石作 Surname

Surname Overview

Compound Surname

Shizuo was already a compound surname during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. It had an origin distinct from the single-character surname Shi and should not be conflated with it.

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Origins

The Shizuo Clan of Qin

The Shizuo clan originated from the Ying lineage. It was an early aristocratic compound-surname clan of Qin and originally lived in Qin settlement, identified with present-day Guqincheng in Tianshui, Gansu.

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Historical Records

Historical Attestations

The Kongzi Jiayu calls Shizuo Shu “Shi Zishu.” Zhu Yizun's Pushuting Ji records “Shizuo Zishu, courtesy name Ziming,” while the Xu Zizhi Tongjian contains “Shizuo shi, courtesy name Ziming.”

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Surname and Native-Place Records

Records and a memorial tablet associated with the Confucius Temple in Qufu identify him as “of the Shizuo surname, given name Shu, courtesy name Ziming,” and cite the Queli Zhi in describing him as a native of Chengji in Qin.

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Notable People

Shizuo Shu

Shizuo Shu was a native of Qin in the late Spring and Autumn period and a disciple of Confucius. His compound surname was Shizuo, his given name was Shu, and his courtesy name was Ziming; his birth and death dates and deeds are unknown.

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Genealogy and Generation Names

Surname Simplification Among Descendants

The descendants of Shizuo Shu shortened the compound surname Shizuo to the single-character surname Shi and transmitted it through later generations as the Sanlong Shi lineage.

Reference: 石作蜀姓氏籍贯探源-甘谷县人民政府