GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 82

史

史 is read as shǐ.

Pinyin

shǐ

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 史

Basic meaning

history; historian; scribe

Five element

Metal

Origin

Time: Shang-Zhou historian/record-keeper office traditions; Shang-Zhou tradition, c. 1600-256 BCE

Place: Royal and state courts across ancient China

Origin note

Shi is one of the clearest official-title surnames. It means a historian or record keeper in early state administration. Descendants of such officials used Shi as a surname.

Historical figures

史可法 (Shi Kefa)

1601-1645 CE · Ming loyalist official

A late Ming figure remembered for the defense of Yangzhou.

史达祖 (Shi Dazu)

1163-c. 1220 CE · Southern Song ci poet

A Song lyric poet known for refined ci.

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