Usually translated as The Book of
Family Names, 百家姓 BaiJiaXing is a complilation
of Chinese surnames made during the Northern
Song Dynasty. Check out the Chinese Dynasties
here: http://www.knol2go.mobi/4nh4445518.html
. Originally, it had 411 family names. Later, it
was expanded to 444 single family names and 60
复姓 "double surname" (i.e. family name with two
characters). That made a total of 504 family
names.
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