shī 施
百家姓 · Bai Jia Xing
Surname Origin
The origin of the surname "Shi": 1. It comes from the "Zi" surname and is one of the "Seven Clans of the Yin People". According to "Zuo Zhuan", in the early Zhou Dynasty, Kang Shu, the younger brother of King Wu, was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Wei and was allotted the "Seven Clans of the Yin People", including the Tao, Shi, Fan, and other clans. The Shi clan were craftsmen who made flags. 2. It uses a state name as the surname. There was a state called "Shi" among the vassal states in the Xia Dynasty, located in present - day Enshi County, Hubei Province. Later, there emerged the "Shi" surname. 3. It comes from the "Ji" surname and uses the grandfather's given name as the surname. According to "Tong Zhi - Clan Records", during the Spring and Autumn Period, a son of Duke Hui of Lu was given the courtesy name "Shifu". His collateral descendants took their grandfather's (Wangfu) given name as the surname.
Famous Story
Shi Zhichang A native of the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period, he was a disciple of Confucius. Xi Shi A beautiful woman of the State of Yue during the Spring and Autumn Period. Her birth and death dates are unknown. She was from Zhuluo in the State of Yue (south of present-day Zhuji County, Zhejiang Province). Originally a girl washing yarn, when King Goujian of Yue was defeated by the State of Wu and wanted to offer beautiful women to disrupt the state affairs of the enemy, he ordered Fan Li to present Xi Shi. The King of Wu was greatly pleased and was indeed bewitched and neglected state affairs. Later, the State of Wu was destroyed by the State of Yue. See "Volume 9, The Secret Strategy of King Goujian" in "The Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue" by Zhao Ye of the Han Dynasty. She is also called Xizi and Xianshi. Shi Lang With the courtesy name Zunhou and the pseudonym Zhuogong, he was a native of Jinjiang in the Qing Dynasty. His birth and death dates are unknown. He was originally a general under Zheng Zhilong of the Ming Dynasty. After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he pacified Taiwan, destroyed the Zheng regime, and was conferred the title of Marquis of Jinghai. After his death, he was posthumously given the title of Xiangzhuang.
Random Names With "施"
As straight and upright as a graceful tree, as tenacious as a winter plum.
Of noble bearing and open and aboveboard.
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Noble integrity endures forever; boundless and infinite.
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Of towering stature and extraordinary charm, valiant and dauntless.
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