An (Chinese surname)
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| Meaning | "peace", "tranquility" |
| Region of origin | China |
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The surname An is a Chinese surname (
Northern China. It is the 79th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[2]
During the
Jewish
Chinese surname, Related surname
descendants Andrew the Apostle[3][4]
Origins of An (安)
Iranian
Parthian
During the
and assisted in his translations of Buddhist texts.During the 3rd century,
Xijin
(西晉).
Sogdian
In the
Nine Sogdian Surnames."[7]
Xueyantuo
During the
Uyghur people (回鶻人) a division of the Hui people; they later reduced the surname to An (安). During the Tang dynasty in the 8th century, the An (安) family name was used among the Xueyantuo (薛延陀) people.[citation needed
]
Khitan
During the Qing dynasty, Ardan (阿爾丹) the Daur people (達斡爾族) were given the surname An (安) with the Ar dialect.[citation needed]
Notable people
Historical figures
- An Shigao (安世高), the first Buddhist missionary to China and a former Parthian prince
- An Xuan, who followed An Shigao to Luoyang several decades later
- Xijin(西晉) the Chinese state
- An Lushan (安祿山), Sogdian-born provincial military governor during the Tang dynasty
- An Lushan Rebellion(to distance himself and his family from the notoriety of the rebel An Lushan)
- An Yanyan (安延偃), adoptive father of An Lushan, Iranian origin, rumoured to have been surnamed Kang originally[8]
- An Qingxu, son of An Lushan
- An Chonghui (安重誨), a minister of Later Tang
- An Congjin (安從進), a general of Later Tang and Later Jin (Five Dynasties)
- An Chongrong (安重榮), a general of the Later Jin (Five Dynasties)
Modern
- An Qi (安琦; born 1981), Chinese football goalkeeper
- An Yuexi (安悦溪; born 1989), Chinese actress
- Shone An, Taiwanese singer, actor and television host
Stage name
- Amber An (安心亞; born Liao Ching-ling (Chinese: 廖婧伶; pinyin: Liào Jìnglíng),[1] Taiwanese actress, singer, television host, and model
- Ady An Yi-xuan (安以軒; born 吳玟靜 on 1980), Taiwanese actress and singer
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with An
- All pages with titles containing An
- An (disambiguation)
- Ant (name)
References
- ^ "中国最新300大姓排名（2008 [Statistics on the number of citizens with each surname in China, based on records of National Identity Cards]." 2009-01-06. Accessed 20 Jun 2015.(in Chinese)
- ISBN 0-8248-1285-9.
- ISBN 978-0-415-45715-6
- JSTOR 3182906
- ISBN 7-5004-0432-8. p. 329, 602-606
- ^ Ebrey, Walthall, Palais (2006). Encyclopedia of China (Chinese History Edition), 1st ed.
- ^ "The Nine Sogdian Surnames | the Sogdians". Archived from the original on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ An Lushan's biography in the New Book of Tang, in addition to indicating that his original name was Galuoshan, also indicated that his original surname was Kang, implying that his father was surnamed Kang. However, his biography in the Book of Tang indicated that An Lushan "originally did not have a surname." Compare Book of Tang, vol. 200, part 1, with New Book of Tang, vol. 225, part 1.
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