Chinese Common Used Surnames
中国人常用的姓氏
There were not many matriarchal tribes in ancient China,in other words,there were not many different xing,therefore only a small number of toda/s xing (surnames) were passed down from pure ancient xing. Based on The Spring and Autumn Annals,Gu Yanwu sorted out 22 ancient Surnames;and by studying ancient Chinese documents,Zhang Taiyan and other scholars found another 59 ancient Surnames. Altogether no more than 81 Surnames.
在中国古代没有许多母系氏族部落,换句话说,没有很多不同的姓,所以仅有少数姓是从纯粹的古姓传下来的。基于春秋时期,顾炎武整理出22个古老的姓;通过研究中国古代文献,章太炎和其他学者发现了另外59个古老的姓氏。总共不超过81个姓氏。