Si (surname)

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Si (姒)
Language(s) Chinese
Origin
Language(s) Old Chinese
Derivation Emperor Yao (堯)
Yu the Great (禹)
Meaning East and West
Other names
Variant(s) Sa, Sha, Xia, Ha
Derivative(s) Shi, Xi, Ci
See also Xia Dynasty

Si (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) was a Chinese surname during the Xia Dynasty. By opinion of Records of the Grand Historian, the Xia Dynasty ruler has the surname Si (姒). Generally Chinese believed Xia founder, Yu the Great (禹), is a descendant of Emperor Yao (堯).

Surname during the Xia

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