Chinese surname · rank 305
宗
宗 is read as zōng.
zōng
Simplified and traditional 宗
lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan
Earth
Time: Zhou Zongbo ritual-office layer, Spring-and-Autumn Song-Bozong-Zhouli-Lian line, Spring-and-Autumn Yan-surname Zong state layer, Gui-surname Chen noble layer, Han Nanyang lineage record, Song Baijiaxing rank 176 and Song Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Henan-Anhui-Fujian distribution, Ming Jiangsu-Jiangxi-Zhejiang-Anhui-Shandong distribution; Song textual or Bai Jia Xing layer, 960-1279 CE
Place: Zhou ritual-administration context; Song, Jin, Chu, and Nanyang/Henan contexts; Qunshu and Zong state around western Lujiang, Anhui; Chen/Huaiyang context; Nanyang, Lujiang, Qu county, Huaiyang, Qi county, Zibo, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Henan, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu, Shandong, Jingzhao, and Pengcheng commandery contexts
Origin note
Zong is read zong as a surname. One line is occupational and official: descendants of the ancient Siyue group are said to have served as Zongbo in Zhou ritual administration, responsible for state sacrifices and ceremonies; descendants used the office name Zong. A second line is ancestor-name: Song Xiang Gong's younger brother Ao served in Jin, and his descendant Bozong was killed by the Three Xi clans; Bozong's son Zhouli fled to Chu, and the younger son Lian settled in Nanyang, where descendants used the ancestor name Zong. A third line is a state-name layer from the Yan-surname Zong state among the Qunshu around western Lujiang in Anhui. A fourth line is the Gui-surname Chen noble layer, connected with Zonglai or Chen clan descendants. These layers are kept separate, because they involve office, ancestor name, state name, and clan lineage rather than one single founder.
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