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Wang is a Chinese family name and one of the most common surname

Surname

A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

s in the world. It is ranked 8th in the Hundred Family Surnames

Hundred Family Surnames

The Hundred Family Surnames is a classic Chinese text composed of common surnames in ancient China. The book was composed in the early Song Dynasty. It originally contained 411 surnames, but was later expanded to 504. Of these, 444 are single-character surnames, and 60 are double-character surnames...

, and first in the People's Republic of China's National Citizen ID Information System (NCIIS). Wang is ranked as the most common surname in mainland China

Mainland China

Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China . According to the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council, the term excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and...

, with 92.88 million people bearing this surname. Translated into English, Wang literally means "king

King

- Centers of population :* King, Ontario, CanadaIn USA:* King, Indiana* King, North Carolina* King, Lincoln County, Wisconsin* King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin* King County, Washington- Moving-image works :Television:...

" or "monarch

Monarch

A monarch is the person who heads a monarchy. This is a form of government in which a state or polity is ruled or controlled by an individual who typically inherits the throne by birth and occasionally rules for life or until abdication...

" (see Chinese noble#Wang; see also King (surname)

King (surname)

King is a family name of Scottish and English origin.The English name comes from Old English cyning , which may derive from Brythonic cun or cwn....

).

The surname romanized Wang in Mandarin may be romanized differently for persons originating in territories other than northern China. Wang can be romanized as Wong, especially for people from Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

or from Guangdong

Guangdong

Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...

. (However, Wong is also used as the romanization for the Cantonese pronunciation of at least three different surnames: Wang , Huang and Wang . In addition, Wang is the Cantonese romanization of the following uncommon family names: 橫 (Pinyin

Pinyin

Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...

: Héng), 弘 (Hóng), 閎 (Hóng), and 宏 (Hóng).)

In Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, the surname has been romanized as Ong (for Hokkien-speaking persons) and Heng

Heng

Heng is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from h combined with something similar to eng.It was used word-finally in early transcriptions of Mayan languages, where it may have represented an uvular fricative.It is sometimes used to write Judeo-Tat....

(for Teochew-speaking persons).

The Wang surname is also used in some non-Chinese speaking countries, including Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

, Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

, and Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

Origins and development

There were many origins in the development of Wang as a surname, but the main origins that structure the modern surname of Wang were four: Zi, Ji, Gui and change of surnames from other ethnic groups outside of Han Chinese

Han Chinese

Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and are the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98% of the population of the Republic of China , 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the...

Zi house

The most ancient family name of Wang was originated from the surname Zi. The Chinese legend mentions that near the end of Shang Dynasty

Shang Dynasty

The Shang Dynasty or Yin Dynasty was, according to traditional sources, the second Chinese dynasty, after the Xia. They ruled in the northeastern regions of the area known as "China proper" in the Yellow River valley...

, King Zhou of Shang

King Zhou of Shang

Emperor Xin of Shang was the last king of the Shang Dynasty. He was later given the pejorative posthumous name Zhòu . He is also called Zhou Xin or King Zhou . He may also be referred to by adding "Shang" in front of any of his names...

's uncle Bi Gan

Bi Gan

Cai Shen |Hakka]]: Choy Sin) is the Chinese god of prosperity. He can be referred to as Zhao Gongming or Bi Gan...

, Qi Zi and Wei Zi

Wei Zi

-Education:He graduated from the Ningxia College of Art in 1978 and was assigned to the Ningxia Repertory Theatre the same year.In 1985, he was accepted to the Central Theatre Academy...

were called "The Three Kindhearted of Shang". King Zhou was violent in his rule, and Bi Gan repeatedly remonstrated to the king regarding his behavior. The king refused his comments, and killed Bi Gan instead. Bi's descendants used "Wang" as their surname as they are descendants of a prince, and was known as "The Bi clan of Wang family". The Zi clan existed around 3100 years through Qin Dynasty

Qin Dynasty

The Qin Dynasty was the first imperial dynasty of China, lasting from 221 to 207 BC. The Qin state derived its name from its heartland of Qin, in modern-day Shaanxi. The strength of the Qin state was greatly increased by the legalist reforms of Shang Yang in the 4th century BC, during the Warring...

to Tang Dynasty

Tang Dynasty

The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire...

, and until today. The Zi clan of Wang lived predominantly in Henan

Henan

Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...

during these times, and developed into the famous Wang Family of Ji prefecture.

Ji house

More families of Wang were originated from the royal family of Zhou Dynasty

Zhou Dynasty

The Zhou Dynasty was a Chinese dynasty that followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty. Although the Zhou Dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history, the actual political and military control of China by the Ji family lasted only until 771 BC, a period known as...

. The original surname of the royal family of Zhou Dynasty was Ji

Ji (surname)

姬=Ji is the family name of the family in control of the Zhou Dynasty , which followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China.Thirty-nine members of the family ruled over China during this period.Ji has...

. However, many of them have separated out of the family due to the loss of power and land. Because of they once belonged to the royal family, they used "Wang" as their surname. This family of Wang traced its ancestry to Wang Ziqiao

According to the classical records, after King Wu of Zhou

King Wu of Zhou

King Wu of Zhōu or King Wu of Chou was the first sovereign, or ruler of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty. The dates of his reign are 1046-1043 BCE or 1049/45-1043. Various sources quoted that he died at the age of 93, 54 or 43. He was considered a just and able leader. Zhou Gong Dan was one of his...

defeated the Shang Dynasty

Shang Dynasty

, he chose the capital at the city of Gao. This was known in history as the Western Zhou Dynasty. During the reign of the 21st king, King Ling of Zhou

King Ling of Zhou

King Ling of Zhou or King Ling of Chou was the twenty-third sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the eleventh of Eastern Zhou Dynasty.-Personal information: Family name Ji in Chinese...

(571 - 545 BCE), the capital was in Chen Zhou, which is the present day Luoyang

Luoyang

Luoyang is a prefecture-level city in western Henan province of Central China. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang to the south, Sanmenxia to the west, Jiyuan to the north, and Jiaozuo to the northeast.Situated on the central plain of...

, Henan

Henan

. The son of King Ling, crown prince Jin (also known as Prince Jin or Prince Qiao), was reduced to civilian status due to his remonstration to the king. His son Zong Jin remains to be a Situ

Situ

The words situ and situs are Latin for "site" . They also have other meanings .Situ can refer to:* in situ, Latin phrase meaning on-site or in-place...

in the palace, and because of the people at the time recognized him as the descendant of the royal family, they called his family the "Wang family". From this moment on, this clan used "Wang" as their surname. When the 8th generation of the Ji clan of Wang Wang Cuo became a general in the State of Wei, the clan finally regained its status. In the early period of Qin Dynasty

Qin Dynasty

, this clan was active in areas of Luoyang, Henan. Between the end of Qin Dynasty and the beginning of Han Dynasty

Han Dynasty

The Han Dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms . It was founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han. It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty of the former regent Wang Mang...

, Wang Yuan

Wang Yuan

Wang Yuan , or Yuan Wang, an academician of Chinese Academy of Science, is a renowned Chinese mathematician, educator and popular science writer...

and Wang Wei

Wang Wei

Wang Wei , was a Tang Dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter, and statesman. He was one of the most famous men of arts and letters of his time. Many of his poems are preserved, and twenty-nine were included in the highly influential 18th century anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.-Name...

, sons of the Marquis of Wuchen Wang Li

Wang Li

Wang Li , or Wang Liaoyi , was a Chinese linguist.Born into a poor but educated family in Bobai , Yulin, Guangxi, he was largely self-taught before entering the Tsinghua University in 1927. There he was taught by Yuen Ren Chao and Liang Qichao, among others. Encouraged by Chao, he went to Paris to...

, moved to Langye, Shandong

Shandong

' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...

and Taiyuan

Taiyuan

Taiyuan is the capital and largest city of Shanxi province in North China. At the 2010 census, it had a total population of 4,201,591 inhabitants on 6959 km² whom 3,212,500 are urban on 1,460 km². The name of the city literally means "Great Plains", referring to the location where the Fen River...

, Shanxi

Shanxi

' is a province in Northern China. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋" , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....

. Since then, they have developed into the most famous Wang family of Langye and Taiyuan, the biggest group in the surname of Wang. The Ji clan of Wang existed around 2600 years. In China, 90% of the Wang family that have their family tree originated from the Ji clan of Wang.

Chinese Muslims

Unlike the vast majority of Hui people

Hui people

The Hui people are an ethnic group in China, defined as Chinese speaking people descended from foreign Muslims. They are typically distinguished by their practice of Islam, however some also practice other religions, and many are direct descendants of Silk Road travelers.In modern People's...

who are of foreign Arab, Persian, and other ancestry through their male line, Hui in Gansu with the surname "Wang" 汪, are descended from Han Chinese who converted to Islam and married Muslim Hui or Dongxiang people, switching their ethnicity and joining the Hui and Dongxiang ethnic groups, both of which are Muslim.

A town called Tangwangchuan (唐汪川) in Gansu

Gansu

' is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east...

had a multi ethnic populace, the Tang 唐 and Wang 汪 families being the two major families. The Tang and Wang families were originally of non Muslim Han Chinese extraction, but by the 1900s some branches of the families became Muslim by "intermarriage or conversion" while other branches of the families remained non Muslim.

Hmong

The Hmong

Hmong people

The Hmong , are an Asian ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Hmong are also one of the sub-groups of the Miao ethnicity in southern China...

version of Wang is Vang, or in RPA Vaj or Vaaj. It has the same etymology as the Chinese surname, and is fairly common among the Hmong. The Vang constitute one of the largest of the eighteen clans of the Hmong.

Korean

Wang is a Korean family name

Korean name

A Korean name consists of a family name followed by a given name, as used by the Korean people in both North Korea and South Korea. In the Korean language, 'ireum' or 'seong-myeong' usually refers to the family name and given name together...

왕 but fairly rare in Korea. According to the South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n census of 2000, in that year 23,447 people bearing the Wang surname were living in the country. http://kosis.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1INOOSB&IDTYPE=3&A_LANG=1&FPUB=3&ITEM=&CLASS1=S.000

The surname Wang is said to have originated from the Silla

Silla

Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the longest sustained dynasties in...

kingdom, which was one of the kingdom's noble family which originally had the surname Jak (작). However when Wang Geon, the founder of the Goryeo

Goryeo

The Goryeo Dynasty or Koryŏ was a Korean dynasty established in 918 by Emperor Taejo. Korea gets its name from this kingdom which came to be pronounced Korea. It united the Later Three Kingdoms in 936 and ruled most of the Korean peninsula until it was removed by the Joseon dynasty in 1392...

kingdom, met a Buddhist monk at an early age with his father, the Buddhist monk foresaw that he would one day become king and therefore his father changed their last name into Wang (meaning King) which later did indeed became a reality with Wang Geon establishing the kingdom of Goryeo

Goryeo

.

Wang was the Goryeo

Goryeo

royal family name for the duration of the kingdom, however currently Wang is a fairly uncommon surname. It is said that when Goryeo fell, people called Wang changed their surname to avoid severe persecution from the succeeding Joseon Dynasty

Joseon Dynasty

Joseon , was a Korean state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul...

. The Kaesong

Kaesong

Kaesŏng is a city in North Hwanghae Province, southern North Korea , a former Directly Governed City, and the capital of Korea during the Koryo Dynasty. The city is near Kaesŏng Industrial Region and it contains the remains of the Manwoldae palace. It was formally named Songdo while it was the...

Wang lineage

Bon-gwan

Bon-gwan is the concept of clan in Korea, which is used to distinguish clans that happen to share a same family name . Since Korea has been traditionally a Buddhist country this clan system is cognate with Gotra in Sanskrit texts and shares most features...

traces its ancestry to the Goryeo rulers.

Japanese

Ō
O (name)
O or Oh is a Korean name, spelled 吳 in hanja and 오 in hangul.O and Ou are Chinese family names, represented by 柯...

(often romanized as "Oh" or "O") is a rare Japanese family name

Japanese name

in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...

which is the equivalent of Wang. Ō is the way Japanese pronounce the character 王. Most Japanese with this family name are of Chinese descent. Sadaharu Oh

Sadaharu Oh

Sadaharu Oh, or Wang Chenchih , is a retired Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager. He batted and threw left-handed and primarily played first base. Oh, who was born in Sumida, Tokyo the son of a Taiwanese father and a Japanese mother, had originally signed with the powerhouse Yomiuri...

is a famous baseball player and manager in Japan.

Thailand

Teochew dialect (潮州话) is mostly used by the oversea Chinese in Thailand. The surname Wang

Wang

Wang may refer to:Name:* Wang , one of two surnames with distinct Chinese characters.* Titles in Chinese nobility* A title in Korean nobility* A title in Mongolian nobilityPlaces:* Wang River in Thailand...

is pronounced like Heng

Heng

Indonesian

The surname Wang in Indonesia is often pronounced as Heng

Heng

or Bong

Bong

A bong is a filtration device/apparatus generally used for smoking cannabis, tobacco,or other herbal substances.In construction and function a bong is similar to a hookah, except smaller and more portable...

for people of Hokkien descent, and more commonly as Ong by Chinese Peranakan.

Prominent personages

Note: people with the family name “Ō” are listed in the “Ō
O (name)
O or Oh is a Korean name, spelled 吳 in hanja and 오 in hangul.O and Ou are Chinese family names, represented by 柯...

” article.

China

Charles Wang
Charles Wang
Charles B. Wang is the co-founder of Computer Associates International, Inc. and owner of the New York Islanders ice hockey team and their AHL affiliates, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers....

, co-founder of Computer Associates International Inc.
David Wang, former Chinese ambassador to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
David Wang, American track athlete
David Wang, Abercrombie/Hollister model
Ed Wang
Ed Wang
Edward Kai Wang is an American football offensive tackle free agent. He played college football at Virginia Tech and was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 2010 NFL Draft.-High school career:...

, offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills
Faye Wong
Faye Wong
Faye Wong is a highly successful and influential Chinese singer-songwriter and actress who is usually referred to as a diva . Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong . Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and rose to stardom in the early 1990s by singing...

, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

singer
Garrett Wang
Garrett Wang
Garrett Richard Wang is an American actor. Wang is best known for his role in Star Trek: Voyager as Ensign Harry Kim.-Early life:...

, Chinese American
Chinese American
Chinese Americans represent Americans of Chinese descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans...

actor
Ong Eu Jin, philanthropist
Paul Wang, American film producer
Vera Wang
Vera Wang
Vera Ellen Wang is a Chinese American fashion designer based in New York City and former figure skater. She is known for her wide clientele of couture bridesmaid gowns and wedding gown collections.-Personal life:...

, designer
Wang An
An Wang
Dr. An Wang was a Chinese American computer engineer and inventor, and co-founder of computer company Wang Laboratories.-Early life and career:...

, computer scientist who founded Wang Laboratories
Wang Laboratories
Wang Laboratories was a computer company founded in 1951 by Dr. An Wang and Dr. G. Y. Chu. The company was successively headquartered in Cambridge , Tewksbury , and finally in Lowell, Massachusetts . At its peak in the 1980s, Wang Laboratories had annual revenues of $3 billion and employed over...
Wang Anshi
Wang Anshi
Wang Anshi was a Chinese economist, statesman, chancellor and poet of the Song Dynasty who attempted controversial, major socioeconomic reforms...

, Song Dynasty
Song Dynasty
The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a...

politician
Wang Bi
Wang Bi
Wang Bi , style name Fusi , was a Chinese neotaoist philosopher.-Biography:Wang Bi's most important works are commentaries on Laozi's Dao De Jing and the I Ching. The text of the Dao De Jing that appeared with his commentary was widely considered as the best copy of this work until the discovery of...

, Three Kingdoms
Three Kingdoms
The Three Kingdoms period was a period in Chinese history, part of an era of disunity called the "Six Dynasties" following immediately the loss of de facto power of the Han Dynasty rulers. In a strict academic sense it refers to the period between the foundation of the state of Wei in 220 and the...

Taoist philosopher
Wang Can
Wang Can
Wang Can was a politician, scholar and poet during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history. He contributed greatly to the establishment of laws and standards during the founding days of the Principality of Wei – predecessor to the later Cao Wei kingdom – under Cao Cao...

, Han Dynasty
Han Dynasty
The Han Dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms . It was founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han. It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty of the former regent Wang Mang...

scholar
Wang Chien-Ming, pitcher for the Washington Nationals
Washington Nationals
The Washington Nationals are a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals are a member of the Eastern Division of the National League of Major League Baseball . The team moved into the newly built Nationals Park in 2008, after playing their first three seasons in RFK Stadium...
Wang Chien-shien
Wang Chien-shien
Wang Chien-shien is a founder of the New Party. He was finance minister of the Republic of China from 1990 to 1992 and is the chairman of the Chinese Management Association...

, ROC
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

politician
Wong Cho Lam
Wong Cho Lam
Wong Cho Lam is a Hong Kong artiste currently working for TVB. He works as a stage actor, stage director, television actor, voice actor , DJ, television host, composer, lyricist, and singer. He graduated from The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts in 2003 with First Honors in Bachelor of Arts...

, Hong Kong entertainer and comedian for TVB
Wang Chong
Wang Chong
Wang Chong , courtesy name Zhongren , was a Chinese philosopher active during the Han Dynasty. He developed a rational, secular, naturalistic and mechanistic account of the world and of human beings and gave a materialistic explanation of the origin of the universe. His main work was the Lùnhéng...

, Chinese philosopher during Han Dynasty
Wang Chongyang
Wang Chongyang
Wang Chongyang [Chinese calendar: 宋徽宗政和二年十二月廿二 – 金世宗大定十年正月初四] was a Chinese Taoist and one of the founders of the Quanzhen School in the twelfth century during the Song Dynasty. He was one of the Five Northern Patriarchs of Quanzhen...

, a Song Dynasty Taoist and founder of Quanzhen School
Quanzhen School
The Quanzhen School of Taoism originated in Northern China. It was founded by the Taoist Wang Chongyang in the 12th century, during the rise of the Jin Dynasty...
Wang Chuzhi, a regional military governor for Dingzhou
Dingzhou
Dingzhou |subdistricts]], 13 towns, 8 townships, and 1 autonomous township. Dingzhou is southwest of Beijing, northeast of Shijiazhuang.-History:...

during the 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms era
Wang Cuo, a general from Wei Kingdom
Wang Dan
Wang Dan
Wang Dan , a leader of the Chinese democracy movement, was one of the most visible of the student leaders in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Wang holds a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. From August 2009 to February 2010, Wang taught cross-strait history at Taiwan's National...

, student leader - Tiananmen Square dissident
Wang Dao
Wang Dao
Wang Dao , courtesy name Maohong , formally Duke Wenxian of Shixing , was a Jin Dynasty statesman who served important roles in the administrations of Emperor Yuan, Emperor Ming, and Emperor Cheng, including as Emperor Cheng's regent...

, Jin Dynasty
Jìn Dynasty (265-420)
The Jìn Dynasty , was a dynasty in Chinese history, lasting between the years 265 and 420 AD. There are two main divisions in the history of the Dynasty, the first being Western Jin and the second Eastern Jin...

statesman and advisor
Wang Daohan
Wang Daohan
Wang Daohan , was the former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits .-Biography:...

, former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
Wang Dongxing
Wang Dongxing
Wang Dongxing was Mao Zedong's principal bodyguard during the Cultural Revolution....

, Mao Zedong's principal bodyguard during the Cultural Revolution
Wang Dun
Wang Dun
Wang Dun , courtesy name Chuzhong , was a Jin Dynasty general and later warlord.Having brought Emperor Yuan to submission with his military force, Wang Dun had paramount authorities. However, although he later appeared to intend to seize the Jin throne by force, he grew ill in 324...

, Jin Dynasty
Jìn Dynasty (265-420)
The Jìn Dynasty , was a dynasty in Chinese history, lasting between the years 265 and 420 AD. There are two main divisions in the history of the Dynasty, the first being Western Jin and the second Eastern Jin...

a rebellious Jin general later warlord
Wang Fangqing
Wang Fangqing
Wang Fangqing , formal name Wang Lin but went by the courtesy name of Fangqing, formally Duke Zhen of Shiquan , was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, serving as a chancellor during Wu Zetian's reign.- Background :It is not known when Wang Fangqing was...

, real name Wang Lin, served during the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty as a chancellor
Wang Fanxi
Wang Fanxi
Wang Fanxi was a leading Chinese Trotskyist revolutionary.Born near Hangzhou in the Zhejiang province, he joined the Communist Party of China, then an illegal organisation, in 1925. In 1927, he went to Moscow to study at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East...

, Trotskyist
Wang Fei
Faye Wong
Faye Wong is a highly successful and influential Chinese singer-songwriter and actress who is usually referred to as a diva . Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong . Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and rose to stardom in the early 1990s by singing...

, see Faye Wong
Faye Wong
Faye Wong is a highly successful and influential Chinese singer-songwriter and actress who is usually referred to as a diva . Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong . Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and rose to stardom in the early 1990s by singing...
Wang Fu (philosopher)
Wang Fu (philosopher)
Wang Fu , which endorsed the Confucian model of government.-Further reading:* Ann Behnke Kinney. The Art of the Han Essay: Wang Fu's Ch'ien-Fu Lun. Phoenix: Arizona State University Center for Asian Research, 1990. ISBN 0-939252-23-6...

, a philosopher from Gansu
Gansu
' is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east...

in the Later Han Dynasty
Wang Fu (Three Kingdoms), a Shu Han
Shu Han
Shu Han was one of the three states competing for control of China during the Three Kingdoms period, after the fall of the Han Dynasty. The state was based on areas around Sichuan, which was then known as Shu...

general serving under Liu Bei
Liu Bei
Liu Bei , also known as Liu Xuande, was a warlord, military general and later the founding emperor of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history...
Wang Fu
Wang Fu
Wang Fu was an official of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history.-Life:Wang Fu was said to have a dignified appearance, and was excellent in evaluating people and in the political scene. He first served Liu Zhang, but when Liu Bei took over the lands of Shu, he became the guard...

, an influential eunuch in Han Dynasty
Wang Fu (painter)
Wang Fu (painter)
Wang Fu ; ca. 1362-1416 was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher , and poet during the Ming Dynasty .Wang was born in Wuxi in the Jiangsu province. His style name was 'Mengduan' and his pseudonyms were 'Youshi , Jiulong shanren , and Aosou' . Wang's painting followed the style of Wang Meng and...

, a painter from Ming Dynasty
Wang Fuzhi
Wang Fuzhi
Wang Fuzhi , 1619–1692) courtesy name Ernong , pseudonym Chuanshan , was a Chinese philosopher of the late Ming, early Qing dynasties.-Life:...

, Chinese philosopher and historian
Empress Wang (Gaozong)
Empress Wang (Gaozong)
Empress Wang was an empress of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty. She was the first wife and empress of Emperor Gaozong and became empress shortly after he became emperor in 649. She, however, did not bear any sons for him and was not favored...

, an empress of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty.
Wang Gen, Wang Yangming's disciple
Wang Guangmei
Wang Guangmei
Wang Guangmei was a respected Chinese politician, philanthropist, and First Lady, the wife of Liu Shaoqi, who served as the Chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1959-1968.-Earlier Years:...

, wife of Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, China's head of state, from 27 April 1959 to 31 October 1968, during which he implemented policies of economic reconstruction in China...
Wang Guangya
Wang Guangya
Wang Guangya , born March 1950 in Jiangsu Province People's Republic of China, is a Chinese diplomat who is currently Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. A career diplomat, Wang was previously Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs...

, UN ambassador
Wang Guowei
Wang Guowei
Wang Guowei , courtesy name Jing'an or Baiyu , was a Chinese scholar, writer and poet...

, late Qing Dynasty
Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....

and early Republican
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

scholar
Wang Hao, Chinese-American logician, philosopher and mathematician
Wang Hongwen
Wang Hongwen
Wang Hongwen was the youngest member of the Gang of Four. At the pinnacle of his power he ranked third in the Communist Party's hierarchy. He was charged with counterrevolutionary activity in October 1976, and sent to prison.-Biography:Wang was born in a village outside of Changchun...

, Chinese politician which is the youngest member of the Gang of Four
Gang of Four
The Gang of Four was the name given to a political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party officials. They came to prominence during the Cultural Revolution and were subsequently charged with a series of treasonous crimes...

.
Wang Jian (Qin)
Wang Jian (Qin)
Wang Jian , a military leader of Qin in the Warring States Period. He was born in Guanzhong county, city of Pinyang, Dongxiang village .-Major Achievement:...

, a general from Qin Dynasty
Wang Jian (Southern Qi)
Wang Jian (Southern Qi)
Wang Jian , courtesy name Zhongbao , formally Duke Wenxian of Nanchang , was an official of the Chinese dynasties Liu Song and Southern Qi, who was particularly powerful during the reigns of the first two emperors of Southern Qi, Emperor Gao and Emperor Wu .-Family background:Wang Jian came from...

, Liu Song and Southern Qi official
Wang Jian (Former Shu), founding emperor of Former Shu, posthumously known as Gaozu
Wang Jian (Ming)
Wang Jian (Ming)
Wang Jian ; ca. 1598-1677 was a Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty .Wang was born in Taicang in the Jiangsu province. His style name was 'Xuanzhao' and his pseudonyms were 'Xiangbi' and 'Ranxiang anzhu' . Wang's precise color style of painting was influenced by Dong Yuan...

, a painter from Ming Dynasty
Wang Jing
Wong Jing
Wong Jing is a Hong Kong film director, producer, actor, presenter, and screenwriter. A prolific filmmaker possessed of strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, he is often cited as the most consistently successful filmmaker , in commercial terms, in the Hong Kong cinema of the last...

, see Wong Jing
Wong Jing
Wong Jing is a Hong Kong film director, producer, actor, presenter, and screenwriter. A prolific filmmaker possessed of strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, he is often cited as the most consistently successful filmmaker , in commercial terms, in the Hong Kong cinema of the last...
Wang Jingwen
Faye Wong
Faye Wong is a highly successful and influential Chinese singer-songwriter and actress who is usually referred to as a diva . Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong . Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and rose to stardom in the early 1990s by singing...

, see Faye Wong
Faye Wong
Faye Wong is a highly successful and influential Chinese singer-songwriter and actress who is usually referred to as a diva . Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong . Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and rose to stardom in the early 1990s by singing...
Wang Jipeng, son of Wang Yanjun, fourth king of the Min Kingdom ruled from 926-935
Wang Jishan
Wang Jishan
Wang Jishan , formally Duke Zhen of Xing , was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, serving as a chancellor during Wu Zetian's reign.- Background :...

, served during the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty as a chancellor
Wang Ju, an inventor during Tang Dynasty
Wang Jun (Three Kingdoms)
Wang Jun (Three Kingdoms)
Wang Jun , style name Shizhi , was a military general during the late Three Kingdoms and Jin Dynasty period of Chinese history. He was appointed Imperial Protector of Yi Province and Prancing Dragon General...

, Imperial Protector of Yizhou known as the Prancing Dragon General served in the Jin Dynasty
Wang Jun (Tang Dynasty)
Wang Jun (Tang Dynasty)
Wang Jun , formally Duke Zhonglie of Zhongshan , was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, largely known for his service as a general during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, when he also briefly served as chancellor.- Background :It is not known which year...

, a chancellor during Tang Dynasty
Wang Jun (businessman), son of Wang Zhen, is a famous Chinese businessman chairman of CITIC and Poly Technologies, China
Wang Jun (PRC politician)
Wang Jun (PRC politician)
Wang Jun is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He was the President and Party chief of the State Administration of Work Safety and was appointed as the acting Governor of Shanxi in September 2008. He became governor in January 2009.-Biography:...

, a PRC politician
Wang Juzheng, a Northern Song painter
Wong Kar-wai
Wong Kar-wai
Wong Kar-wai BBS is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized, emotionally resonant work, including Days of Being Wild , Ashes of Time , Chungking Express , Fallen Angels , Happy Together and 2046...

, film director
Wang Kui (Wang Jinkui), second ruler of the Wuping independent regime during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
Wang Lang
Wang Lang
Wang Lang was a warlord during the late Han Dynasty and a politician of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history. Through his granddaughter's marriage to Sima Zhao, he would become great-grandfather of Sima Yan, who later became the founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty.-Early life...

, a Wei politician during the end of the Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms
Wang Ling
Wang Ling (historian)
Wang Ling was a Chinese and Australian historian and educator known for his collaboration with Joseph Needham on the history of science and technology in China.-Biography:...

, historian of Chinese science
Wang Liqin
Wang Liqin
Wang Liqin is a Chinese table tennis player. As of October, 2011, he is ranked 8th in the International Table Tennis Federation . He began playing at the age of 6 and was picked for the Chinese men's national squad in 1993 when he was only 15 years old. Wang is the last man since Jiang Jialiang to...

, table tennis player
Wang Mang
Wang Mang
Wang Mang , courtesy name Jujun , was a Han Dynasty official who seized the throne from the Liu family and founded the Xin Dynasty , ruling AD 9–23. The Han dynasty was restored after his overthrow and his rule marks the separation between the Western Han Dynasty and Eastern Han Dynasty...

, founder of the Xin Dynasty
Xin Dynasty
The Xin Dynasty was a Chinese dynasty which lasted from AD 9 to 23. It followed the Western Han Dynasty and preceded the Eastern Han Dynasty....
Wang Meng, known as Marquess Wu of Qinghe is a prime minister for Former Qin
Former Qin
The Former Qin was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms in China. Founded by the Fu family of the Di ethnicity, it completed the unification of North China in 376. Its capital had been Xi'an up to the death of the ruler Fu Jiān. Despite its name, the Former Qin was much later and less powerful than...
Wang Ming
Wang Ming
Wang Ming was a senior leader of the early Chinese Communist Party and the mastermind of the famous 28 Bolsheviks group. Wang was also a major political rival of Mao Zedong during the 1930s, opposing Mao's nationalist deviation from the Comintern and orthodox Marxism and Leninism lines...

, a senior leader of the early Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Mastermind of 28 Bolsheviks
28 Bolsheviks
The 28 Bolsheviks were a group of Chinese students who studied at the Moscow Sun Yat-sen University from the late 1920s until early 1935, also known as the "Returned Students". The university was founded in 1925 as a result of Kuomintang's founder Sun Yat-Sen's policy of alliance with the Soviet...

group
Wang Nan, table tennis player
Wang Rong (Three Kingdoms), known as the 3rd East General, he served during the Jin Dynasty
Wang Rong (official)
Wang Rong (official)
Wang Rong is the acting mayor of Shenzhen City, Guangdong, and was the party secretary of Suzhou City, Jiangsu. He replaced the Shenzhen mayor position in June 2009 to replace Xu Zongheng, who was dismissed from the mayor position after being found involved in corruption scandal.-References:...

, a PRC politician
Wang Shenzhi
Wang Shenzhi
Wang Shenzhi , courtesy name Xintong or Xiangqing , formally Prince Zhongyi of Min and later further posthumously honored as Emperor Taizu of Min , was the founder of Min on the southeast coast of China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period of Chinese history...

, founder of the Min Kingdom in Fujian
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
Wang Shichong
Wang Shichong
Wang Shichong , courtesy name Xingman , was a general of the Chinese Sui Dynasty who deposed Sui's last emperor Yang Tong and briefly ruled as the emperor of a succeeding state of Zheng...

, a general serving under the Sui Dynasty
Wang Shiwei
Wang Shiwei
Wang Shiwei was a Chinese journalist and literary writer. He became famous for his contribution to the Chinese history of modern revolution and to Chinese modern literature...

, a Chinese journalist and literary writer
Wang Shiyan
Wang Shiyan
Wang Shiyan was modern Chinese painter born in Baoding, China. He studied art at the prestigious Fine Arts Academy of China and classical Chinese literature at Hunan University....

, Chinese painter
Wang Shizhen
Wang Shizhen
Wang Shizhen was a Chinese general and politician of the Republic of China.-Biography:Wang was born in Zhengding, Hebei in 1861. He was the Minister of War in the Republic of China three times, 1915–1916 and twice in 1917. He was the Premier of China from 1917 to 1918....

, Yuan Shikai
Yuan Shikai
Yuan Shikai was an important Chinese general and politician famous for his influence during the late Qing Dynasty, his role in the events leading up to the abdication of the last Qing Emperor of China, his autocratic rule as the second President of the Republic of China , and his short-lived...

's Beiyang
Beiyang
The term Beiyang originated toward the end of the Qing Dynasty, and it referred to the coastal areas of Zhili , Liaoning, and Shandong in northeast China....

subordinate
Wang Su
Wang Su
Wang Su was the son of the Cao Wei official Wang Lang during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. When Guanqiu Jian started a rebellion in Shouchun, Wang advised Sima Shi to lower the rebels' morale by treating their families with respect...

, son of Wang Lang
Wang Lang
Wang Lang was a warlord during the late Han Dynasty and a politician of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history. Through his granddaughter's marriage to Sima Zhao, he would become great-grandfather of Sima Yan, who later became the founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty.-Early life...

, adviser to Sima Shi
Sima Shi
Sima Shi , style name Ziyuan , was a military general and regent of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history. In 249, he assisted his father Sima Yi in overthrowing the emperor Cao Fang's regent Cao Shuang, allowing the Sima family to become paramount authority in the state, and he...
Wang Tao, reformer, political essayist, newspaper publisher, fiction writer
Wang Wei, Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire...

poet
Wang Xizhi
Wang Xizhi
Wang Xizhi was a Chinese calligrapher, traditionally referred to as the Sage of Calligraphy , who lived during the Jin Dynasty...

, Jin Dynasty
Jìn Dynasty (265-420)
The Jìn Dynasty , was a dynasty in Chinese history, lasting between the years 265 and 420 AD. There are two main divisions in the history of the Dynasty, the first being Western Jin and the second Eastern Jin...

calligrapher known as the Sage Calligrapher lived in Jin Dynasty
Wang Xianzhi (calligrapher), calligrapher
Wang Xianzhi
Wang Xianzhi
Wang Xianzhi , courtesy name Zijing , was a famous Chinese calligrapher of the Eastern Jin.He was the seventh and youngest son of the famed Wang Xizhi. Wang inherited his father's talent for the art, although his siblings were all notable calligraphers. His style is more fluid than his father's,...

, Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire...

agrarian rebel
Wang Xiaobo
Wang Xiaobo
Wang Xiaobo is a renowned contemporary Chinese novelist and essayist who gained wide posthumous recognition.-Biography:...

, modern writer
Wang Xiaojie
Wang Xiaojie
Wang Xiaojie , formally the Duke of Geng , was a general of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, serving in campaigns against Tufan, Eastern Tujue, and Khitan and briefly serving as chancellor during Wu Zetian's reign...

, a general served during Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty
Wang Xuan (Second Zhou)
Wang Xuan (Second Zhou)
Wang Xuan was an official of Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, briefly serving as chancellor.Despite Wang's high status, little is firmly established about his career except for the time that he served as chancellor—as, unusual for a chancellor, he did not have a biography in either the Book of Tang or...

, an official of Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, briefly serving as chancellor
Wang Xuan
Wang Xuan
Wang Xuan , born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, innovator of the Chinese printing industry, was an academician at both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering...

, an innovator of the Chinese printing industry
Wang Xuance
Wang Xuance
Wang Xuance , fl. 7th century) was a Tang Dynasty guard officer and diplomat. In 648, Tang Taizong sent him to India in response to Harshavardhana sending an ambassador to China. However once in India he discovered Harshavardhana had died and the new king attacked Wang and his 30 mounted subordinates...

, a diplomat to India and guard that served during the Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire...
Wang Yan, son of Wang Jian, second ruler of the Qian Kingdom (Former Shu)
Wang Yangming
Wang Yangming
Wang Yangming was a Ming Chinese idealist Neo-Confucian philosopher, official, educationist, calligraphist and general. After Zhu Xi, he is commonly regarded as the most important Neo-Confucian thinker, with interpretations of Confucianism that denied the rationalist dualism of the orthodox...

, Ming Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...

Neo-Confucian
Wang Yanhan, son of Wang Shenzhi
Wang Shenzhi
Wang Shenzhi , courtesy name Xintong or Xiangqing , formally Prince Zhongyi of Min and later further posthumously honored as Emperor Taizu of Min , was the founder of Min on the southeast coast of China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period of Chinese history...

, second king of the Min Kingdom ruled from 925-926
Wang Yanjun, son of Wang Yanhan, third king of the Min Kingdom ruled from 926-935
Wang Yanxi, son of Wang Jipeng, fifth king of the Min Kingdom ruled from 939-944
Wang Yanzheng, son of Wang Yanxi, the last king of the Min Kingdom (943-945) before being absorbed by Southern Tang
Southern Tang
Southern Tang was one of the Ten Kingdoms in south-central China created following the Tang Dynasty from 937-975. Southern Tang replaced the Wu Kingdom when Li Bian deposed the emperor Yang Pu....
Wang Yeping, wife of Jiang Zemin, former president of People's Republic of China
Wang Yizhan
Garrett Wang
Garrett Richard Wang is an American actor. Wang is best known for his role in Star Trek: Voyager as Ensign Harry Kim.-Early life:...

, see Garrett Wang
Garrett Wang
Garrett Richard Wang is an American actor. Wang is best known for his role in Star Trek: Voyager as Ensign Harry Kim.-Early life:...
Wang Yuegu
Wang Yuegu
Wang Yuegu is a China-born Singaporean table tennis player who is ranked among the top ten players in the world. Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean on the International Table Tennis Federation Pro Tour in June 2005 at the Volkswagen Korean Open in Suncheon, South Korea, where she...

, China-born Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

an Olympic table tennis player
Wang Yun
Wang Yun
Wang Yun was a Minister over the Masses under Emperor Xian during the late Eastern Han Dynasty of China. During Wang Yun's time, the emperors were mere puppets under the power of eunuchs and warlords. In 192, Wang Yun plotted and successfully staged Lü Bu's assassination of Dong Zhuo, the...

, Minister over the Masses under Emperor Xian during the late Eastern Han Dynasty
Wang Yuja
Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang is a Chinese classical pianist. She was born in Beijing, began studying piano there at age six, and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.-Early life:...

, classical pianist
Wang Zhaoguo
Wang Zhaoguo
Wang Zhaoguo is a Chinese politician who came to prominence during the era of Deng Xiaoping. At age 41 he had already acquired a ministerial position job.-Biography:...

(Ong Tiau Kok), a Fujian Chinese politician who came to prominence during the era of Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese politician, statesman, and diplomat. As leader of the Communist Party of China, Deng was a reformer who led China towards a market economy...
Wang Zhaojun
Wang Zhaojun
Wang Qiang , more commonly known by her style name Wang Zhaojun was the consort of the Xiongnu chanyu Huhanye...

, one of the Four Beauties
Four Beauties
The Four Beauties or Four Great Beauties are four ancient Chinese women, renowned for their beauty. The scarcity of historical records concerning them meant that much of what is known of them today has been greatly embellished by legend...

of ancient China
Wang Zhen (official)
Wang Zhen (official)
Wang Zhen was an official of the Yuan Dynasty of China. He is credited with the invention of the first wooden movable type printing in the world, while his predecessor of the Song Dynasty , Bi Sheng , invented the world's first earthenware movable type printing...

, an official and an inventor for Yuan Dynasty known for the first wooden movable type printing
Wang Zhen
Wang Zhen
Wang Zhen was a Chinese political figure and one of the Eight Immortals of the Communist Party of China.-Early years:Like most Chinese communist leaders, Wang was a commander in his early years...

, a Chinese political figure and one of the Eight Immortals of the Communist Party of China.
Wang Zhen (eunuch)
Wang Zhen (eunuch)
Wáng Zhèn was the first Ming Dynasty eunuch with power in the court. The Zhihua Si Temple in Beijing was built in 1443 at his order.He was killed during the Tumu Crisis , a disastrous campaign against the Oirat Mongols for which he was responsible.- External links :*...

, powerful eunuch during the Ming Dynasty
Wang Zhen (Wang Yiting)
Wang Zhen (Wang Yiting)
Wang Zhen was a celebrated modern Chinese artist of the Shanghai School. His dates are sometimes given as 1877-1930, but are corrected as in the Encyclopedia of Chinese Artists on p. 131. Wang Zhen was also variously known as Bailong shanren and as a devote Buddhist under other names...

, well-known painter of the "Shanghai school" in the Qing Dynasty
Wang Zhen (gymnast)
Wang Zhen (gymnast)
Wang Zhen is a Chinese acrobatic gymnast that represented China at both the 2006 and 2004 World Championships.-References:...

, a Chinese gymnast that represented China in 2004 and 2006 World Championships
Wang Zhengjun
Empress Wang Zhengjun
Empress Wang Zhengjun , , official imperial title Empress Xiaoyuan , later and more commonly known as Grand Empress Dowager Wang, born in Yuancheng , was an empress during the Western Han Dynasty of China, who played important roles during the reigns of five successive Han emperors—her...

, Han Dynasty
Han Dynasty
The Han Dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms . It was founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han. It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty of the former regent Wang Mang...

empress
Wang Zhi
Wang Zhi
Wang Zhi was a Chinese pirate and trader of the 16th century, one of the chief named and known figures among the wokou prevalent at the time...

, a eunuch in Ming Dynasty
Wang Zhizhi
Wang Zhizhi
Wang Zhizhi is a Chinese professional basketball player. He is a former player in the National Basketball Association.Wang is 214 cm tall. Wang's father Wang Weijun and mother Ren Huanzhen were both basketball players...

, former NBA player
Wayne Wang
Wayne Wang
Wayne Wang is a Chinese American film director.-Biography:Wang was born and raised in Hong Kong, and named after his father's favorite movie star, John Wayne...

, film director
Wong Jing
Wong Jing
Wong Jing is a Hong Kong film director, producer, actor, presenter, and screenwriter. A prolific filmmaker possessed of strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, he is often cited as the most consistently successful filmmaker , in commercial terms, in the Hong Kong cinema of the last...

, film director
Wang Daiyu, Chinese Muslim
Hui people
The Hui people are an ethnic group in China, defined as Chinese speaking people descended from foreign Muslims. They are typically distinguished by their practice of Islam, however some also practice other religions, and many are direct descendants of Silk Road travelers.In modern People's...

scholor
Wang Jinghong
Wang Jinghong
Wang Jinghong was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who was deputy to Zheng He on his voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Africa, collectively referred to as the travels of "Eunuch Sanbao to the Western Ocean" or "Zheng He to the Western Ocean", from 1405 to...

, Chinese Muslim admiral
Wang Ju-Rong
Wang Ju-Rong
Wang Ju-Rong was a Chinese-Muslim Martial Arts practitioner and Wushu professor in the Shanghai Institute of Physical Education.A longtime promoter of Wushu, a teacher, an organizational officer, and a Wushu event-announcer, she was the first woman who was a certified judge of national ranking for...

, Chinese Muslim martial artist
Wang Zi-Ping
Wang Zi-Ping
Wang Zi-Ping was a Chinese-Muslim practitioner of Chinese Martial Arts and traditional medicine from Changzhou, Cangxian county, Mengcun, Hebei Province. He served as the leader of the Shaolin Kung Fu division of the Martial Arts Institute in 1928 and was also the vice chairman of the Chinese...

, Chinese Muslim martial artist
Wang Zhengwei
Wang Zhengwei
Wang Zhengwei is the current vice secretary of the Communist Party of China Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region committee and the chairman of Ningxia. He is also the chairman of Ningxia Social Science Association, a member of the Chinese Ethnic Writers Association and a member of the Ningxia Writers...

, Chairman of Ningxia, Dungani

Malaysia

Angel Wong Chui Ling
Angel Wong Chui Ling
Angel Wong Chui-ling or better known as Chui Ling to her many fans is a Hong Kong-born Malaysia-based TV and radio personality, host and columnist....

(王翠玲), a Hong Kong-born expat in Malaysia-based TV and radio personality, host and columnist.
Augustine Ong
Augustine Ong
Tan Sri Dr Augustine Ong Soon Hock is the Chairman of the International Society for Fat Research since 1997 and the President of the Malaysian Oil Scientists' and Technologists' Association, Senior Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry London and...

, Tan Sri Dr - a Malaysian scientist, Chairman of the International Society for Fat Research (ISF)
Michael Wong (singer) (王光良), see Guang Liang
Guang Liang
Michael Wong Kong Leong , born August 30, 1970, is a Malaysian Chinese singer and composer. Wong began his singing career in a duo with Victor Wong. The pair had attained notable success in Taiwan, but in a mutual agreement the two split in 2000. Wong has released five solo albums, the third being...
Nicholas Ong Chong Quan, a Malaysian Chinese rapper known as Point Blanc of Poetic Ammo
Poetic Ammo
Poetic Ammo was a Malaysian rap/hip-hop group. The group consisted of Yogeswaran Veerasingam , Chandrakumar Balakrishnan , Nicholas Ong , and Sashi Kumar Balakrishnan Poetic Ammo (previously known as PMO or Poetic Ammunition) was a Malaysian rap/hip-hop group. The group consisted of Yogeswaran...
Ong Beng Hee
Ong Beng Hee
Ong Beng Hee is a professional squash player from Malaysia.With four successive Asian Championship titles from 2000–2006; gold medals in both the 2002 and 2006 Asian Games, 11 PSA Tour titles from 19 final appearances, and a career-best world ranking of No 7, Ong Beng Hee has become Malaysia’s...

, professional squash player from Malaysia
Ong Eu Jin@Eugene Ong, a Malaysia businessman involve in Logistic,Trading and Development Business.
Ong Boon Hua
Chin Peng
Chin Peng, former OBE , was born Ong Boon Hua in Sitiawan, and was a long-time leader of the Malayan Communist Party...

(王文華), leader of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP). See Chin Peng
Chin Peng
Chin Peng, former OBE , was born Ong Boon Hua in Sitiawan, and was a long-time leader of the Malayan Communist Party...
Ong Ewe Hock
Ong Ewe Hock
Ong Ewe Hock is a former Malaysian Chinese badminton singles player whose prime years were in the 1990s. He is best known for his fighting spirit and his fast game play.-Achievements:...

(王友福), a Malaysian badminton player from Penang
Ong Hock Thye
Ong Hock Thye
Ong Hock Thye a Malaysian judge on the Courts of Malaysia.The Hon. Tan Sri Dato Justice Ong Hock Thye , PSM, DPMS, also known as H. T. Ong was Chief Justice of Malaysia and a Barrister-at-Law of Middle Temple. He was the son of Mr. Ong Teng Up and was born in Penang in 1908...

, a Malaysian judge on the Courts of Malaysia.
Ong Kee Hui
Ong Kee Hui
Tan Sri Datuk Amar Ong Kee Hui was a Malaysian Chinese politician and founder / leader of the Sarawak United People's Party ....

, a Malaysian Chinese politician and founder of the Sarawak United People's Party
Sarawak United People's Party
The Sarawak United Peoples' Party, or SUPP is a political party in Malaysia. The party is one of the constituent members of the ruling Barisan Nasional...

(SUPP)
Ong Kwan Hin, (1896–1982) father of Ong Kee Hui
Ong Kee Hui
Tan Sri Datuk Amar Ong Kee Hui was a Malaysian Chinese politician and founder / leader of the Sarawak United People's Party ....

was Kapitan China for the Hokkien community
Ong Poh Lim
Ong Poh Lim
Ong Poh Lim was a Malayan/Singaporean badminton player who won numerous national and international titles from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. In 1954 he shared the prestigious All-England men's doubles title with Ooi Teik Hock, having previously reached the finals of both singles and doubles...

(王保林), a Malaysian badminton player
Ong Soo Hin
Ong Soo Hin
Ong Soo Hin is a Malaysian Chinese businessman and head of a salvaging company in south-east Asia.In 1996, Ong Soo Hin teamed up with Oxford University archaeologist Mensun Bound to work with Vietnam's National History Museum in excavating the Hoi An Wreck site off the coast of Hoi An, Vietnam. The...

, a Malaysian Chinese businessman and head of a salvaging company in south-east Asia
Ong Soon Hock
Ong Soon Hock
-Career:Ong played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Tan Bin Shen. They were seeded #16 and were defeated in the first round by Tadashi Ohtsuka and Keita Masuda, of Japan, 21-14, 21-8.Ong's partner changed to Hoon Thien How...

(王顺福), a badminton player from Malaysia
Ong Soon Hock (Augustine), see Augustine Ong
Augustine Ong
Tan Sri Dr Augustine Ong Soon Hock is the Chairman of the International Society for Fat Research since 1997 and the President of the Malaysian Oil Scientists' and Technologists' Association, Senior Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry London and...
Ong Tiang Swee, (1864–1950) Kapitan China, President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, father of Ong Kwan Hin
Richard Ong
Richard Ong
Richard Ong is the founder and was the chief executive officer of the Hopu Fund, a China-based private equity fund. Hopu is now the largest private equity fund in China.-Early career:...

(王忠信), a Malaysian business man and CEO of Hopu Fund
Wang Baolin (王保林), see Ong Poh Lim
Ong Poh Lim
Ong Poh Lim was a Malayan/Singaporean badminton player who won numerous national and international titles from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. In 1954 he shared the prestigious All-England men's doubles title with Ooi Teik Hock, having previously reached the finals of both singles and doubles...
Wang Cuiling (王翠玲), see Angel Wong Chui Ling
Angel Wong Chui Ling
Angel Wong Chui-ling or better known as Chui Ling to her many fans is a Hong Kong-born Malaysia-based TV and radio personality, host and columnist....
Wang Guangliang (王光良), a see Guang Liang
Guang Liang
Michael Wong Kong Leong , born August 30, 1970, is a Malaysian Chinese singer and composer. Wong began his singing career in a duo with Victor Wong. The pair had attained notable success in Taiwan, but in a mutual agreement the two split in 2000. Wong has released five solo albums, the third being...

or Michael Wong (singer)
Wang Lanyin (王蓝茵), a Malaysian singer-composer
Wang Shunfu (王顺福), see Ong Soon Hock
Ong Soon Hock
-Career:Ong played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Tan Bin Shen. They were seeded #16 and were defeated in the first round by Tadashi Ohtsuka and Keita Masuda, of Japan, 21-14, 21-8.Ong's partner changed to Hoon Thien How...
Wang Wenhua
Chin Peng
Chin Peng, former OBE , was born Ong Boon Hua in Sitiawan, and was a long-time leader of the Malayan Communist Party...

(王文華), see Chin Peng
Chin Peng
Chin Peng, former OBE , was born Ong Boon Hua in Sitiawan, and was a long-time leader of the Malayan Communist Party...
Wang Youfu (王友福), see Ong Ewe Hock
Ong Ewe Hock
Ong Ewe Hock is a former Malaysian Chinese badminton singles player whose prime years were in the 1990s. He is best known for his fighting spirit and his fast game play.-Achievements:...
Wang Zhongxin (王忠信), see Richard Ong
Richard Ong
Richard Ong is the founder and was the chief executive officer of the Hopu Fund, a China-based private equity fund. Hopu is now the largest private equity fund in China.-Early career:...

Singapore

Daniel Ong
Daniel Ong
Daniel Ong is a former Singaporean radio deejay in Singapore's MediaCorp Radio 987FM and television host. He is an award winning DJ having picked up the most popular radio personality awards in the Singapore radio awards in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Daniel is well known for playing the role in...

, a former Singaporean radio DJ in Singapore's MediaCorp Radio 987FM and television host
Glenn Ong
Glenn Ong
Glenn Ong Su Kar is a popular DJ at MediaCorp's Class 95FM, a Singapore English radio station, hosting the country's #1 rated morning show with The Flying Dutchman and Vernetta Lopez...

(王舒佳), Ong Su Kar is a Singaporean radio DJ at MediaCorp's Class 95FM, a Singapore English radio station
Olivia Ong
Olivia Ong
Olivia Ong is a Singaporean singer. She sings mostly in English but developed her career singing in English and Japanese. In addition, she has released rare tracks, recorded in Mandarin, and Cantonese which can be found on limited edition albums.-Biography:...

(王俪婷), a Chinese Singaporean singer
Ong Keng Sen
Ong Keng Sen
Ong Keng Sen is a Singaporean director of the theatre group TheatreWorks, which was founded in Singapore in 1985.Ong is a member of the Asia-Europe Network, which promotes the artistic exchange between Asia and Europe...

(王景生), a Singaporean director of the theatre group TheatreWorks
Ong Keng Yong
Ong Keng Yong
Ong Keng Yong is a Singaporean diplomat. He was the Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations from 2003 to 2007....

, a Singaporean diplomat and secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2003
Ong Pan Boon (王邦文), a prominent first generation People's Action Party (PAP) politician in Singapore.
Ong Soh Khim
Ong Soh Khim
Associate Professor Ong Soh Khim was a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore from January 2005 to April 2006. She was appointed by Singapore’s President S R Nathan in December 2004.-Background:...

(王素琴), a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) in Singapore
Ong Teck Chin
Ong Teck Chin
Ong Teck Chin is a Singaporean educator.He was formerly the Principal/CEO of Anglo-Chinese School , and resident warden of its boarding school.- Background :...

(王德进), a Singaporean educator
Ong Teng Cheong
Ong Teng Cheong
Ong Teng Cheong was the first directly elected President of the Republic of Singapore. He was the nation's fifth President, and served a six-year term from 1 September 1993 to 31 August 1999.-Early life:...

, former President of Singapore
President of Singapore
The President of the Republic of Singapore is Singapore's head of state. In a Westminster parliamentary system, as which Singapore governs itself, the prime minister is the head of the government while the position of president is largely ceremonial. Before 1993, the President of Singapore was...
Remy Ong
Remy Ong
Remy Ong is a Singaporean bowler and former world champion.Remy made his name in the 2002 Asian Games at Busan as the captain for the men's team when he became the nation's only second male multiple-gold medalist in the competition's 51-year history, winning three gold medals. He developed into a...

(王雷明), a Singaporean bowler
Wang Bangwen (王邦文), see Ong Pan Boon
Wang Dejin (王德进), see Ong Teck Chin
Ong Teck Chin
Ong Teck Chin is a Singaporean educator.He was formerly the Principal/CEO of Anglo-Chinese School , and resident warden of its boarding school.- Background :...
Wang Dingchang (王鼎昌), see Ong Teng Cheong
Ong Teng Cheong
Ong Teng Cheong was the first directly elected President of the Republic of Singapore. He was the nation's fifth President, and served a six-year term from 1 September 1993 to 31 August 1999.-Early life:...
Wang Jingsheng (王景生), see Ong Keng Sen
Ong Keng Sen
Ong Keng Sen is a Singaporean director of the theatre group TheatreWorks, which was founded in Singapore in 1985.Ong is a member of the Asia-Europe Network, which promotes the artistic exchange between Asia and Europe...
Wang Leiming (王雷明), see Remy Ong
Remy Ong
Remy Ong is a Singaporean bowler and former world champion.Remy made his name in the 2002 Asian Games at Busan as the captain for the men's team when he became the nation's only second male multiple-gold medalist in the competition's 51-year history, winning three gold medals. He developed into a...
Wang Liting (王俪婷), see Olivia Ong
Olivia Ong
Olivia Ong is a Singaporean singer. She sings mostly in English but developed her career singing in English and Japanese. In addition, she has released rare tracks, recorded in Mandarin, and Cantonese which can be found on limited edition albums.-Biography:...
Wang Mingyu, see Daniel Ong
Daniel Ong
Daniel Ong is a former Singaporean radio deejay in Singapore's MediaCorp Radio 987FM and television host. He is an award winning DJ having picked up the most popular radio personality awards in the Singapore radio awards in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Daniel is well known for playing the role in...
Wang Shujia (王舒佳), see Glenn Ong
Glenn Ong
Glenn Ong Su Kar is a popular DJ at MediaCorp's Class 95FM, a Singapore English radio station, hosting the country's #1 rated morning show with The Flying Dutchman and Vernetta Lopez...
Wang Suqin (王素琴), see Ong Soh Khim
Ong Soh Khim
Associate Professor Ong Soh Khim was a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore from January 2005 to April 2006. She was appointed by Singapore’s President S R Nathan in December 2004.-Background:...
Wang Yuegu
Wang Yuegu
Wang Yuegu is a China-born Singaporean table tennis player who is ranked among the top ten players in the world. Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean on the International Table Tennis Federation Pro Tour in June 2005 at the Volkswagen Korean Open in Suncheon, South Korea, where she...

, China-born Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

an Olympic table tennis player

Indonesia

Ong Hok Ham
Ong Hok Ham
Ong Hok Ham was an eminent Chinese Indonesian historian considered one of the leading experts on Indonesian history during the 19th century Dutch colonial rule...

(王福涵), a Chinese Indonesian historian experts on Indonesian history during the Dutch colonial rule
Wang Fuhan (王福涵), see Ong Hok Ham
Ong Hok Ham
Ong Hok Ham was an eminent Chinese Indonesian historian considered one of the leading experts on Indonesian history during the 19th century Dutch colonial rule...

Taiwan

Leehom Wang, Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, actor and commercial model
Ong Iok-tek
Ong Iok-tek
Ong Iok-tek was a Taiwanese scholar and early leader of the Taiwan independence movement. He is considered to be an authority on the Min Nan language family and the Taiwanese language....

(王育德), a Taiwanese scholar and early leader of the Taiwan independence movement.
Wang Yude (王育德), see Ong Iok-tek
Ong Iok-tek
Ong Iok-tek was a Taiwanese scholar and early leader of the Taiwan independence movement. He is considered to be an authority on the Min Nan language family and the Taiwanese language....
Grace Wang, Taiwanese-New Zealand my beautiful little baby

Korean

The royal family of the Goryeo Dynasty, founded by Wang Geon
Wang Ki-Chun
Wang Ki-Chun
Wang Ki-Chun is a male judoka from South Korea.He became known for beating the 2004 Olympic champion Lee Won-Hee in the qualification matches for the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games.Wang won the world title at the age of 19 at the 2007 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro,...

, judo world champion
Wang Bit Na
Wang Bit Na
Wang Bit Na is a South Korean actress and a model, most known for playing as Bu-yong in the popular Korean, Hwang Jin-yi drama.She had a major in performing arts of Chungang University.-Personal background:* Height : 170 cm...

, actress and model
Wang Ji-hyun, popularly known as Jun Ji-hyun
Jun Ji-hyun
Jun Ji-hyun also known as Gianna Jun, is a South Korean actress and model. She had her breakthrough role in 2001 as The Girl in the film My Sassy Girl which became the highest grossing Korean comedy of all time...

Vietnamese

Vuong Van Dong
Vuong Van Dong
Lieutenant Colonel Vương Văn Đông was an officer of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam who led the failed coup attempt of 1960 against President Ngô Đình Diệm. After the failed coup, he fled to Cambodia with the other coup leaders aboard a commandeered air force C-47. Đông was allowed to quietly...

, Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
The Army of the Republic of Viet Nam , sometimes parsimoniously referred to as the South Vietnamese Army , was the land-based military forces of the Republic of Vietnam , which existed from October 26, 1955 until the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975...

(ARVN) lieutenant colonel, staged the 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
On November 11, 1960, a failed coup attempt against President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam was led by Lieutenant Colonel Vuong Van Dong and Colonel Nguyen Chanh Thi of the Airborne Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam ....

Fictional people

Amy Wong
Amy Wong
Amy Wong, voiced by Lauren Tom, is a fictional character, one of the main characters from the Fox and Comedy Central television animated series Futurama. She works as an intern at Planet Express...

, Futurama
Futurama
Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...

character
Lo Wang, Shadow Warrior
Shadow Warrior
Shadow Warrior, often known by its initials SW, is a first-person shooter computer game developed by 3D Realms and released on May 13, 1997 by GT Interactive. Shadow Warrior was developed using Ken Silverman's Build engine and improved on 3D Realms' previous Build engine game, Duke Nukem 3D...

character
Nina Wáng
Nina Wáng
is one of the main characters of the anime TV series My-Otome. She is the top student in the Coral class and also one of Arika's roommates. She hails from Artai, a poorer kingdom than Windbloom with no Otome of its own. She and Juliet Nao Zhang are intended to fill this void and serve their country...

, My-Otome
My-Otome
is an anime series created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it is a spinoff of My-HiME anime series and as such My-Otome takes place in a new setting with new main characters....

character
Wang Jinrei, Tekken character
Wang Liu Mei, Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
is an anime TV series, the eleventh incarnation of Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise consisting of two seasons. It is directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and features character designs by Yun Kōga. The twenty-five episode season was officially announced by Sunrise...

character
Wang Lung, The Good Earth
The Good Earth
The Good Earth is a novel by Pearl S. Buck published in 1931 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1932. The best selling novel in the United States in both 1931 and 1932, it was an influential factor in Buck winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938...

character
Wang Shizhen, Hikaru no Go
Hikaru no Go
is a manga series, a coming of age story based on the board game Go written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata with an anime adaptation. The production of the series' Go games was supervised by Go professional Yukari Umezawa...

character
Wang Yao, Axis Powers Hetalia character

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