She (; Vietnamese: Xà; Korean Hangul: 사; Japanese Hiragana: しゃ) is a

Chinese family name Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the ...

. Additional

romanization Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, a ...

s include Siah, Seah, Sheh, and Sia. She was listed at the 546th place in the

Hundred Family Surnames The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dy ...

. She has a historical connection to Yú (余).

Origins

According to chronicles, the Yu Clan are descendant of

Yu the Great Yu the Great (大禹) was a legendary king in ancient China who was famed for his introduction of flood control, his establishment of the Xia dynasty which inaugurated dynastic rule in China, and his upright moral character. He figures promine ...

(大禹)'s third son Han (罕). Yu's wife was Tu San Nyu (涂山女) who gave birth to three son. Oldest son Qi (启), second son Su (窣) and youngest was Han (罕). Han was bestow the Tu (涂) region, and given the title of ''King Qin of Yu'' (余庆王), thus he and descendant uses the state Yu as surname. Yu (余) is derived from Tu (涂), removing the stroke on the left which represent water.

Ancestor of She

* She Feng (佘諷), She I (1st) * She Qin (佘钦), She XXII (22nd)

She Feng

During the regime of

Emperor Huai of Jin Emperor Huai of Jin (; 284 – March 14, 313), personal name Sima Chi (司馬熾), courtesy name Fengdu (豐度), was an emperor of the Jin Dynasty (266–420). Emperor Huai was captured in 311 and later executed in 313 under the order of Liu ...

in 307 AD, the Yu Clan (余) due to

Shi Le Shi Le (274–17 August 333), courtesy name Shilong, formally Emperor Ming of (Later) Zhao, was the founding emperor of the Jie-led Later Zhao dynasty of China. At a young age he was sold as a slave by Jin officials, but he later helped start a ...

's Rebellion (石勒之乱) sought refuge in Muzhou (睦州) which is in current day

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , Chinese postal romanization, also romanized as Chekiang) is an East China, eastern, coastal Provinces of China, province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable citie ...

(浙江). During the reign of

Emperor Ming of Jin Emperor Ming of Jin (; 299 – 18 October 325,According to Sima Shao's biography in ''Book of Jin'', he died aged 27 (by East Asian reckoning) on the ''wuzi'' day in the leap month of the 3rd year of the ''Taining'' era of his reign. This corres ...

in 323 AD, Yu Feng (余諷) became an official of the Jin dynasty, and in order to avoid a taboo, he changed his surname from Yu (余) to She (佘). From that point on he was known as She Feng (佘諷). So because of this, his descendants followed to have this new surname. She Wan/ She Feng became the Grand Ancestor of the She Clan. Most chronicles still recognize him as She Feng (佘諷).

She Qin

She Qin (佘钦) was the first to appear in the Chinese national history. She Qin, whose

courtesy name A courtesy name (), also known as a style name, is a name bestowed upon one at adulthood in addition to one's given name. This practice is a tradition in the East Asian cultural sphere, including China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.Ulrich Theob ...

was Zheng Guo (正国), attained Jin Shi (进士) degree. In

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdom ...

's Kai Yuan (开元) era in 740 AD, he became the Ji Xue Yuan (集贤院) Grand Scholar, which is a title in the imperial court. He was born in

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

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. Once the Emperor Xuanzong of Tang bestow him to take care of a

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(南昌), thus moving his home to

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

. She Qin has four son. * 1st Son, She Rong Hua (佘荣华): Became Zhong Shu She Ren (重书舍人), which is a title in the imperial court, his descendant arrived in

* 2nd Son, She Ming (佘明): Descendant arrived in

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its cap ...

Putian (莆田) province,

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

Shunde (顺德) province. * 3rd Son, She Yuan (佘院):

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was Jin Zhan (景瞻), descendant arrived in

Chaozhou province. * 4th Son, She Ge (佘阁): No chronicles.

Guangdong, Chaozhou

She Clan descendants in Chaozhou has two group, first group come from

, She Shou Zi (佘守之) during

Liu Song dynasty Song, known as Liu Song (), Former Song (前宋) or Song of (the) Southern Dynasty (南朝宋) in historiography, was an imperial dynasty of China and the first of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period ...

was an official as Chong Zhen Lang (从政郎), during that period there was successive years of war,

Song dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...

moved the capital southwards, thus She Shou Zi himself moved his family to

Chaozhou. His great-great-grandson She Kuan Da (佘宽大), become a young official. His descendants settled down in Chaozhou's Yue Pu (月浦), Yu Zhou (渔州), Feng Xi (枫溪), Yang Shan (羊山), Tang Kou (塘口) and the other She Clan settlement. Till early part of

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han peo ...

, She of Yue Pu (月浦佘) in Yu Zhou, has some descendants moved to Hai Yang (海阳),

Chenghai District Chenghai (; postal: Tenghai; Teochew: Thěng Hài) is a district of the city of Shantou, Guangdong Province, China. Located at the Han River Delta in the southeast part of Guangdong Province, Chenghai spans from 116°41' to 116°54' E long ...

. The second group during

Wang Li (万历) era (circa 1573–1620 AD), She Dan Zai (佘淡斋) moved from

Putian (莆田) province to

(澄海县).

Grand Ancestor in Chaozhou

Chaozhou She Clan recognize She Feng(佘諷), thus making him the Grand Ancestor. * She Shou Zi (佘守之), She XXIX (29th) * She Lu Sheng (佘辂生), She XXX (30th) * She Gong Yu (佘公育), She XXXI (31st) * She Kuan Da (佘宽大), She XXXII (32nd)

She Shou Zi

She Shou Zi (佘守之) was She Yuan (佘院)'s descendant, was

official as Chong Zhen Lang (从政郎), later move from

Chaozhou. Which means She Clan have arrived in Chaozhou since

. He has three sons. * 2nd Son, She Lu Sheng (佘辂生)

She Lu Sheng

She Shou Zi's (佘守之) 2nd son, has four sons. * 3rd Son, She Gong Yu (佘公育)

She Gong Yu

She Gong Yu (佘公育) is She Shou Zi's great-grandson,

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was Nan Chang (南昌), he has three sons. * 1st Son, She Guang Da (佘光大) * 2nd Son, She Ming Da (佘名大) * 3rd Son, She Kuan Da (佘宽大)

She Kuan Da

She Kuan Da (佘宽大),

was Yue Liang (曰量), born in Southern Song dynasty

Emperor Duzong of Song Emperor Duzong of Song (2 May 1240 – 12 August 1274), personal name Zhao Qi, was the 15th emperor of the Song dynasty of China and the sixth emperor of the Southern Song dynasty. He was a nephew of his predecessor, Emperor Lizong, and reigne ...

time, third year of Xian Chun (咸淳) era which is 1267 AD, and live until

Emperor Renzong of Yuan Buyantu Khan ( Mongolian: Буянт хаан; Mongolian script: ; ), born Ayurbarwada (Mongolian: Аюурбарбад ; ), also known by the temple name Renzong (Emperor Renzong of Yuan ( Chinese: 元仁宗, April 9, 1285 – March 1, 1320), was ...

third year of Yan You (延佑) rra which is 1316 AD. He was an official in the royal court as Chao Feng Lang (朝奉郎) (recorded in Book Five of the Jie Yang

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Chronicles). He was later promoted to Pi Chao Feng Dai Fu (辟朝奉大夫), as he settled down in Chaozhou Tao Shan (桃山), thus the descendants recognize him as Grand Ancestor in Chaozhou. He was buried behind Tao Shan Cen Zai Village (桃山岑仔村), and the tomb is currently still standing, the tomb was re-embellish in 1988 AD. He has two sons, each developing their homes in the region, their descendants has populated from

Chaoshan Chaoshan or Teoswa (; peng'im: ''Dio5suan1'' i̯o˥˥꜖꜖.sũ̯ã˧˧ is a cultural-linguistic region in the east of Guangdong, China. It is the origin of the Min Nan Chaoshan dialect (). The region, also known as Chiushan in Cantonese, c ...

region to

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, his wife Tian Jing (恬静) of Ni Clan (倪氏) give birth to Bo Feng (柏峰), in

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fift ...

Tai Ding (泰定) rra (1324–1328 AD) he move his home from Tao Shan (桃山) to Jie Yang (揭阳). As the village has a round lake like a mirror, it was named as Round Mirror Village (圆镜村). Later as the village was near Han River (韩江) and surrounded by small streams, the residents built their home along the streams, like a new moon, thus giving it a name of Yu Pu Township (月浦乡). Currently in

region's She Clan recognize him as Grand Ancestor in Chaozhou, instead of She Shou Zi (佘守之).

Prominent people

Pre-modern

* She Qin (佘钦) –

Taixue __NOTOC__ Taixue (Tai-shueh; ), or sometimes called the "Imperial Academy", "Imperial School", "Imperial University" or "Imperial Central University", was the highest rank of educational establishment in Ancient China created during the Han dynasty ...

professor *

She Saihua She Saihua (佘賽花) is a legendary heroine from ancient China's Northern Song Dynasty. The wife of Yang Ye and the mother of their 7 sons, she is a prominent figure in the stories on '' Generals of the Yang Family''. The elderly and widowed ...

(佘赛花) – She Taijun (佘太君):

, General

Yang Ye Yang Ye (楊業) or Yang Jiye (楊繼業)According to he changed his name directly from Liu Jiye to Yang Ye in 979, changing both the surname and the given name. If this is to be believed, the name Yang Jiye is technically incorrect, but shows ...

's wife * She Xiu Mei (佘修梅) –

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-spea ...

official * She Zhi Zhen (佘志贞) –

official, Jin Shi (进士) degree * Seah Eu Chin (佘有进) – founder of

Ngee Ann Kongsi The Ngee Ann Kongsi () is a charitable foundation located in Singapore and governed by the Ngee Ann Kongsi Ordinance of 1933. It is one of many Overseas Chinese Kongsi, or clan associations, that were set up by immigrants from China in the late ...

and leader of Teochew clan in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

; he was also made a Justice of the Peace and a member of the Grand Jury * She Hui (佘惠) – communist revolutionary martyr in PRC

Modern

Charmaine Sheh Charmaine Sheh Sze-man (; born 28 May 1975) is a Hong Kong actress. After winning second runner-up in the 1997 Miss Hong Kong pageant, Sheh signed a contract with TVB in 1998. She is best known for her roles in ''Return of the Cuckoo'' (2000 ...

– actress * Lynnette Seah – Singaporean violinist * Nicole Seah – Singaporean politician

Other

* Sheshan and

Sheshan Island Sheshan Island () is located east of Chongming Island, in the estuary of the Yangtze River. The area is . The island is under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Municipal Region and is guarded by the People's Liberation Army Navy. A 130-year-old ...

in Shanghai

External links

佘 in Wiktionary
{{DEFAULTSORT:She (Surname) Chinese-language surnames Individual Chinese surnames