Surname Overview
Compound Surname Record
“Ziren” appears in records as a compound surname, written “子人氏.”
Zirén Surname
Surname profileZirén / Tzu-jen
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The same record links the surname “子氏” to the legend of Xie: his mother swallowed a swallow’s egg and gave birth to him, so he was called the 子 clan; it also records a Zheng grandee surnamed 子人.
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