A Comprehensive History of Chinese Surnames: The Ma Clan (Illustrated Edition)

Author: Xu Yuqing
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: The surname Ma originated from the royal family of Zhao during the Warring States period, specifically Zhao She. He was a renowned general of Zhao and was enfeoffed as Marquis of Mafu. Later, after Zhao Kuo's defeat and suicide, his descendants, ashamed of the surname Zhao, changed their surname to Ma. Additionally, some Western ethnic minorities who migrated to the Central Plains adopted the surname Ma. The ancestral root of the Ma surname is Zhao She. The Ma surname's ancestral seats include Fufeng and Handan.