劉 / 刘 is an East Asian surname. pinyin:Liú in Mandarin Chinese,Lau4 in Cantonese. It is the family name of the Han dynasty emperors. The character 劉 originally meant 'battle axe',but is now used only as a surname. It is listed 252nd in the classic text Hundred Family Surnames. Today,it is the 4th most common surname in Mainland China as well as one of the most common surnames in the world.
Dezhou is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Shandong province,People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast,Liaocheng to the southwest,Binzhou to the northeast,and the province of Hebei to the north.
"Guo",written in Chinese:郭,is one of the most common Chinese surnames and means "the wall that surrounds a city" in Chinese. It can also be transliterated as Cok,Gou,Quo,Quach,Quek,Que,Keh,Kuo,Kwo,Kuoch,Kok,Koc,Kwee,Kwek,Kwik,Kwok,Kuok,Kuek,Gock,Koay,or Ker. The Korean equivalent is spelled Kwak;the Vietnamese equivalent is Quách. The different ways of spelling this surname indicate the origin of the family. For example,the Cantonese "Kwok" originated in Hong Kong and the surrounding area. In the Philippines,it's "Que","Ke","Quepe",and "Kepa". It is the 18th most common family name in China and can be traced as far back as the Xia dynasty. There are eight legendary origins of the Guo surname,which include a Persian (Hui) origin,a Korean origin,and a Mongolian origin,as a result of sinicization. However,the majority of people bearing the surname Guo are descended from the Han Chinese.
Dōng is a Chinese surname. Its Vietnamese form is Đồng,Đông. It is listed 360th on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
Han is a common Chinese surname. The spelling "Han" is based on China's pinyin system and so used throughout Mainland China. Spelling can vary from 'Hon' in Cantonese-speaking areas to 'Hang' in Hainan. It is the 15th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. In 2003,Han (韩) is ranked 25th in China in terms of the number of bearers at around 8 million persons. In 2019 it was the 28th most common surname in Mainland China.
Tang,is a Chinese surname. The three languages also have the surname with the same character but different pronunciation/romanization. In Korean,it is usually romanized also as Dang. In Japanese,the surname is often romanized as To. In Vietnamese,it is commonly written as Đường. It is pronounced dhɑng in Middle Chinese,and lhāŋin Old Chinese. It is the 64th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
Cui,alternatively spelled Tsui or Tsway,is one of the 80 most common surnames in China,with around 0.28% of the Chinese population having the surname. It is also one of the most common surnames in Korea,with around 4.7% of the population having the surname in South Korea.
Fang is the 67th most prevalent Chinese surname. In Chinese,Fāng (方) means "square" or "four-sided". Fāng (方) is pronounced Fong in Cantonese,Hong or Png or Pwee in some Min Nan dialects and Png or Pung in Teochew. It is the 56th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
Meng is a Chinese surname. Meng is a shi surname or clan name (氏),as opposed to the xing (姓) category of surname,ancestral name. Meng is of the type of surname which was a member of the list of names denoting seniority within a certain family:in ancient usage,the characters of meng (孟),zhong (仲),shu (叔) and ji (季) were used to denote the first,second,third and fourth eldest sons in a family. These were sometimes adopted as surnames. Of these,Meng is the best known,being the surname of the philosopher Mencius. It is the 94th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
Lü is the pinyin and Wade–Giles romanisation of a Chinese surname,most commonly 吕 and 呂.
Xin is the romanization of several Chinese surnames including Xīn 辛,Xīn 新and Xìn 信. Xīn 辛is the commonest among these;it is the 379th surname in the Hundred Family Surnames.
Dongfang Shuo was a Han dynasty scholar-official,fangshi,author,and court jester to Emperor Wu. In Chinese mythology,Dongfang is considered a Daoist xian and the spirit of Venus who incarnated as a series of ancient ministers including Laozi. Dongfang Shuo is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu by Jin Guliang.
Pei is an East Asian surname originating in north China. In 2008,it was the 156th most common surname in mainland China,with at least 830,000 Chinese sharing this name.
Tong is a Chinese surname. Tong as transcribed in English however represents of a number of different Chinese surnames.
Liǔ is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin found in China,Korea,and Japan,as well as in Vietnam and throughout Southeast Asia. It is the 60th name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
Lì is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 厲 in traditional characters and 厉 in simplified characters. It is also spelled Lai according to the Cantonese pronunciation. It is listed 247th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.
Li or Lee is a common Chinese surname,it is the 4th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames. Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia,shared by 92.76 million people in China,and more than 100 million in Asia. It is the second-most common surname in China as of 2018,the second-most common surname in Hong Kong,the most common surname in Macau and the 5th most common surname in Taiwan,where it is usually romanized as "Lee". The surname is pronounced as in Cantonese,Lí (poj) in Taiwanese Hokkien,but is often spelled as "Lee" in Hong Kong,Macau,Taiwan,Thailand and many overseas Chinese communities. In Macau,it is also spelled as "Lei". In Indonesia it is commonly spelled as "Lie". The common Korean surname,"Lee",and the Vietnamese surname,"Lý",are both derived from Li and written with the same Chinese character (李). The character also means "plum" or "plum tree".
Lú is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 盧 in traditional character and 卢 in simplified character. It is also spelled Lo or Loh according to the Cantonese pronunciation. Lu 盧is the 52nd most common surname in China,shared by 5.6 million people,or 0.475% of the Chinese population as of 2002. It is especially common in Guangdong,Guangxi,Hainan,and Hebei provinces. Lu 盧is listed 167th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.
Dongfang Shuo is a 2008 Chinese historical and biographical television series centered on Dongfang Shuo,a Han dynasty scholar-official,fangshi,author,and court jester to Emperor Wu. It is based on the novel Wisdom Holy Dongfang Shuo by Dongfang Longyin. The series was jointly by China Central Television,Beijing Film Academy and Guangdong Donghexing Recording and Video Company. The series stars Cheng Qian as Dongfang Shuo,the rest of the main cast includes Jin Dong,Hu Ke,Qin Hailu,Yu Xiaowei,Liu Xiyuan,Hu Yajie,Tao Huimin,and Zhang Lingxin. It originally aired on CCTV-8 in August 2008.
