Hundred Family Surnames

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf classic Chinese text
gptkbp:compiledBy gptkb:Song_dynasty
gptkbp:contains Chinese surnames
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:China
gptkbp:firstFourSurnames gptkb:Zhao,_Qian,_Sun,_Li
gptkbp:genre primer
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hundred Family Surnames
gptkbp:influenced influenced Chinese naming conventions
gptkbp:language gptkb:Classical_Chinese
gptkbp:notableFeature does not list surnames by frequency
includes both common and rare surnames
gptkbp:numberOfSurnames later expanded to 504
originally 411
gptkbp:originalTitle gptkb:百家姓
gptkbp:purpose elementary education
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Three_Character_Classic
gptkb:Thousand_Character_Classic
gptkbp:significance important in Chinese culture
gptkbp:structure rhymed lines
gptkbp:studiedIn Chinese schools (historically)
gptkbp:usedFor teaching children to read
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chen_family_clans
gptkb:邵
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6