GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 24

宋

宋 is read as sòng.

Pinyin

sòng

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 宋

Basic meaning

state of Song; Song dynasty

Five element

Pending review

Origin

Time: Early Western Zhou, after the Zhou conquest of Shang; Shang tradition, c. 1600-1046 BCE

Place: State of Song, centered on today's Shangqiu, Henan Province

Origin note

A major Song surname tradition traces the surname to the state of Song. After the Zhou conquest of Shang, Weizi Qi, a royal relative of the Shang house, was enfeoffed at Song to continue Shang ancestral sacrifices. The state of Song was centered around today's Shangqiu in Henan Province. Later descendants and state people used the state name Song as a surname.

Historical figures

宋玉 (Song Yu)

Warring States period · Chu literary figure

Traditionally associated with the Chu ci literary world and remembered as one of the famous early writers after Qu Yuan.

宋慈 (Song Ci)

1186-1249 CE · Southern Song forensic scholar

Author of The Washing Away of Wrongs, a landmark work in the history of forensic investigation.

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