| Pronunciation: | Tàishǐ (Pinyin) |
| Language: | Chinese |
| Language origin: | Chinese language |
| Origin: | name of an office in imperial China |
| Meaning: | grand historian |
| Variant: | Taishi (Mandarin) |
Taishi (Chinese: c={{linktext|太史) is a Chinese compound surname. Taishi literally means Grand Historian, a high official in ancient imperial China. For example, Sima Qian was the Grand Historian in Han dynasty.
Taishi is not included in the Hundred Family Surnames book[1] and is no longer used to this day.