When Fung Chai Tang was born on 12 July 1893, in Dongguan, Guangdong, China, her father, Xing-yuan Tang 鄧星垣, was 38 and her mother, Shun ying Wong, was 34. She married Pao lam Kay in March 1909. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died in June 1928, at the age of 34, and was buried in Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
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Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 湯, meaning ‘soup’ or ‘hot water’ in Chinese: (i) from part of the title of Cheng Tang (成湯), a title of Lü, founder of the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC ). (ii) from the personal name of Tang Yue (湯悅), who changed his original surname, Yin (殷), to Tang (湯) during the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127 AD ).
Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 唐, meaning ‘boastful’ or ‘in vain’ in ancient Chinese: (i) from the placename Tang (唐), the name of a fief (located in present-day Shanxi province), which is said to have belonged to the legendary Emperor Yao (c. 24th century BC ). The state of Tang was annexed by King Cheng of Zhou (reigned 1042–1021 BC ). The original inhabitants migrated to the state of Du (located in present-day Shaanxi province), adopting 唐 as their surname. Later, King Cheng of Zhou granted the fiefdom of Tang to Shu Yu, also known as Tang Shu Yu (Shu Yu of Tang), the third son of King Wu of Zhou (c. 1087–1043 BC ). The fiefdom was eventually annexed by the state of Chu in 505 BC . Some of his descendants, too, inherited 唐, the name of the fief, as their surname. (ii) in some families this surname can be traced back to a minority ethnic group in the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD ) in southwestern China.
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