Zong

Zong may refer to:

  • Zong (surname), a Mandarin Chinese surname (宗), and a Cantonese romanization of the Chinese surname Zhuang
  • dzong architecture (Tibetan: རྫོང་, W rdzong), a distinctive style of fortress in Tibet and nearby regions
  • zong, Tibetan for "county"
  • Zong mobile payments, American micropayments provider
  • Zong Pakistan, a telecommunication service provider
  • Zong massacre, a 1781 slave massacre on the British slave ship Zong
  • Zong Pu (born 1928), Chinese writer and scholar
  • Zongzi, a traditional Chinese food eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival

People

  • Zong Zoua Her, ethnic Hmong
  • Liu Zong (died 821), general of the Táng Dynasty
  • Qiao Zong (died 413), Han Chinese military leader in present-day Sichuan province in China during the Eastern Jin Dynasty
  • Zong Rinpoche (1905–1984), Gelug Lama and disciple of the third Trijang Rinpoche
  • Xue Zong (died 243), official and scholar of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China
  • Zhou Zong (died 950s), official of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Southern Tang
  • Zong Bing (375–443), Chinese artist and musician who wrote the earliest text on landscape painting
  • Zong Qinghou (born 1945), Chinese entrepreneur
  • Zong Ai (died 452), eunuch who briefly came to great power in the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei in 452 after assassinating Emperor Taiwu
  • Zong Chen (1525–1560), major Chinese scholar-official of the Ming Dynasty
  • Zong Chuke (died 710), official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty
  • Zong Kai, Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category T54 Sprint events
  • Kelly Zong (born 1982), Chinese businesswoman
  • Zong Lei (born 1981), former Chinese football player
  • Zong Xiangqing (born 1960), Chinese fencer
  • Zong Xiao Chen (born 1998), Chinese darts player from Dandong
  • Zong Yu (died 264), military general of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China
  • Zong Qinke (died 691), official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty

Miscellaneous

  • Crystals of Zong, maze-chase game written by Sean McKinnon for the Commodore 64
  • Dai Zong, a fictional character in Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature
  • Zing Zong, a 1991 soukous album made by Kanda Bongo Man

Begins with

  • All pages beginning with Zong
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