Contemporary Hundred Surnames

Author: Wang Daliang
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: The introduction According to the latest research in the field of surnames, our ancestors and we have used approximately 20,000 surnames. However, the most widely known are not the 100 largest surnames arranged by population size in the modern era, but rather the "Zhao Qian Sun Li, Zhou Wu Zheng Wang" -opening "Hundred Surnames" compiled during the Song Dynasty. The Hundred Surnames is not a list of a hundred surnames, but rather a general term for Chinese surnames. This book combines the traditional arrangement method of the Hundred Surnames with the latest achievements in modern surname research. It is the first to arrange the 500 most common contemporary Chinese surnames in a four-character verse format, providing phonetic annotations and interpretations for each. Additionally, it systematically introduces knowledge related to the Hundred Surnames, compiles and illustrates four styles of contemporary Hundred Surnames, and is a work that blends knowledge, systematicity, modernity, and innovation, suitable for all readers interested in surname studies and those seeking their ancestral roots.