Qian (surname)

[1] According to the Song dynasty book, Tongzhi, the Qian surname is descended from Zhuanxu, one of the legendary Five Emperors, via Pengzu, the founder of the Peng kingdom in modern-day Jiangsu during the Shang dynasty.

A Zhou dynasty official, Fu, was a descendant of Pengzu and served in the royal Treasury, the Qianfu ("Money Office").

His descendants adopted the surname "Qian", literally "money", from his title.

Being descendants of the Peng kingdom, the Qian family originally congregated around Xiapi, in modern-day Jiangsu.

This area comprises today's Zhejiang, Shanghai, southern Jiangsu and northern Fujian.

King Qian Temple, a shrine to the kings of Wuyue in Hangzhou , China. Such shrines were historically commonly found throughout the former territory of Wuyue .