Bai Jia Xing compound surname #22
仲孙
仲孙 is read as Zhòngsūn. It is one of the 60 compound surnames in the expanded Bai Jia Xing sequence.
Pinyin
Zhòngsūn
Script forms
Simplified 仲孙 · Traditional 仲孫
Meaning
descendant of Zhong; birth-order lineage surname
Five element
Wood
Origin
Time: Spring and Autumn period, 770-476 BCE
Place: State of Lu, Shandong
Origin
仲孙 is usually traced to the Ji-line ruling house of Lu. Duke Huan of Lu's son Qingfu, also called Gongzhong, gave descendants a basis for Zhongsun and Mengsun-related clan names.
Name meaning
The surname preserves ritual birth-order language, with 仲 marking the second. It belongs to the aristocratic naming world of early Zhou states.
Historical figures
仲孙蔑 Zhongsun Mie
Zhongsun Mie, also known as Meng Xianzi, was a Lu statesman.