Established a Kingdom in the Shandong area named “Tan Li City”. The location was recognized by the Zhou and awarded Peng Hu there but later destroyed by the Ji, and Tan Zi escaped to Ju. Frankly speaking, Items (4) and (5) stated above were not worth arguing, but to avoid our Tan Ethnic Group mistaken the fact, we wish to specifically clarify as follows:- “
‘We were a big family 500 years ago’ touched on originally the surname of Tan was Si after the Da Yu, basically it was based on ‘The Su Ping Zhong ( 苏 平 仲) in Ming remarked on the Tan Ancestral Record:’. Facts recorded in [Surname Zuan ( 姓 纂)] and [Surname List ( 姓 谱] are records proving the meaning [Surname Tan followed name of Kingdom], but not the original surname of the Tan.
It is to be noted that our Tan Group is the largest ethnic grouping in Hua Nan ( 华 南), which included Hua Nan East as well as the Tan Overseas Chinese with a total of more than 300,000 people.
In addition, they are all recorded in their respective Ethnic Group List, like ancestor Zhong Lin Gong ( 锺 麟 公) Cha Ling Shi Chuang ( 茶 陵 石 床) ancient city the Tan ethnic list , the ancestor Si Tong Gong {Liu Yang Tan Ethnic Group List Preface} and the Hong Kong (Tan’s record), [Guangdong Tan’s Master List] etc, most of them
(1) Surname Ji ( 姬 姓) occupied the centre stage.
(2) Surname YING ( 赢 姓) comes next.
According to [The Tan History] which explained the source and how the Surname Tan was established: [Tan series came from the Ji Surname, the descendants of Xuan Yuan Huang Di ( 轩 辕 黄 帝). Until it was awarded a Kingdom Tan by the Zhou, but when it was started, there is no evidence to prove.]
Since after Zhuan Xu, as reported in the Chun Qiu Jing Zhuan ( 春 秋 经 传) , it appeared in more than one hundred Kingdoms. But the descendants of Huang Di were so numerous, it was difficult to trace so far back. Therefore one reported after Zhuan Xu, the descendant of Huang Di, until the great grandson of Zhuan Xu, Bo Yi, they were only awarded the surname YING because of achievements.
The other record stated that after Huang Di Shao Hao, from Di Ku ( 帝 喾), then Ji ( 稷) till Zhou, they still carried the surname Ji. At the beginning, they received a share of offerings from Zhou, those receiving allowances from the Kingdom Tan, they were called Ji Xiao Gong ( 姬 孝 公).
They would receive the share if they have the same surname as the senior officials of the Palace. Such description was near to what are to be described later on. However, Liu Yang Mr. Tan Si Tong ( 谭 嗣 同) strongly believed what was reported earlier.
Since the liberation of Mainland China, those Tan Descendants moved to Taiwan, including those from the various Provinces in the country regional army, scholars and educationists, workers and businessmen with a total of not less than 8,000 people. [According to the Taiwan Regional Population statistics on surname as dated June, 1978, the total Tan population was 9,688 people. Folio number listed as 107.]
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