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Chinese Compound Surname
A Chinese compound surname is a Chinese surname using more than one character. Many of these compound surnames derive from Zhou dynasty Chinese noble and official titles, professions, place names and other areas, to serve a purpose. Some are originally from various tribes that lived in ancient China, while others were created by joining two one-character family names. Only a few of these names (e.g. Ouyang ��陽/欧阳 Shangguan ��官 Sima ��馬/司马 Zhuge ��葛/诸葛 Situ ��徒 Xiahou ��侯 Huangfu ��甫 and Huyan ��延 can still be found quite commonly in modern times with Ouyang, Shangguan, Sima and Situ appearing most frequently. Many clans eventually took on a single-character surname for various reasons. Lists below are arranged alphabetically by their Mandarin pinyin spellings. Native Han compound surnames Double-barrelled surnames Double-barrelled surname () occurs sometimes when both families of a marriage wish to pass down their surnames, or when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Surname
Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicization, Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the Western name order, Western tradition in which surnames are written last. Around 2,000 Han Chinese surnames are currently in use, but the great proportion of Han Chinese people use only a relatively small number of these surnames; 19 surnames are used by around half of the Han Chinese people, while 100 surnames are used by around 87% of the population. A report in 2019 gives the List of common Chinese surnames, most common Chinese surnames as Wang (surname), Wang and Li (surname 李), Li, each shared by over 100 million people in China. The remaining eight of the top ten most common Chinese surnames are Zhang (surname), Zhang, Liu, Chen (surname), Chen, Yang (surname), Yang, Huang (surname), Huang, Zhao (surname), Zhao, Wu (surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
( ; , , ; POJ), also known as Church Romanization, is an orthography used to write variants of Hokkien Southern Min, particularly Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese and Amoy dialect, Amoy Hokkien, and it is widely employed as one of the writing systems for Southern Min. During its peak, it had hundreds of thousands of readers. Developed by Western missionary, missionaries working among the Chinese emigration, Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia in the 19th century and refined by missionaries working in Xiamen and Tainan, it uses a modified Latin alphabet and some diacritics to represent the spoken language. After initial success in Fujian, POJ became most widespread in Taiwan and, in the mid-20th century, there were over 100,000 people literate in POJ. A large amount of printed material, religious and secular, has been produced in the script, including Taiwan's first newspaper, the ''Taiwan Church News''. During Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule (1895–1945), the use of was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duanmu Ci
Duanmu Ci (; 520–456 BC), also known by his courtesy name Zigong (), was a Chinese businessman, philosopher, and politician. He was one of the most important and loyal disciples of Confucius. Among Confucius' students, he was the second best at speech, after only Zai Yu. He was a prominent diplomat of the Spring and Autumn period who served as a high official in several states, and was a very wealthy businessman. Life Duanmu Ci (Zigong) was a native of the State of Wey, born in present day Xun County. He was 31 years younger than Confucius. Zigong had mental sharpness and ability, and appears in the ''Analects'' as one of the most eloquent speakers among Confucius' students. Confucius said, "From the time that I got Ci, scholars from a distance came daily resorting to me." According to Zhu Xi, Zigong was a merchant who later became wealthy through his own efforts, and developed a sense of moral self-composure through the course of his work. (His past profession as a merchant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duanmu
Duanmu is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese compound surname written in Chinese characters. It is romanized as Tuan-mu in Wade–Giles. Duanmu is listed 447th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. It is not among the 300 most common surnames in modern China. Notable people * Duanmu Ci or Zigong (520–456 BC), disciple of Confucius, one of the Twelve Philosophers * Duanmu Shu ( 端木叔), Warring States period descendant of Duanmu Ci, known for his wealth and philanthropy * Duan Fuchu or Duanmu Fuchu ( 端復初; 1321–1373), Ming dynasty Minister of Justice * Duanmu Guohu ( 端木國瑚; 1773–1837), Qing dynasty official and scholar of the ''I Ching'' * Duanmu Jie ( 端木傑; 1897–1972), Republic of China general and Minister of Transportation * Joseph K. Twanmoh ( 端木愷 , 1903–1987), Republic of China politician, president of Soochow University (Taiwan) * Duanmu Hongliang (1912–1996), novelist * Lucy Duanmu ( 端木露 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dongfang Shuo
Dongfang Shuo (, c. 160 BCE – c. 93 BCE) was a Han dynasty scholar-official, '' fangshi'' ("master of esoterica"), author, and court jester to Emperor Wu (r. 141 – 87 BCE). In Chinese mythology, Dongfang is considered a Daoist ''xian'' ("transcendent; immortal") and the spirit of Venus who incarnated as a series of ancient ministers including Laozi. Dongfang Shuo is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang. Names Dongfang Shuo's original Chinese surname was Zhang (張 meaning "stretch; spread"), which was later changed to an uncommon compound surname Dongfang (東方 "eastern direction; the east"). His Chinese given name was Shuo (朔 "new moon") and his courtesy name was Manqian (曼倩 "graceful handsome"). Owing to his eccentric and humorous behavior at the Han court in Chang'an, Dongfang was regarded as a court jester (Huaji 滑稽, "Buffoon") and he proclaimed himself the first ''chaoyin'' (朝隱 "recluse at court", pun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dongfang (surname)
Dongfang is a compound surname in China and also later spread into East Asia. Dongfang has two points of origin. One branch is said to be descended from the Fuxi, Fuxi clan, which originated in the east; the other is said to be descended from Dongfang Shuo, whose original family name was Zhang (surname), Zhang.People's Daily. Overseas Ed. May 9th, 2001. Dongfang, a surname originated from Dongfang Shu始于东方朔的东方姓) Dongfang is the 119th surname in Hundred Family Surnames. Notable people named Dongfang *Dongfang Shuo, poet during the Han dynasty *Dongfang Qiu, poet and historian during the Tang dynasty *Dongfang Xian, scholar during the Tang dynasty *Dongfang Bubai, fictional character from ''The Smiling, Proud Wanderer'' References {{surname Chinese-language surnames Korean-language surnames of Chinese origin Individual Chinese surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuxi
Fuxi or Fu Hsi ( zh, c=伏羲) is a culture hero in Chinese mythology, credited along with his sister and wife Nüwa with creating humanity and the invention of music, hunting, fishing, domestication, and cooking, as well as the Cangjie system of writing Chinese characters around 2900 BC or 2000BC. He is also said to be the originator of bagua (the eight trigrams) after observing that there were eight fundamental building blocks in nature: heaven, earth, water, fire, thunder, wind, mountain, and lake. These eight are all made of different combinations of yin and yang, which are what came to be called bagua. Fuxi was counted as the first mythical emperor of China, "a divine being with a serpent's body" who was miraculously born, a Taoist deity, and/or a member of the Three Sovereigns at the beginning of the Chinese dynastic period. Some representations show him as a human with snake-like characteristics, "a leaf-wreathed head growing out of a mountain", "or as a man clothed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diwu Qi
Diwu Qi (第五琦) (712''New Book of Tang'', 149. or 713''Old Book of Tang'', 123. – September 19, 782Diwu Qi's biographies in the ''Old Book of Tang'' and the ''New Book of Tang'' did not give a death date for him, and disagreed as to death age — with the ''Old Book of Tang'' giving 69 and the ''New Book of Tang'' giving 70. The death date here was per the chronology of Emperor Dezong's in the ''Old Book of Tang''.), courtesy name Yugui (禹珪), formally the Duke of Fufeng (扶風公), was a Chinese economist and politician during the Tang dynasty who served briefly as chancellor during the reign of Emperor Suzong, but was more known for his influence on the economic policies that Suzong enacted throughout his career, including his advocacy for the state-run monopolies over salt and iron. Background Diwu Qi was born in either 712 or 713. His family was from the Tang dynasty capital Chang'an and traced its ancestry to the legendary Emperor Shun and the royal house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chunyu Qiong
Chunyu Qiong (died 200), courtesy name Zhongjian, was a military officer serving under the warlord Yuan Shao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He played a significant part in the Battle of Guandu in 200. Life Little is known about Chunyu's background other than that in 188, he was the Right Colonel (右校尉) in the newly created Army of the Western Garden along with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. He may have left the capital at around the same time as Yuan Shao and joined the coalition against Dong Zhuo in 190. It is clear that by the end of the decade, Chunyu Qiong had become one of Yuan Shao's leading and most trusted military officers. In a later memorial submitted by Cao Cao, he is referred to as "a great officer under Yuan Shao". In 195, Yuan Shao's strategist Ju Shou suggested that he welcome Emperor Xian to his province so that he could effectively be in control of the imperial government. However, Chunyu Qiong opposed this suggestion based on the faulty logic t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chunyu (name)
Chunyu or Chun-yu is a transliteration of multiple Chinese given names and a Chinese surname. Given name * Chen Chun-yu (born 1975), Taiwanese politician * Tan Kun-giok (1905–1963), Taiwanese songwriter and author known in Mandarin as Chen Chun-yu * Dong Chunyu (born 1991), Chinese male soccer player * Li Chunyu (born 1986), Chinese male soccer player * Wang Chunyu (born 1995), Chinese female middle-distance runner * Francis Ng Chun-yu (born 1961), Hong Kong actor * Adderly Fong Chun-Yu (born 1990), Canadian racing driver Family name * {{ill, Chunyu (surname), zh, 淳于姓 ** Chunyu Kun (4th century BC), Confucian philosopher and official ** Chunyu Qiong (died 200), Chinese military general during the Han dynasty ** Chunyu Shi, administrator of Kuaiji during the Three Kingdoms The Three Kingdoms of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu dominated China from AD 220 to 280 following the end of the Han dynasty. This period was preceded by the Eastern Han dynasty and followed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baili Xi
Baili Xi (; 7th century BC), courtesy name Ziming (子明), was an influential prime minister of the state of Qin during the Spring and Autumn period of China. Background Baili Xi was born during the Spring and Autumn period, a time of great internal chaos in China. Though talented, he came from a very poor family and was unable to realize his potential by the time he was in his 30s. After much encouragement from his wife, he left home to seek greener pastures and hopefully advance his career ambitions. He went to the prosperous state of Qi to seek his fortune. However, the government was riddled with corruption and he had no money to bribe the officials. Before long, he had used up all his money and was forced to beg in the street. While in Qi, he befriended Jian Shu (蹇叔), another fellow scholar. Jian Shu talked to him and found him extremely talented. Some years later, Baili Xi went to work in the minor state of Yu (虞国). He ended up in the state of Jin. Not wanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li (unit)
''Li'' or ri (, ''lǐ'', or , ''shìlǐ''), also known as the Chinese mile, is a traditional Chinese unit of distance. The ''li'' has varied considerably over time but was usually about one third of an English mile and now has a standardized length of a half-kilometer (). This is then divided into 1,500 chi or "Chinese feet". The character 里 combines the characters for "field" ( 田, ''tián'') and "earth" ( 土, ''tǔ''), since it was considered to be about the length of a single village. As late as the 1940s, a "li" did not represent a fixed measure but could be longer or shorter depending on the ''effort'' required to cover the distance. This traditional unit, in terms of historical usage and distance proportion, can be considered the East Asian counterpart to the Western league unit. However, in English '' league'' commonly means "3 miles." There is also another '' li'' (Traditional: 釐, Simplified: 厘, ''lí'') that indicates a unit of length of a ''chi'', but i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
