Taishi (surname)

Taishi in regular script
PronunciationTàishǐ (Pinyin)
LanguageChinese
Origin
LanguageChinese language
Word/namename of an office in imperial China
Meaninggrand historian
Other names
Variant formTaishi (Mandarin)

Taishi ([tʰâɪʂɻ̩̀], Chinese: 太史; pinyin: Tàishǐ; Wade–Giles: T'ai4-shih3) 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.

Notable people named Taishi

References

  1. ^ "Chinese Classics: The 100 Names". www.chinasage.info. Retrieved 2020-12-25.


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