Hundred Surnames

Author: Qu Bo
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The Hundred Surnames helps children focus on recognizing the most populous surnames and provides a concise summary of their geographical distribution. In the "Famous Family Members" section, it selects a vivid and interesting story to make the simple surname symbols more vivid and fun, which also helps children understand and remember. This book is highly practical, informative, and engaging, and we hope it can become a beloved mentor and friend for children, accompanying them in their happy growth. According to historical records, The Hundred Surnames emerged in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty and was even more widespread and popular than The Three Character Classic. The Hundred Surnames is one of China's traditional enlightenment books with the longest circulation history and widest reach. The standard edition of The Hundred Surnames contains only 472 characters, so few that it is almost impossible to form a complete "book" on its own. Although these characters are merely a haphazard listing of surnames, seemingly without any logical connection or specific meaning, they contain profound historical connotations and carry information about long-standing racial origins, ethnic migrations, and more. The Hundred Surnames follows a four-character structure, with each set of four characters forming a line, all lines rhyming, making it easy to read and remember. The Hundred Surnames is renowned alongside The Three Character Classic and The Thousand Character Classic, serving as a fixed textbook in ancient Chinese primary education. New research on surnames has found that there are over 22,000 surnames in China, both ancient and modern, with about 3,500 Han surnames currently in use. Among these, there are many rare, difficult-to-understand, and vitality-lacking characters. This The Hundred Surnames focuses on introducing the top 120 most populous surnames in China today, helping children develop a sense of familiarity and reading interest in these surnames they encounter daily, thereby playing a leading role in promoting the traditional Chinese surname culture and building up mountains one handful of soil at a time, channeling sources like a canal. According to historical records, The Hundred Surnames emerged in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty and was even more widespread and popular than The Three Character Classic. The Hundred Surnames is one of China's traditional enlightenment books with the longest circulation history and widest reach. The standard edition of The Hundred Surnames contains only 472 characters, so few that it is almost impossible to form a complete "book" on its own. Although these characters are merely a haphazard listing of surnames, seemingly without any logical connection or specific meaning, they contain profound historical connotations and carry information about long-standing racial origins, ethnic migrations, and more. The Hundred Surnames follows a four-character structure, with each set of four characters forming a line, all lines rhyming, making it easy to read and remember. The Hundred Surnames is renowned alongside The Three Character Classic and The Thousand Character Classic, serving as a fixed textbook in ancient Chinese primary education. New research on surnames has found that there are over 22,000 surnames in China, both ancient and modern, with about 3,500 Han surnames currently in use. Among these, there are many rare, difficult-to-understand, and vitality-lacking characters. This The Hundred Surnames focuses on introducing the top 120 most populous surnames in China today, helping children develop a sense of familiarity and reading interest in these surnames they encounter daily, thereby playing a leading role in promoting the traditional Chinese surname culture and building up mountains one handful of soil at a time, channeling sources like a canal. The Hundred Surnames helps children focus on recognizing the most populous surnames and provides a concise summary of their geographical distribution. In the "Famous Family Members" section, it selects a vivid and interesting story to make the simple surname symbols more vivid and fun, which also helps children understand and remember. This book is highly practical, informative, and engaging, and we hope it can become a beloved mentor and friend for children, accompanying them in their happy growth.