Yīn (surname)
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Yin surname in regular script | |
| Pronunciation |
Yīn (Pinyin) In (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
| Language(s) | Chinese, Korean |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Chinese |
| Derivation | Name of the Yin Dynasty |
| Meaning | flourishing, blood red |
| Other names | |
| Variant(s) |
In (Hokkien, Sino-Japanese) Heung (Teochew) Eun (Yoon) (殷, 은 |
Yīn (Chinese: 殷; pinyin: Yīn; literally "flourishing" and "blood red") is a rare Chinese surname.
History
The surname Yīn can date to the fall of the Yin (Shang) Dynasty in 1046 BCE. After the dynasty's collapse, surviving Yin family members collectively changed their surname from 子 (pinyin: zi; Wade-Giles: tzu) (the Royal surname) to the name of their fallen capital and country, Yin (殷). The family remained members of the aristocratic class. They often provided administrative services to the Zhou Dynasty who succeeded them. Viscount of Wei (Weizi 微子), brother of the last Yin king, was given the territory around the old Shang capital and established the State of Song (宋國). Rites for the Shang (Yin) kings continued to 286 BCE.[1]
The surname is still found in northern and northeastern China. There is a diaspora in the area south of the Yangtze River near the Wu region of China, and after the time of the Qing Dynasty, immigration to Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Yin settlements are found south-west of Tonghui in Gansu Province, in Shandong Province and in the Pearl River Delta area.
Yin in state records
- Yin Shi (殷水) of Yuzhou (禹州), Xuchang, Henan in Wei (state)(衞), Zhou Dynasty.
- Kang Shu (康叔) founded Yin Shi (殷水), Yuzhou (禹州), Xuchang, Henan in Wei (state)(衞), Zhou Dynasty.
- Xuchang, capital of Cao Wei(曹魏) in Three Kingdoms.
Yin surname in Chinese ethnic groups
- Manchu people
- Jinyi (今彝) people
- Huideng(回等) people
- Eun (恩) Korea (past)
- En (恩), Gui clan of Qi (state)(齊)
- En Zhou (恩州), a state name
- Eun(恩), a notable family of Baekje(百濟)
- Eun Go (恩古), wife of the Uija of Baekje
Notable people
- Yin Xian (殷羡), general of the Jin Dynasty (265–420)
- Yin Hao (殷浩), general of the Jin Dynasty
- Yin Zhongkan (殷仲堪), intellectual of the Northern and Southern Dynasties era
- Yin Chengzong (殷承宗), pianist and composer of the Yellow River Piano Concerto
- Yin Tseng Yan (殷正洋), Taiwanese pop singer.
- Yin Qiyu (殷綺妤), lawyer
- Yin Ming (殷明), physicist
Variations
- Yan (言, 燕, 延), Yeon from Zhou Dynasty
- Guan(關), from Yin Xi (尹喜) of Zhou Dynasty
- Wei (surname), of Zhou Dynasty
- Wei (surname) (薳), surname of Chu (state) from Zhuanxu
- Wei (surname) (蔿), surname of Chu (state) from Zhuanxu
- Wei Zi (微子), feudal lord of Zhou Dynasty