The Tang (汤) Surname: From the Shang Dynasty's Founding King to a 900-Year Wuyi Lineage A Surname from the Founding of a Dynasty (Tang, Tāng) The Tang (汤, Tāng) surname takes its character from Cheng Tang (成汤, Chéng Tāng), the king who founded the Shang dynasty (商朝, Shāng cháo) around 1600 BCE. Surname tradition derives…