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4 unusual facts about Hundred Family Surnames


Chinese classics

Generally, children first memorized the Chinese characters of the Three Character Classic and Hundred Family Surnames, and then went on to memorize the other classics.

Lạc Long Quân

Quân's wife, Âu Cơ, gave birth to a sac containing 100 eggs from which 100 children were born; this is the origin of the story of the 100 Vietnamese family names.

Seek for Surname History

Each episode is dedicated to telling some of the legendary stories that belong with the Chinese surnames in the Hundred Family Surnames ancient text.

Three Character Classic

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Three Character Classic formed the basis of elementary education, along with 2 other primers, Hundred Family Surnames and Thousand Character Classic.


Yuan Yida

He led the research on an updated, 2006 version of the Hundred Family Surnames, a text of popular surnames originally published in the Song Dynasty, encompassing 4100 surnames from 296 million individuals in 1110 counties.


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