Song is the

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...

transliteration of the

Chinese family name Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and 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 W ...

宋 Song is the pinyin transliteration of the Chinese family name 宋. It is transliterated as Sung in Wade-Giles, and Soong is also a common transliteration. In addition to being a common surname, it is also the name of a Chinese dynasty, the ''Song ...

. It is transliterated as Sung in Wade-Giles, and Soong is also a common transliteration. In addition to being a common surname, it is also the name of a Chinese dynasty, the ''

Song dynasty The Song dynasty ( ) was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Fiv ...

'', written with the same character. In 2019, it was the 24th most common surname in Mainland China.

Historical origin

The first written record of the character

(Sòng) was found on the oracle bones of the

Shang dynasty The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou d ...

State of Song

In the written records of Chinese history, the first time the character Song was used as a surname appeared in the early stage of the

Zhou dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou period (771 BC), the royal house, surnamed Ji, had military ...

. One of the children of the last emperor of the

Weizi Qi Weizi (), also spelled Wei Tsze, was the first ruler of Song. He was the subject of Chapter 18 of the ''Analects'' of Confucius. Weizi was the eldest son of Di Yi. He was first enfeoffed at Wei (微), hence Lord of Wei (微子). He was also a hal ...

(微子启), was a duke from the state named Song, who descended from his ancestor Xie (契) whose name was derived from the surname Zi (子). Xie was born from

Jiandi Jiandi (), also with variants 簡易/简易 and 簡逷/简逷, is an important figure in Chinese history and Chinese mythology. She was the second wife of Emperor Ku, who was a descendant of the Yellow Emperor. Jiandi was the mother of Xie (偰), ...

from the swallow from the blackbird egg, who came from Yousong (有娀), the legendary state. The

State of Song Song was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty with its capital at Shangqiu. The state was founded soon after King Wu of Zhou conquered the Shang dynasty to establish the Zhou dynasty in 1046 BC. It was conquered by the state of ...

, Song's dominion, became part of the Zhou dynasty after the fall of the

, and was inherited from the dynasty formally in 11th century BC. Citizens of the former State of Song commemorated the overthrow of their state in 286 BC by the

State of Qi Qi, or Ch'i in Wade–Giles romanization, was a ancient Chinese state, regional state of the Zhou dynasty in History of China#Ancient China, ancient China, whose rulers held Zhou dynasty nobility, titles of ''Hou'' (), then ''Gong (title), Go ...

owned by

Tian Tian () is one of the oldest Chinese terms for heaven and a key concept in Chinese mythology, philosophy, and cosmology. During the Shang dynasty (17th―11th century BCE), the Chinese referred to their highest god as '' Shangdi'' or ''Di'' (, ...

, who began to use the character Song as their surname, which is the authentic branch. *From the ''Taiping Guangji'', The Duke Jing of Song assigned the surname Song to a savage, who was named Ziwei (子韦), in charge of

astronomy Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and their overall evolution. Objects of interest includ ...

Fangshi ''Fangshi'' () were Chinese technical specialists who flourished from the third century BCE to the fifth century CE. English translations of include alchemist, astrologer, diviner, exorcist, geomancer, doctor, magician, monk, mystic, necrom ...

, whose alias was Sixing (司星).

Song dynasty

Emperor Huizong of Song Emperor Huizong of Song (7 June 1082 – 4 June 1135), personal name Zhao Ji, was the eighth emperor of the Song dynasty of China and the penultimate emperor of the Northern Song dynasty. He was also a very well-known painter, poet and calli ...

's officer changed his name to Song, using the dynasty name as a family name, which was the imperial clan branch of the

. *

Charlie Soong Charles Jones Soong ( zh, c=宋嘉澍, p=Sòng Jiāshù, w=Sung Chia-shu; October 17, 1861 – May 3, 1918), also known by his courtesy name Soong Yao-ju ( zh, c=宋耀如, p=Sòng Yàorú, w=Sung Yao-ju), was a Chinese businessman who first ac ...

changed his family name from Han to Soon, then Soong, which was one of the accepted English spellings of the dynasty name

Song A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usu ...

, the dynasty from the tenth to the thirteenth century in China.

Others

*A branch of

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located in

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announced that they are descendants of

. Historically called Songjia (宋家), known as

Chiefdom of Shuidong Chiefdom of Shuidong (), ruled by the Song clan, was an autonomous ''Tusi'' chiefdom established by Song Jingyang () during the Song dynasty. After he conquered the Manzhou Prefecture (蠻州, centred on modern Kaiyang County) from the Yi peopl ...

afterwards, there was a sub-branch that merged in

Luodian Kingdom Luodian County () (Bouyei language: Lachos xianq) is a county under the administration of Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Guizhou province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. The climate in the area is humid subt ...

as Yi-speaking people. *A clan of Xiqiang (西羌) people submitted to

Northern Wei Wei (), known in historiography as the Northern Wei ( zh, c=北魏, p=Běi Wèi), Tuoba Wei ( zh, c=拓跋魏, p=Tuòbá Wèi), Yuan Wei ( zh, c=元魏, p=Yuán Wèi) and Later Wei ( zh, t=後魏, p=Hòu Wèi), was an Dynasties of China, impe ...

dynasty during the

Northern and Southern dynasties The Northern and Southern dynasties () was a period of political division in the history of China that lasted from 420 to 589, following the tumultuous era of the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Eastern Jin dynasty. It is sometimes considered a ...

period in the year AD 518 using that surname. Previously, there was a person called Song Jian (宋建) from Fuhan, who was one of the leaders of Liang Province rebellion who belonged to the Qiang tribes. *There is a family clan originally located in Pingyang called ''Dashila'' (答失剌) who have used this character since the Ming dynasty. *Moreover, the surname branched off into a clan derived from an ancestor named '' Temuer'' or ''

Timur Timur, also known as Tamerlane (1320s17/18 February 1405), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. An undefeat ...

'' (帖木儿) with the grant of a seal who used the character since

Ming The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people, t ...

dynasty. From the history records, it may refer to Knight of

Fenyang Fenyang (), formerly as Fenyang County () before 1996, is a county-level city under the administration of Lüliang prefecture-level city, in Shanxi Province, China. Fenyang is located in the wide valley of the Fen River, some 20-plus kilometers we ...

, who is the descendant of

Godan Khan Godan (), also romanized as Koden and Khodan, (1206–1251) was a grandson of Genghis Khan. Godan administered much of Northern China (Cathay) before Kublai Khan came to power. He was the second son of Ögedei Khan and Töregene Khatun and a brot ...

Blood type distribution

Population of surname Song's

ABO blood type The ABO blood group system is used to denote the presence of one, both, or neither of the A and B antigens on erythrocytes (red blood cells). For human blood transfusions, it is the most important of the 47 different blood type (or group) cla ...

distribution is O blood type 31.3%, B blood type 30.6%, A blood type 28.4% and AB blood type 9.7%.

Variations

A less common Chinese family name, Chóng ( 崇) can also be transliterated to Soong in some Chinese dialects. The surname Song is also used in Korea. In Vietnam, the surname is pronounced as Tống.

Notable people

Historical figures

* Song Wuji,

fangshi ''Fangshi'' () were Chinese technical specialists who flourished from the third century BCE to the fifth century CE. English translations of include alchemist, astrologer, diviner, exorcist, geomancer, doctor, magician, monk, mystic, necrom ...

of Fangxian

Tao The Tao or Dao is the natural way of the universe, primarily as conceived in East Asian philosophy and religion. This seeing of life cannot be grasped as a concept. Rather, it is seen through actual living experience of one's everyday being. T ...

State of Yan Yan (; Old Chinese pronunciation: ''*'') was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. Its capital was Ji (later known as Yanjing and now Beijing). During the Warring States period, the court was also moved to another capital at Xia ...

Song Yu Song Yu (; 298–263 BC) was a Chinese poet from the late Warring States period, and is known as the traditional author of a number of poems in the ''Verses of Chu (Chu ci'' 楚辭'')''. Among the ''Verses of Chu'' poems usually attributed to ...

poet * Song Yi, died 207 BC, minister of

Chu Chu or CHU may refer to: Chinese history * Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty * Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu * Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the H ...

Empress Song (Han dynasty) Empress Song (died 178) was an empress of the Han dynasty of China. She was Emperor Ling's first wife, and later became a victim of the powerful eunuchs. Family background and marriage to Emperor Ling The later Empress Song was born into a c ...

Han dynasty The Han dynasty was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC ...

empress * Song Qian,

Eastern Wu Wu (Chinese language, Chinese: 吳; pinyin: ''Wú''; Middle Chinese *''ŋuo'' < Eastern Han Chinese: ''*ŋuɑ''), known in historiography as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, was a Dynasties of China, dynastic state of China and one of the three major sta ...

military officer in 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 the Jin dynasty (266–420), Western Jin dyna ...

era *

Song Hun Song Hun () (died 361), courtesy name Xuanyi (), was a regent of the Chinese Former Liang dynasty. During the reign of the violent and capricious Zhang Zuo, Song Hun served as a general, even though he constantly feared Zhang Zuo, because his ol ...

, d. 361, regent of the Chinese state

Former Liang The Former Liang (; 301–376) was a dynastic state, and one of the Sixteen Kingdoms, in Chinese history. It was founded by Zhang Shi of the Han Chinese Zhang family. Its territories included present-day Gansu and parts of Ningxia, Shaanxi, Qing ...

during the

Sixteen Kingdoms The Sixteen Kingdoms (), less commonly the Sixteen States, was a chaotic period in Chinese history from AD 304 to 439 when northern China fragmented into a series of short-lived dynastic states. The majority of these states were founded b ...

era * Song Bian,

official, during the

period * Song Zhiwen, b. 656, early

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

poet * Song Jingang, d. 620, one of leaders of popular uprising during the late

Sui dynasty The Sui dynasty ( ) was a short-lived Dynasties of China, Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 581 to 618. The re-unification of China proper under the Sui brought the Northern and Southern dynasties era to a close, ending a prolonged peri ...

Song Jing Song Jing (宋璟) (663 – November 21, 737), formally Duke Wenzhen of Guangping (廣平文貞公), was a Chinese politician during the Tang dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou dynasty, serving as the Chancellor of the Tang dynasty, chancellor during th ...

, b. 663,

chancellor * Song Shenxi, d. 833,

chancellor * Song Wentong, b. 856,

warlord Warlords are individuals who exercise military, Economy, economic, and Politics, political control over a region, often one State collapse, without a strong central or national government, typically through informal control over Militia, local ...

, changed surname to Li since 886 * Song Jingyang, b.911, local chief administrative officer became

Tusi ''Tusi'', often translated as "headmen" or "chieftains", were hereditary tribal leaders recognized as imperial officials by the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties of China, and the Later Lê and Nguyễn dynasties of Vietnam. They ruled certain ...

chieftain of

Empress Song (Song dynasty) Empress Song (952–995 CE) was a Chinese empress consort of the Song dynasty, married to Emperor Taizu of Song. She came from a royal family. Her maternal grandfather was Later Han's first emperor Liu Zhiyuan. Her paternal grandmother was a d ...

, b. 952, entitled Empress Xiaozhang during the early

* Song Shou, b. 991,

assistant administer of political affairs *

Song Di Song Di () (c. 1015 – c. 1080), courtesy name Fugu, was a minor government official, writer, and a painter of the Chinese painting tradition. He was one of three brothers, and part of the Song clan which had served in government offices for s ...

, b. ca. 1015, Song dynasty scholar-official and artist *

Song Ci Song Ci (; 1186–1249) was a Chinese physician, judge, forensic medical scientist, anthropologist, and writer of the Southern Song dynasty. He is most well known for being the world's first forensic entomologist, having recorded his experi ...

, b. 1186,

writer of

Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified ''Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified'' or ''The Washing Away of Wrongs'' is a Chinese book written by Song Ci in 1247 during the Song dynasty (960–1276) as a handbook for coroners. The author combined many historical cases of forensic sci ...

Song Zhun The Song dynasty ( Chinese: 宋朝; pinyin: Sòng cháo; 960–1279) of China was an imperial dynasty that ruled most of China proper and southern China from the middle of the 10th century into the last quarter of the 13th century. The dynasty ...

scholar *

Song Lian Song Lian (; 1310–1381), courtesy name Jinglian (), was a Chinese historian and official of the Ming dynasty. He was a literary and political advisor to the Hongwu Emperor. Before that, he was one of the principal figures in the Yuan dyna ...

, b. 1310,

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of ...

historian * Song Maojin, b. 1368,

landscape painter * Song Xu, b. 1525,

landscape painter * Song Maocheng, b. 1570,

writer, changed surname from Zhao family clan *

Song Yingxing Song Yingxing (Traditional Chinese: 宋應星; Simplified Chinese: 宋应星; Wade Giles: Sung Ying-Hsing; 1587–1666 AD) was a Chinese scientist and encyclopedist who lived during the late Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). He was the author of '' ...

, b. 1587,

scientist and encyclopedist * Song Wan, b. 1614,

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

Chinese poet and government official * Song Aimin, b. 1978, discus thrower * Song Andong, b. 1997, first Chinese-born

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

player ever drafted by an

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pro team Pro is an abbreviation meaning "professional". Pro, PRO or variants thereof might also refer to: People * Miguel Pro (1891–1927), Mexican priest * Pro Hart (1928–2006), Australian painter * Mlungisi Mdluli (born 1980), South African retir ...

(2015) * Anna Song, b. 1976, Taiwanese American journalist * Song Dan, b. 1990, female Chinese javelin thrower *

Song Dandan Song Dandan (; born 25 August 1961) is a Chinese skit and sitcom actress. Biography Song was born in Beijing, on August 25, 1961, to a highly educated family. Her father Song Gong () was vice chairman of Beijing Federation of Literary and Art ...

, b. 1961, actress *

Song Defu (politician) Song Defu (; February 1946 – September 13, 2007) was a Chinese politician, best known for his terms as the First Secretary of the Communist Youth League of China, Minister of Personnel, and the Communist Party Secretary of Fujian province. ...

, b. 1946, Communist Party politician *

Devon Song Nan Quan Mama () is a Taiwanese music group. The name is a phrase in Mandarin to explain having strength while being gentle as a mother. They are closely tied with the well-known artist Jay Chou, but it was revealed after Lara and Chase Chang went ...

, b. 1980, Taiwanese singer-songwriter *

Song Hongjuan Song Hongjuan (; born July 4, 1984, in Jilin) is a Chinese race walker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear ...

, b. 1984, Chinese race walker * Jeannette Song, Chinese and American management scientist *

Song Jian Song Jian (; born 29 December 1931) is a Chinese aerospace engineer, demographer, and politician. He was deputy chief designer of China's submarine-launched ballistic missile (JL-1) and one of the country's leading scientists in the post-Cultura ...

, b. 1931, aerospace engineer, demographer, and politician *

Song Jiaoren Song Jiaoren (, ; Chinese name, Given name at birth: Liàn 鍊; Courtesy name: Dùnchū 鈍初; 5 April 1882 – 22 March 1913) was a Republic of China (1912–1949), Chinese republican revolutionary, political leader and a founder of the Kuom ...

, b. 1882, President of the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

* Song Lianyong, b. 1965, football player from

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

* Song Ligang, b. 1967, Chinese basketball player *

Song Lun Song Lun (, born January 18, 1981, in Qiqihar) is a Chinese figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, ...

, b. 1981, figure skater *

Song Nan Song Nan (; born August 9, 1990) is a Chinese former competitive figure skater. He is the 2014 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2013 Winter Universiade champion, the 2010 World Junior silver medalist, a two-time senior Grand Prix medalist ...

, b. 1990, figure skater * Sir

Song Ong Siang Sir Ong Siang Song (; 14 June 1871 – 29 September 1941) was a lawyer and active citizen of the British Crown Colony of the Straits Settlements. He was an ethnic Chinese of Hokkien descent as well as a third generation Hokkien Peranakan Baba ...

, b. 1871, Singaporean lawyer and

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

Song Ping Song Ping (; born 24 April 1917) is a Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Communist revolutionary and a retired high-ranking politician. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Song is considered the only ...

, b. 1917, Communist Party official * Song Qian b. 1987, leader of the female South Korean group

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Song Qiyun Song Qiyun (; 1904 – 6 September 1949) was a Chinese journalist and member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Born in Pi County, Jiangsu, to a poor family, he attended the but left teaching in 1926 to join the military. As a member of th ...

(1904–1949), Chinese Communist Party member executed by the Kuomintang *

Raymond Song Raymond Song (Chinese: 宋法昀, born 11 January 1994) is a Taiwanese chess Grandmaster. He is Taiwan's first ever Grandmaster, and the top ranked player nationally. A former prodigy, he finished equal first at the World Youth Championship Und ...

, b. 1994, Taiwanese chess player *

Song Renqiong Song Renqiong (; 11 July 1909 – 8 January 2005), born Song Yunqin (), was a general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and one of the Eight Elders of the Chinese Communist Party. Biography Song Renqion ...

, b. 1909, PLA general *

Sarah Song Sarah Song ( zh, c=宋熙年; born 9 August 1985) is a Chinese-Australian television host, actress, professional MC, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Chinese International 2007. Previously Song was crowned Miss Sydney Chin ...

, b. 1985,

Miss Chinese International 2007 Miss Chinese International Pageant 2007 was held on January 20, 2007 in Foshan, China. Foshan would go on to host the pageant for two more years. Miss Chinese International 2006 Ina Lu of Johannesburg, South Africa crowned Sarah Song of Sydney as ...

* Song Shijie, b. 1873, Chinese revolutionary * Song Shi-Lun, b. 1899, PLA general * Song Tao, b. 1965, basketball player * Song Tao, b. 1955, diplomat and politician * Song Weilong, b. 1999, Chinese actor and model * Song Weiping, b. 1967, billionaire *

Song Xi Sung Shee (; 6 October 1920 – 22 March 2007) was a Taiwanese historian, geographer, educator and governmental official. Sung was the fourth President of the Chinese Culture University. Life On 6 October 1920, Sung was born in Lishui, Zhejiang ...

, b. 1920, former President of the

Chinese Culture University The Chinese Culture University (CCU; ) is a private Taiwanese university located in Yangmingshan in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. Established in 1962, CCU is one of the largest universities in Taiwan with an enrollment of about 32,000 student ...

Song Xiaobo Song Xiaobo (; born September 8, 1958) is a Chinese basketball player and coach. She is perhaps the most celebrated woman basketball player of the 1970s era in China; as a player she had outstanding all around ball skills, a very high level of ...

, b. 1958, female basketball player and coach *

Song Yaxuan Song Yaxuan (born March 4,2004) is a Chinese singer, actor, and producer. He is a member of TNT (Chinese boy group), TNT. Early life and education Song Yaxuan was born on March 4, 2004, in Binzhou, Binzhou City, Shandong, China. He grew up w ...

, b. 2004, Chinese singer and actor *

Song Yuqi Song Yuqi (, ; born September 23, 1999), known mononymously as Yuqi, is a Chinese singer-songwriter, dancer and record producer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group I-dle, which debuted as (G)I-dle under Cube Entertainment in May 20 ...

, b. 1999, Chinese dancer, singer, member of the South Korean group

(G)I-dle I-dle (; stylized in all lowercase), formerly known as (G)I-dle (), is a South Korean girl group formed by Cube Entertainment in 2018. The group consists of five members: Miyeon, Minnie (singer), Minnie, Soyeon, Yuqi, and Shuhua. Originally a se ...

* Song Yuren, b. 1857, early period positive reformist philosopher * Song Zhenyu, b. 1981, football player *

Song Zhenzhong Song Zhenzhong (; 15 March 1941 6 September 1949), popularly known as Little Radish Head (), was the son of Chinese Communist Party members Song Qiyun and Xu Linxia. Held by the Kuomintang for the majority of his life, he was extrajudicial kil ...

(1941–1949), son of

, known as "Little Radish Head" *

Song Zheyuan Song Zheyuan (; October 30, 1885 – April 5, 1940) was a Chinese general during the Chinese Civil War and Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). Biography Early life and education Born in the village of Zhaohong, northwest of the seat of Lao ...

, b. 1885,

general *

Song Zude Song Zude (; born August 24, 1968), known as "the King of Media Hype", is a famous person in the entertainment circle of mainland China. From 2002 to 2008, his accusations and allegations toward different celebrities have been responded by nationa ...

, b. 1968, entertainment manager *

Song Zuying Song Zuying (; born August 13, 1966) is a Chinese classical/folk singer. In 2006, she received a Grammy nomination for Best Classical Crossover Album for ''Song Zu Ying: The Diva Goes To The Movies'' at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. Early li ...

, b. 1966, ethnic

Miao Miao may refer to: * Miao people, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China * Miao script or Pollard script, writing system used for Miao languages * Miao (Unicode ...

Chinese singer *

Soong Ai-ling Soong Ai-ling (; July 15, 1889 – October 20, 1973), legally Soong E-ling or Eling Soong, Christian name Nancy, was a Chinese businesswoman, the eldest of the Soong sisters and the wife of H. H. Kung (Kung Hsiang-Hsi), who was the richest man ...

, b. 1890, wife of H. H. Kung *

Soong Ching-ling Soong Ch'ing-ling (27 January 1893 – 29 May 1981), Christian name Rosamonde or Rosamond, was a Chinese political figure. She was the wife of Sun Yat-sen, therefore known by Madame Sun Yat-sen and the "''Father of the Nation, Mother of Mode ...

, b. 1893, wife of

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and

Vice chairman of the People's Republic of China The vice president of China, officially titled the vice president of the People's Republic of China, is the deputy to the president of the People's Republic of China, the state representative of China. Similar to the Chinese president, the vi ...

, b. 1863, missionary and businessman, several of whose children were highly influential in early 20th century China: ** children include (see, chronologically, below):

Soong sisters The Soong sisters, Soong Ai-ling, Soong Ching-ling, and Soong Mei-ling, were three prominent women in modern Chinese history. All three sisters married powerful men, respectively, from eldest to youngest, H. H. Kung, Sun Yat-sen, and Chiang K ...

(

and

Soong Mei-ling Soong Mei-ling (also spelled Soong May-ling; March 4, 1898 – October 23, 2003), also known as Madame Chiang (), was a Chinese political figure and socialite. The youngest of the Soong sisters, she married Chiang Kai-shek and played a prom ...

), and their brother T. V. Soong *

James Soong Soong Chu-yu (; born 30 April 1942), also known by his English name James Soong, is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician who is the founder and chairman of the People First Party. Soong was the first and only elected governor of Taiw ...

, b. 1942,

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governor *

, b. 1897, wife of Chiang Kai-shek * T. V. Soong, b. 1894, businessman and

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Sung Chia-Hao Sung Chia-hao (; born 6 September 1992) is a Taiwanese professional baseball Pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He attended National Taiwan Sport University. Career On October 20, 2015, Sung s ...

, b. 1992, Taiwanese baseball pitcher who plays with

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles The , often shortened as the , are a baseball team based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It has played in Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League since the team's formation in November 2004. The team is owned by the Internet shopping ...

* Sung Chi-li, b. 1948, Taiwanese religious leader * Sung Nien-yu, b. 1983, Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and record producer *

Peter Sung Peter Sung ( zh, c=宋彼得, p=Song Bide; born 1940) is a former Singaporean politician and was a member of the People's Action Party (PAP). He was a Minister of State, 1988 to 1991, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Buona Vista Single M ...

, b. 1940, Singaporean politician *

Sung Yu-hsieh Sung Yu-hsieh (; born 5 March 1956) is a Taiwanese politician. He currently serves as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan since 13 August 2014. Education Sung obtained his bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from National C ...

, b. 1956, former Minister of Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of the Republic of China *

Xinyuan Song Xinyuan Song ( zh, 宋心遠) is a Chinese statistician known for her research on structural equation modeling and latent variables in Bayesian statistics. With Sik-Yum Lee, she is a coauthor of the book ''Basic and Advanced Bayesian Structural ...

, Chinese statistician

Fictional characters

Song Jiang Song Jiang was a Chinese historical figure who led an armed rebellion against the ruling Song dynasty, Song Dynasty in the early 12th century. His band marauded over a region straddling the present-day Chinese provinces of Shandong and Henan. Th ...

, major character in 14th century novel ''

Water Margin ''Water Margin'' (), also called ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' or ''All Men Are Brothers'', is a Chinese novel from the Ming dynasty that is one of the preeminent Classic Chinese Novels. Attributed to Shi Nai'an, ''Water Margin'' was one of the e ...

'', one of the

Four Great Classical Novels Classic Chinese Novels () are the best-known works of literary fiction across pre-modern Chinese literature. The group usually includes the following works: Ming dynasty novels '' Romance of the Three Kingdoms'', '' Water Margin'', ''Journey to t ...

Chinese literature The history of Chinese literature extends thousands of years, and begins with the earliest recorded inscriptions, court archives, building to the major works of philosophy and history written during the Axial Age. The Han dynasty, Han (202 ...

* Song Ju, fictional character in ''Hit-Girl In Hong Kong'' * Song Qing younger brother of

* Song Wan, fictional character in the

Song Yiren Song Yiren (; born 7 May 1993), also known as Ireine Song, is a Chinese and Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Sang Sang in the historical fantasy drama ''Ever Night'' (2018). Early life and education Song emigrated to Canada with h ...

, character featured within the famed

novel

Investiture of the Gods ''The Investiture of the Gods'', also known by its Chinese titles () and is a 16th-century Chinese novel and one of the major Written vernacular Chinese, vernacular Chinese works in the gods and demons (''shenmo'') genre written during the Min ...

* Song Yuanqiao, b. 1295, character in novel

The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber'', also translated as ''The Sword and the Knife'', is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong, Jin Yong (Louis Cha) and the third part of the ''Condor Trilogy'', preceded by ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' and ''The Re ...

Jin Yong Louis Cha Leung-yung (; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (), was a Hong Kong wuxia novelist and co-founder of '' Ming Pao.'' Cha authored 15 novels between 1955 and 1972 and became one of the most pop ...

* Song Qingshu, son of Song Yuanqiao * Noonien Soong, The creator of the android Data in ''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of ...

'' **

Arik Soong This is a list of recurring characters from the live-action science fiction television series '' Star Trek: Enterprise'', which originally aired on UPN between 2001 and 2005. The television show takes place in the 22nd century of the ''Star Tre ...

, great-grandfather of Noonien Soong

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