Gongye

Gongye is a Chinese compound surname listed in the Hundred Family Surnames. Its choronym or clan identifier is Lu Commandery, in what is now Qufu, Shandong.
According to the Xingshi Kaolüe, the surname comes from of the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period. His courtesy name was Gongye, which his descendants adopted as a surname.
The surname was eventually simplified to Gong ; it is one of many two-character surnames beginning with Gong that were simplified to just the one character over the course of history.
Gongye Chang, a disciple of Confucius, had this surname. It was also the courtesy name of Spring and Autumn period politician and Qing dynasty politician .