Hundred Family Surnames

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title: Hundred Family Surnames
text: The Hundred Family Surnames, commonly known as Bai Jia Xing, also translated as Hundreds of Chinese Surnames, is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dynasty (960–1279). The book lists 507 surnames. Of these, 441 are single-character surnames and 66 are double-character surnames. About 800 names have been derived from the original ones. In the dynasties following the Song, the 13th-century Three Character Classic, the Hun
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description: Classic composition of common surnames in China's Song dynasty
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date created: 2006-09-08T13:27:02Z
date modified: 2024-08-31T11:30:18Z
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