釋氏要覽 1.11

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1.11

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.'

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釋氏要覽 — Classical Chinese