It is generally used to address technical workers, masters, technical personnel engaged in engineering, and engineers in research institutes to show respect.
The surname is the place where the ancestors came from; the family name is the place where the descendants are divided; "the surname is the symbol that marks the blood lineage of the family." "Tongzhi Clan Brief" says: Three generations ago (Xia, Shang and Zhou), surnames were divided into two, men were called surnames, and pregnant women (women) were called surnames. Therefore, there is no distinction between high and low surnames. The noble ones have surnames, and the lowly ones have names but no surnames. Surnames are different from marriage, so there are differences between people with the same surname, different surnames, and common surnames. People with the same surname but different surnames can be married; people with the same surname but different surnames cannot be married (the same surname in the world is a family, so people with the same surname cannot get married). After three generations, the surnames merged into one, and they were all distinguished by marriage and land. Note: "The noble one has a surname": The emperor builds virtue and is named by the land that gave him the surname Xun (crack the soil and grant a prince, such as the surname Zhi). If the husband preserves the surname and accepts the surname, he will protect the ancestral line and continue to worship him from generation to generation. , no country, no country.
Single surname: A surname with only one character. As opposed to compound surnames. For example: "Wang, Li, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Zhi, Yang, Huang, Zhao, Zhou, Wu, Xu, Sun, Ma, Hu, Zhu, Guo, He, Luo, Gao and Lin. According to statistics, China has There are 6931 single surnames.
Compound surnames: refer to surnames composed of two or more Chinese characters, such as Ouyang, Sima, Shangguan, and Ximen. There are many sources of compound surnames, such as official names, titles, and occupations. etc., and some are derived from surname changes by ethnic minorities.
The "Dictionary of Chinese Surnames" shows that there are 9,012 two-character surnames, 4,850 three-character surnames, and 2,276 four-character surnames recorded in Chinese characters by various ethnic groups in China. , there are 541 five-character surnames, 142 six-character surnames, 39 seven-character surnames, 14 eight-character surnames, and 7 nine-character surnames (respectively: Ximugangeiteduligeite, Ximusageiteduligeite, Simsagiteduligigeite, Naunakil Duligigeite, Bald Heliwuditatar, Ulanghangirmo Gilmin, Oletgetemarukil), Cross There is only one surname (namely: Huoerchuan, Zamusutar, only more).