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HundredFamilySurnames
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TheHundredFamilySurnames(Chinese:pinyin:Bijixng)isaclassicChinesetextcomposed
ofcommonChinesesurnames.ThebookwascomposedintheearlySongDynasty.[1]Itoriginally
contained411surnames,andwaslaterexpandedto504.[1]Ofthese,444aresinglecharactersurnames,and
60aredoublecharactersurnames.About800nameshavebeenderivedfromtheoriginalones.[2]
InthedynastiesfollowingtheSong,theThreeCharacterClassic,theHundredFamilySurnames,and
ThousandCharacterClassiccametobeknownasSanBaiQian(Three,Hundred,Thousand),fromthefirst
characterintheirtitles.Theywerethealmostuniversalintroductoryliterarytextsforstudents,almost
exclusivelyboys,fromelitebackgroundsandevenforanumberofordinaryvillagers.Eachwasavailable
inmanyversions,printedcheaply,andavailabletoallsincetheydidnotbecomesuperseded.Whena
studenthadmemorizedallthree,hehadaknowledgeofroughly2,000characters.SinceChinesedidnot
useanalphabet,thiswasaneffective,thoughtimeconsuming,wayofgivinga"crashcourse"incharacter
recognitionbeforegoingontounderstandingtextsandwritingcharacters.[3]
TheHundredFamilySurnameswastranslatedintoManchuas

(Wylie:Pegiyasing,Mllendorff:Be

giyasing).

Contents
1 Form
2 Completetext
3 Seealso
4 Notes
5 References
6 Externallinks

Form
Theworkisarhymingpoeminlinesofeightcharacters.Thesurnamesarenotlistedinorderof
commonality.AccordingtoSongdynastyscholarWangMingqing(),thefirstfoursurnameslisted
representthemostimportantfamiliesintheempireatthetime:[4]
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1st:Zhao()isthesurnameoftheSongDynastyemperors.
2nd:Qian()isthesurnameofthekingsofWuyue.
3rd:Sun()isthesurnameofthequeenofWuyue.
4th:Li()isthesurnameofthekingsofSouthernTang.
Thenextfour,Zhou,Wu,Zheng,andWang,werethesurnamesoftheotherwivesofQian
Chu,thelastkingofWuyue.[5]

Completetext
ThistextiswrittenintraditionalChinese.
Zhao Qian Sun Li

Zhou Wu Zheng Wang

Feng Chen Chu Wei

Jiang Shen Han Yang

Zhu Qin You Xu

Kong Cao Yan Hua

Jin Wei Tao Jiang

Bai Shui Dou Zhang

Yun Su Pan Ge

Xi Fan Peng Lang

Lu Wei Chang Ma

Miao Feng Hua Fang

Yu Ren Yuan Liu

Feng Bao Shi Tang

Teng Yin Luo Bi

Hao Wu An Chang

Wu Yu Yuan Bu

Gu Meng Ping Huang

Qi

Xie Zou Yu

He L Shi Zhang

Fei Lian Cen Xue

Lei He

Yue Yu Shi Fu

Ni Tang

Pi Bian Qi Kang

He Mu Xiao Yin

Yao Shao Zhan Wang

Qi Mao Yu

Di

Mi Bei Ming Zang

Ji

Xiong Ji Shu Qu

Xiang Zhu Dong Liang

Fu Cheng Dai

Tan Song Mao Pang

Du Ruan Lan Min

Xi

Ji

Ma Qiang

Jia Lu Lou Wei

Jiang Tong Yan Guo

Mei Sheng Lin Diao

Zhong Xu Qiu Luo

Gao Xia Cai Tian

Fan Hu Ling Huo

Yu Wan Zhi Ke

Zan Guan Lu Mo

Jing Fang Qiu Miao

Gan Xie Ying Zong

Ding Xuan Ben Deng

Yu Shan Hang Hong

Bao Zhu Zuo Shi

Cui

Cheng Ji Xing Hua

Xun Yang Yu Hui

Zhen Qu Jia Feng

Rui

Pei Lu Rong Weng

Ji

Niu Gong

Yi Chu Jin

Ji Bing Mi Song

Jing Duan Fu Wu

Wu Jiao Ba Gong

Mu Kui Shan Gu

Che Hou Mi Peng

Quan Xi Ban Yang

Qiu Zhong Yi Gong

Ning Qiu Luan Bao

Gan Tou Li Rong

Zu Wu Fu Liu

Jing Zhan Shu Long

Ye Xing Si Shao

Gao Li

Yin Su Bai Huai

Pu Tai Cong E

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Zhuo Lin Tu Meng

Chi Qiao Yin Yu

Xu Nai Cang Shuang

Wen Shen Dang Zhai

Tan Gong Lao Pang

Ji Shen Fu Du

Bian Hu Yan Ji

Jia Pu Shang Nong

Suo Xian Ji

Xi

Lai

Qu Sang Gui

Pu Niu Shou Tong

Mu Lian Ru

Yi Shen

Ge Liao Yu Zhong

Kuang Guo Wen Kou Guang Lu Que Dong

Li Yong

Wen Bie Zhuang Yan Chai Qu Yan Chong

Xiang Gu

Ran Zai

Ji

Xi

Ju Heng Bu

Huan Ai

Yu Rong

Du Geng Man Hong

Ou Shu Wo

Li

Yu Yue Kui Long

Shi Gong She Nie

Chao Gou Ao Rong

Leng Zi

Xin Kan

Na Jian Rao Kong

Zeng Wu Sha Nie

Yang Ju

Chao Guan Kuai Xiang

Zha Hou Jing Hong

You Zhu Quan Lu

Ge

Xu Feng

Yi Huan Gong

Moqi

Sima

Shangguan Ouyang

Wenren Dongfang

Helian Huangfu

Yuchi Gongyang

Tantai Gongye

Zongzheng Puyang

Chunyu Chanyu

Taishu Shentu

Gongsun Zhongsun

Xuanyuan Linghu

Zhongli Yuwen

Zhangsun Murong

Xiahou

Zhuge

Xianyu

Lqiu

Situ

Sikong

Qiguan

Sikou

Zhang Du

Ziju

Zhuansun Duanmu

Wuma Gongxi

Qidiao Yuezheng

Rangsi Gongliang

Guliang

Jin Chu Yan Fa

Ru Yan Tu Qin

Duangan

Dongguo Nanmen

Huyan Gui Hai

Yangshe Weisheng

Yue Shuai Gou Kang

Kuang Hou You Qin

Liangqiu Zuoqiu

Dongmen Ximen

Shang Mou She Nai

Bo Shang Nangong

Mo Ha Qiao Da

Nian Ai Yang Tong

Tuoba

Diwu

Jiagu

Baili

Yan Fu

Zaifu

Bi ji xng zhng

[6]

Seealso
Chinesesurname
ListofcommonChinesesurnames
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SeekforSurnameHistory
ThreeCharacterClassic
ThousandCharacterClassic

Notes
1. K.S.Tom.[1989](1989).EchoesfromOldChina:Life,LegendsandLoreoftheMiddleKingdom.University
ofHawaiiPress.ISBN0824812859.
2. Chen,Janey.[1992](1992).APracticalEnglishChinesePronouncingDictionary.TuttlePublishing.ISBN0
804818770
3. Rawski(1979),pp.4648.
4. (inChinese).Xinhua.20060305.Retrieved20141107.
5. ChenDanning(20140903).""2(inChinese).ChinaNews.
Retrieved20141107.
6. Thelastfourcharacterlinemeans"thusendstheHundredFamilySurnames."Itisnotintendedtocontain
surnames.

References
Rawski,EvelynSakakida(1979).EducationandPopularLiteracyinCh'ingChina.AnnArbor:
UniversityofMichiganPress.ISBN0472087533.

Externallinks
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