孙氏图腾释义

【释义】孙的本义是孙子，是儿子的儿子。孙字从子、从系。

【起源】主要出自姬姓、芈姓。周朝卫国始祖姬封的8世孙卫武公姬和有个儿子惠孙，任卫国上卿，食采于戚（今濮阳），其子武仲以祖父的字为姓氏，为孙氏。春秋时楚国国君蚡冒（芈姓）的玄孙名敖，字孙叔，期思（今淮滨）人，官令尹，是楚国著名的贤臣，史称孙叔敖，子孙称孙氏。

得姓始祖：姬武仲　孙书傲

始 祖 地：河南濮阳、淮滨

郡望堂号：乐安、汲郡、太原；富春堂

当今排序／人口：第12位／约1830万

宋版百家姓排序：第3位

现存家谱：608部 

Explanation of the Sun Clan Totem

Meaning

Sun (孙) originally means grandson—specifically, a son’s son.

The character 孙 is composed of 子 (child) and 系 (lineage or connection).

Origin

The Sun surname primarily originates from the Ji (姬) and Mi (芈) clans.

From the Ji lineage (Zhou Dynasty, State of Wei)  

Hui Sun, son of Ji He, the 8th‑generation descendant of Ji Feng, founder of the State of Wei, served as a senior minister.

He held the fief of Qi (modern Puyang, Henan).

1. His son Wu Zhong adopted his grandfather’s courtesy name Sun as his surname, becoming the ancestor of one major branch of the Sun clan.

From the Mi lineage (State of Chu)  

In the Spring and Autumn period, Ao, great‑grandson of Fenmao, ruler of Chu (surname Mi), had the courtesy name Sun Shu.

He was from Qisi (modern Huaibin) and served as Lingyin, the highest ministerial office in Chu.

He was renowned for his virtue and governance, and is known in history as Sun Shu’ao.

2. His descendants adopted Sun as their surname.

Ancestral Founders of the Surname

• Ji Wuzhong

• Sun Shu’ao

Ancestral Homelands

• Puyang, Henan

• Huaibin

Prominent Clans / Halls

• Le’an, Jijun, Taiyuan

• Fuchun Hall

Modern Ranking / Population

• 12th most common surname in China

• Approximately 18.3 million people

Ranking in the Song Dynasty’s Hundred Family Surnames

• 3rd

Existing Genealogies

• 608 volumes preserved today