GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 147

尚

尚 is read as shàng.

Pinyin

shàng

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 尚

Basic meaning

still; yet; esteem; respect; value; custom/fashion

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Western Zhou founding period, c. 11th century BCE tradition.

Place: Qi/Yingqiu, associated in sources with today's Shandong, especially the Zibo/Linzi area.

Origin note

Surname-origin summaries connect Shang with Jiang Shang/Lu Shang, who served Zhou, was honored as Shi Shangfu, and was enfeoffed in Qi. Later descendants are said to have used Shang as a surname. Treat later official-title and Xianbei/Tang layers as secondary branches, not the primary origin note.

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