Xīn / Hsin
One branch of the Xin surname derives from the Ji surname and descends from Bi Gonggao, son of King Wen of Zhou. After Bi Wan’s descendants were enfeoffed at Xintian, they adopted the place name as their surname. The former city of Xintian is southwest of present-day Quwo, Shanxi.
The descendants of Xin Zhimuzi, a Jin grandee of the Spring and Autumn period, formed another Xin branch. The Kaolue of Surnames, citing the Yizhoushu, also records Xin Huang, a minister of King Wu of Zhou, whose descendants may have adopted Xin as their surname. The Clan Sections of the Zheng Tongzhi and Xu Tongzhi both include the Xin surname.
The Xin surname is currently distributed in Songjiang, Shanghai; Wuqing, Tianjin; Yutai, Shandong; Taiyuan and Changzhi, Shanxi; Hancheng, Shaanxi; Wuhai, Inner Mongolia; and Laohekou, Hubei, among others. It occurs among the Han and Lisu peoples. Distribution is also recorded in Qinzhou, Guangxi; Kaohsiung and Taitung, Taiwan; Beijing; Shijiazhuang, Hebei; Qufu, Shandong; and Jiaozuo, Henan.
Xin Huang was a minister of King Wu of Zhou. Xin Chen was Qin Feng’s military adviser. Xin Du, a native of Min County, served as education instructor of Nancheng County during the Hongxi era. Xin Qing is recorded in the Wanshing Tongpu.
In the Ming period, the hereditary native official of the Dongtang Native Official Authority in Yunnan had the Xin surname. The Xin surname is also recorded as a Mongolian surname.
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