Han (Chinese surname)

From the '' surname (Jì) is an ancient Chinese surname. It is an alternate surname of the Yellow Emperor (Gongsun Xuanyuan) and the Zhou ruling family. A descendant of King Wu of Zhou, Wan, was given land in Hanyuan. Wan's descendants created the State of Han during the Warring States period. When the state was conquered by Qin in 230 BC, members of the ruling family adopted Han '' as their surname. From the transcription of non-Han names Non-Han ethnic groups tend to adopt Chinese surnames through the process known as sinicization. During the reforms of Emperor Xiao Wen of Northern Wei, the Xianbei surname 'Dahan', (dà hàn) in Chinese, was changed to Han '' because the two names sound similar after 'Da' or is dropped. Manchu clan names Hacihuri (), Hangiya (), Hanja (), Hanyan (), and Gilate () were changed to Han . From the given name The mythical Yellow Emperor had a son Chang Yi, who had a son with the given name Han Liu. Those who claimed to be Han Liu's descendants adopted Han as their surname. By imperial appointment The Salar Muslims voluntarily joined the Ming dynasty. The Salar clan leaders each capitulated to the Ming dynasty around 1370. The chief of the four upper clans around this time was Han Pao-yuan and Ming granted him office of centurion, it was at this time the people of his four clans took Han as their surname. The other chief Han Shan-pa of the four lower Salar clans got the same office from Ming, and his clans were the ones who took Ma as their surname. The upper four clans of the Salar assumed the surname Han and lived west of Xunhua. Han Youwen was another Salar General, who served in the Communist People's Liberation Army. == Notable people with the surname 韩/韓 ==

Modern world • Han Decai (), Chinese flying ace • Han Dong (actor) (, born 1980), Chinese actor • Han Dong (), Chinese member of the South Korean girl group DREAMCATCHER • Han Dongfang (), human rights activist • Han Fuju (), Kuomintang general • Han Geng (), singer and actor • Han Hong (singer) (, born 1971), Chinese singer and songwriter • Han Hui Hui (, born 1992), Malaysian-born Singaporean activist • Jiawei Han (born 1949), Chinese-American computer scientist • Han Kuo-Huang (born 1936), Chinese-born American ethnomusicologist • Han Kuo-yu (), President of the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China, former mayor of Kaohsiung, • Han Lao Da (), Singaporean playwright • Han Lei (, born 1968), Chinese singer and songwriter • Han Meilin (), artist • Han Sai Por (), Singaporean sculptor • Han Shaogong (), novelist • Han Xiaopeng (), Chinese freestyle skier • Han Xianchu (/), general in the People's Liberation Army • Han Xinyun (), Chinese tennis player • Han Xuan (footballer, born 1991), Chinese footballer • Han Xuan (footballer, born 1995), Chinese footballer • Han Youwen (/), general in the National Revolutionary Army • Han Zheng (, born 1954), mayor of Shanghai • Hon Sui Sen (, 1916-1983), Singaporean politician Pre-modern world • Han Dang (), general of the Three Kingdoms period • Han Fei (), philosopher of the Warring States period • Han Fu (warlord) (), warlord of the Eastern Han dynasty • Han Gan (), painter of the Tang dynasty • Han Guang (), ruler of the Kingdom of Liaodong • Han Hong (general) (), general and statesman of the Tang dynasty • Han Hao (), general of the Eastern Han dynasty • Han Lanying (), scholar and writer of the Southern Qi and Liu Song dynasties • Han Shantong (), rebel leader of the Yuan dynasty • Han Shizhong (), general of the Southern Song dynasty • Han Sui (), general and warlord of the Eastern Han dynasty • Han Tuozhou (), statesman of the Southern Song dynasty • Han Xiangzi (), one of the Eight Immortals • Han Ximeng (), silk embroiderer of the Ming dynasty • Han Xin (), general of the Western Han dynasty • Xin of Han () (died c. 196 BC), a vassal ruler under Emperor Gaozu of Han • Han Xuan (fl. 200s–210), Chinese government official and warlord • Han Yu (), poet and philosopher of the Tang dynasty • Han Zhangluan (died before 607), Chinese governor of the Northern Qi dynasty • Concubine Han, a Korean concubine of the Chinese Ming dynasty Hongwu emperor == See also ==