Bai Jia Xing compound surname #19
太叔
太叔 is read as Tàishū. It is one of the 60 compound surnames in the expanded Bai Jia Xing sequence.
Pinyin
Tàishū
Script forms
Simplified and traditional 太叔
Meaning
kinship-rank surname from a high-born third son or senior uncle rank
Five element
Earth
Origin
Time: Spring and Autumn period, 770-476 BCE
Place: Ji-line Wei and Zheng noble houses
Origin
太叔 belongs to the aristocratic birth-order world of 伯, 仲, 叔, and 季. Surname traditions connect it with Ji-line houses, especially Wei prince Taishu Yi and Zheng's Jingcheng Taishu Duan.
Name meaning
The name signals noble seniority and clan order rather than a simple descriptive phrase. It has a courtly, Zhou-ritual tone.
Historical figures
太叔段 Taishu Duan
Taishu Duan, also known as Gongshu Duan, is a Spring and Autumn Zheng figure.