Bai Jia Xing compound surname #36
颛孙
颛孙 is read as Zhuānsūn. It is one of the 60 compound surnames in the expanded Bai Jia Xing sequence.
Pinyin
Zhuānsūn
Script forms
Simplified 颛孙 · Traditional 顓孫
Meaning
lineage-style surname meaning descendant of Zhuan
Five element
Wood
Origin
Time: Spring and Autumn period, 770-476 BCE
Place: Chen nobility and Jin service tradition
Origin
颛孙 is commonly traced to a Chen prince named Zhuansun who served in Jin, with descendants taking the name as a surname. Some legendary traditions connect it more distantly with Zhuanxu.
Name meaning
The name has an ancestral and patrilineal tone because 孙 marks descent.
Historical figures
颛孙师 Zhuansun Shi
Zhuansun Shi, courtesy name Zizhang, was a disciple of Confucius.