Shum

Shum is a romanization of the Chinese letter 岑 in 岑献光, the non-phonetic nuance of the Cantonese language. Shum are the descendants of King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty, named so after an area during the Zhou dynasty (1122-221BC)^[1]. Although not the descendent of Wu's first wife Yi Jiang (who gave birth to Song, later named King Cheng of Zhou), Shum is the descendent of Wu's second wife. As Song was later crowned King Cheng of Chou, and King Wu was the Duke of Zhou before being merged in the crown in 1046 BC, the Shum family was thus second in the line of succession, and accordingly, Duke and Duchess of the Zhou Dynasty.

Although, like other groups, make up the Han Chinese people of today, the Zhou were the first semi-nomadic war-like barbarians to invade China, a mix of pre-han Chinese, Mongol, Manchu, Tibetan and Turks. Although they originated from northwest and northeast inner mongolia and North China (Shaanxi and Shanxi province), they migrated south and east in due time, first to Henan and Shandong province, then to Guanxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou and Fujian provinces. The clan surname is listed in Jiangxi, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

Due to the nature of Romanization, alternative translations could be to CEN, Sam, Sum, Ts'en, Gim and Cem. The surname is a combination of two characters, mountain and today.

Business

• Harry Shum, Vice-President of Research and Development at Microsoft Corporation
• Mina Shum (born 1966), independent Canadian filmmaker
• John Shum (born 1952), Chinese actor and film producer

Broadcasting media

• Harry Shum, Jr. American dancer and actor from Step Up and Glee (born 1982)
• Lydia Shum (1945–2008), Hong Kong comedian. Although her surname in Chinese was actually 沈 and not 岑. Both words are pronounced similarly except when pronounced in Cantonese, the latter one is pronounced in a lower tone.
• Itzhak Shum (born 1948), retired Israel football player
• Jess Shum, Chinese actress

Places

• Shum (location), a town in Pakistan
• Takkanot Shum, set of decrees formulated and agreed by three central cities of medieval Rhineland
• Shum Laka, most prominent site in the Laka Valley of northwest Cameroon
• Shum Gora, massive burial mound or tumulus in northwestern Russia, situated near the bank of the Luga River

Politics

• Wagshum or shum, is the Governor of the province of Wag, with hereditary title from Zagwe dynasty

Sports

• Shum Lung, student of Wing Chun
• Idan Shum (born 1976), Israel footballer
• Shum Kwok Pui (born 1970), Hong Kong football defensive midfielder and centre-back

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