'''Gongye''' ({{zh|c=公冶|hp=Gōngyě}}) is a Chinese compound surname listed in the ''Hundred Family Surnames''. Its choronym or clan identifier (郡望) is Lu Commandery, in what is now Qufu, Shandong.<ref name="王照百家姓-公冶">{{cite book |last1=王照 |title=百家姓 |date=2007 |isbn=9789623883054 | page=211 |publisher=The Starite Book Co. Ltd. |location=Hong Kong}}</ref>
According to the ''Xingshi Kaolüe'' (姓氏考略), the surname comes from {{ill|Ji Ye|zh|季冶}} (季冶) of the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period. His courtesy name was Gongye, which his descendants adopted as a surname.<ref name="王照百家姓-公冶"/>
The surname was eventually simplified to Gong (公); it is one of many two-character surnames beginning with ''Gong'' (公) that were simplified to just the one character over the course of history.<ref>{{cite book |title=百姓祖宗图典 |date=1993 |publisher=海天出版社 |isbn=978-7-80542-724-9 |page=422 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E7%A5%96%E5%AE%97%E5%9B%BE%E5%85%B8/1T91AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%E5%85%AC%E5%86%B6%E5%A7%93&dq=%E5%85%AC%E5%86%B6%E5%A7%93&printsec=frontcover |language=zh}}</ref>
Gongye Chang, a disciple of Confucius, had this surname.<ref name="王照百家姓-公冶"/> It was also the courtesy name of Spring and Autumn period politician {{ill|Ji Ye|zh|季冶}} (季冶) and Qing dynasty politician {{ill|Ji Ruxi|zh|冀如錫}} (冀如錫).
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