Bǐng is the Hanyu Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese family name "邴," which first appeared over 2,000 years ago in China.

During the 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...

 there were several strong states scattered throughout modern-day China. The land that is currently the PRC's Shandong province

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...

 made up the State of Lu

Lu (state)

The State of Lu, was a Zhou Dynasty ducal vassal state before and during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. Founded in the 10th century BC, its dukes used Ji as their family name. The first duke was Boqin |Qi]] and to the south by the powerful state of Chu...

. The King of Lu awarded a manor to a scholar-bureaucrat for excellent service to the kingdom. Because the name of this manor was Bing (丙) Manor, and because at that time most Chinese surnames contained the 阝

阝

阝 is a character used in Kangxi writing which serves as the combining form of two distinct radicals, distinguished by whether it is on the left or right of a character. It is the combining form of Radical 170, 阜, when used on the left of a character, as in 阪, and of Radical 163, 邑, when used on the...

 radical (e.g. 郑, 邹, 陈), the scholar-bureaucrat combined the radical and the character to craft himself a new surname (邴) to honor the king's generosity.

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• Chinese family name:Bing
• Chinese family name:Bing