theory, that somehow during this contact that someone from the court had contact with European, and this proves it, and somehow the name arrived to Europe this way, any opinion? I have vowed to get an DNA sample to see if I have any Chinese markers. When I can am going to do so. My sister insists we are German, but the name Meng does not start to show in Germany until around the 1600's more or less, and these folks converted around that time and the German Jesuits were in China. Intriguing isn't it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08579435084010200661noreply@blogger.com