Cen (surname)

shum 譚

shum
Pronunciation Cén (Mandarin)
Sam (Cantonese)
Language(s) Chinese
Origin
Language(s) Old Chinese
Other names
Variant(s) Ts'en, Tsen, Sam, Shum, Sum

Cen[1] is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 岑 in Chinese character. It is romanized Ts'en in Wade–Giles, and variously as Shum, Sam, Sum in Cantonese, and Chen in other pinyin forms. Cen is listed 67th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[2] As of 2008, it is the 235th most common surname in China, shared by 340,000 people.[3] Cen is considered a rare surname.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ The approximate pronunciation in English is /ˈtsən/.
  2. ↑ "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  3. ↑ 中国最新300大姓排名（2008） [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  4. ↑ Three Zhang, Four Li: The Secret History of Chinese Surnames, by Susie Gordon, eChinacities.com (April 18, 2011)
  5. ↑ The Nanpan River: A Scenic Waterway in Southeast China, by Qin Nina. February 2015. China Scenic Magazine. Online. The article includes historical information about the Cen clan. The article states, "These ancient ports [of Nanpan River] were once all under the jurisdiction of the Cen clan of Guangxi. The Cen clan was the most powerful and influential Tusi in Guangxi since the Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127 AD). Their ancestors had traveled to the region with Di Qing (1008–1057AD), a famous general of the Northern Song, to suppress a rebellion there. Since 1053 AD, when Cen Zhongshu was appointed to remain in Guangxi as an official, the Cen clan’s influence in the area began to grow and the Nanpan River basin was one of the most important areas under their control".
  6. ↑ Empire and Identity in Guizhou: Local Resistance to Qing Expansion, by Jodi L. Weinstein (Seattle: The University of Washington Press, 2014), Chapter 3: The Consolidation of the Qing Rule, p. 157, footnote 67
  7. ↑ Chieftains into Ancestors: Imperial Expansion and Indigenous Society in Southwest China, edited by David Faure; Ho Ts'ui-p'ing (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2013), p. 172
  8. ↑ Empire at the Margins: Culture, Ethnicity, and Frontier in Early Modern China, eds. Pamela Kyle Crossley; Helen F. Siu; Donald S. Sutton (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006), p. 177
  9. ↑ The Last Campaigns of Wang Yangming, by Leo K. Shin (University of British Columbia)
  10. ↑ Eminent Chinese of the Chʻing period, 1644-1912 ... v.2., Corporate Author: Library of Congress, Other Author: Arthur William Hummel, (Washington : U.S. Govt. Print Off., 1943-1944), pages 742- 745, Tsen Yu-ying
  11. ↑ Articles reference his name under Shum Yuk-po
  12. ↑ Loyal Chinese Defeat the Rebels, The New York Times, July 19, 1913, Tsen Chun-hsuan, President of the Republic of China (However, the proclamation was not accepted by all provinces in China, and therefore, he never became the President of the Republic of China or the Emperor of China)
  13. ↑ Who's Who in China, Third Edition, editor M.C. Powell (Shanghai: The China Weekly Review, June 1, 1925), pages 744-745, Tsen Chun-hsuan
  14. ↑ The East of Asia Magazine: An Illustrated Quarterly, Volume 1, July 30, 1902, Tsen Chun-min
  15. ↑ The Trade and Administration of the Chinese Empire, by Hosea Ballou Morse; Francis Lister Hawks Pott; A. Théophile Piry (Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore & Yokohama : Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1908), p. 78
  16. ↑ Eminent Chinese of the Chʻing period, 1644-1912 ... v.2., Corporate Author: Library of Congress, Other Author: Arthur William Hummel, (Washington : U.S. Govt. Print Off., 1943-1944), pages 745, Tsen Chun-ming
  17. ↑ He created a scroll titled "Du Fu’s poem in running script"

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