The 宋 surname

Song (宋) is one of the surnames of Taishan. The Song surname comes mainly from the Zi (子) surname: the Song are descendants of Weizi Qi (微子启), of the royal house of the Shang dynasty, and took the name of their state as their clan name.^[1] No reliable written sources have yet been found on the first migrant ancestor of the Taishan Song or on how they came to Taishan.

Origin of the surname[edit]

Weizi Qi, eldest son of the Shang king Di Yi (帝乙) and elder half-brother of Di Xin (帝辛; King Zhou, 纣王), was enfeoffed at Song (宋, around present-day Shangqiu, Henan) at the beginning of the Zhou, to carry on the sacrifices of the Shang. In 286 BCE the state of Song was destroyed by Qi, and its descendants took the state's name as their clan name, the Song. There are also Song clans of the Ji (己) and Gui (妫) surnames, and lines that later changed their surname to Song. The ancestral commanderies of the Song include Jingzhao (京兆), Xihe (西河), Guangping (广平), Dunhuang (敦煌), Henan (河南), Hongnong (弘农) and Fufeng (扶风).^[1]

Coming to Taishan[edit]

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