[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127) › 1.11 # 釋氏要覽 1.11 釋氏要覽 1.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.11) 西域記云。姓者。所以繫統百世使不別也。氏者所以別子孫之所出也。釋迦氏譜云。夫姓氏之興本。欲召諸質也。故隨物類而命焉。 > The Xiyu ji states: 'Surnames are that by which lineages are tied together across a hundred generations so they do not diverge. Clans are that by which the branches of descendants are distinguished.' The Shijia shi pu states: 'The origin of surnames and clans was fundamentally to name their entities; hence they were designated according to the categories of things.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.10) - [Next: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.12) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127~en-mt.1.11) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [一切經音義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.27.520) — 慧琳, Classical Chinese - [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.1.95) — 志磐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.11) · Pramāṇa