Taishan surnames

The 司徒 surname

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Situ (司徒) is a two-character surname that comes from the ancient official title "Situ" (司徒). The Situ of Guangdong are centered on Chikan (赤坎) in Kaiping, and according to Situ genealogical material circulating online, the Situ of Taishan also branched off from the Chikan line.[1][2]

Origin of the surname[edit]

Situ was an ancient official title for the officer in charge of the affairs of the people (often translated into English as Minister over the Masses), and some later people took the office as their clan name.[3] As to its origin, there are accounts that it comes from a line of Emperor Shun's descendants, from Qi (期), son of Xia Wu (夏戊), a grandee of the state of Wei in the Spring and Autumn period (who had served as Situ), and from Mo Di (墨狄), a grandee at the end of the Yin Shang, among others. The ancestral commandery is Zhao Commandery (赵郡).[1]

The Situ surname has many spellings in English; transliterated from the Taishanese pronunciation it is Soohoo or Soho.[3]

Coming to Taishan[edit]

According to Situ material on an online genealogy website, the Situ of Guangdong honor Situ Xuan (司徒宣) as their founding ancestor: in the Jianyan period of the Southern Song, Situ Xuan moved from Zhuji Lane (珠玑巷) in Nanxiong (南雄) to Guangzhou, and after his death was buried in Xinhui; his son Situ Quan (司徒权) and his brothers, three in all, moved to Shikeng Village (石坑村) in Shuidong (水东), Xinhui. Situ Xintang (司徒新唐; 1324–1392) of the 7th generation moved from Shikeng to Jiaodi (滘堤) in Chikan, Kaiping, and is honored as the founding ancestor of the Kaiping Situ; after that the area around Jiaodi grew into a cluster of villages where the Situ live together. The material says the Situ of Taishan, Nanhai and Dongguan all branched off from the Chikan line, and says the Chikan Situ use "Jiaolun Tang" (教伦堂) as their hall name and that their clan magazine is called the Jiaolun Monthly (《教伦月报》).[2]

How the Situ came to Taishan and where they live is yet to be added. Family members who know more are welcome to edit this article.

References

  1. "Situ (surname)", Chinese Wikipedia 「司徒姓」，维基百科
  2. Introduction to "Situ Genealogy", Netor genealogy website (created by the user szetochuen) 「司徒氏族谱」简介，Netor族谱网（用户szetochuen建立）
  3. "Situ (surname)", English Wikipedia, citing Emma Woo Louie, Chinese American Names: Tradition and Transition, 1988.) 「Situ (surname)」，英文维基百科，引 Emma Woo Louie, Chinese American Names: Tradition and Transition, 1988。)

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