zǎn 昝
百家姓 · Bai Jia Xing
Surname Origin
The origin of the surname "Zan" is as follows: 1. It is changed from the surname "Jiu". The "Jiu" (also pronounced as "Jiu", meaning "uncle") clan is the descendant of Uncle Fan, a high - ranking official in the State of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period. Since the character "Jiu" means "calamity" in ancient times, people added a horizontal stroke under the character, and it became "Zan". 2. It is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a tribe in Shu (today's Sichuan Basin) that took "Zan" as their surname. In addition, some ethnic minorities changed their surnames to "Zan" during the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Famous Story
Zan Shang A doctor in the Tang Dynasty, author of five volumes of "Xin Jian" (Heart Mirror) Zan Juru From Gaotang, Bozhou (now Gaotang County, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province). A minister from the Five Dynasties to the early Northern Song Dynasty. Zan Ruxin A famous scholar in the Ming Dynasty, with the courtesy name Zitui, from Sanyuan. He was intelligent, honest and upright, and could understand things that others couldn't when reading.
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