Si (surname 斯) explained

The surname Si 斯 is a Chinese surname that is now mainly distributed in the Sze Residence Township in Zhuji, China. There are Ma, Xing, Du, Zhang, Chen, Jin, Zhou, Xu, Huang, Si, Cai, Yu, Lou and other surnames in Sze Residence Township (Zhuji has a population of about 12,000 people with the surname of Si).

According to historical records, it comes from Shǐ, which was given to Shi Wei by Sun Quan.

It is used in Korean as the Baekje surname Sa.

It is listed as one of the Eight surnames of Zhurong.^[1]

Notable people

• • Si Xingjian (斯行健; 1901–1964), Chinese paleobotanist and stratigrapher
• Si Xinliang (斯鑫良; born 1950), Chinese politician

See also

• Si (surname)

External links

《欽定古今圖書集成·明倫彙編·氏族典·斯姓部》，出自蒋廷锡《古今圖書集成》

Notes and References

1. Web site: 《四部叢刊初編》中第251～254冊。景杭州葉氏藏明嘉靖翻宋本 本書二一卷 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180618080214/https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=gb&file=77611&page=28 . 2018-06-18 . 2015-01-07.