Hundred Family Surnames
The Hundred Family Surnames (), commonly known as Bai Jia Xing, also translated as Hundreds of Chinese Surnames, is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dynasty (960–1279). The book lists 507 surnames. Of these, 441 are single-character surnames and 66 are double-character surnames. About 800 names have been derived from the original ones. In the dynasties following the Song, the 13th-century "Three Character Classic", the "Hundred Family Surnames", and the 6th-century "Thousand Character Classic" came to be known as "San Bai Qian