Xun (surname)

Xun (荀)

Pronunciation	Xún (Mandarin)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)	Hsün, Hsun

Xun ([ɕy̌n]) is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 荀 as a Chinese character. It is romanized Hsün in Wade–Giles. Xun is the 201st surname in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.^[1] It is not among the top 300 most common Chinese surnames.^[2]

• Xun Xi (荀息; died 651 BC), minister of Duke Wu of Jin, enfeoffed at Xun
• Xun Kuang or Master Xun (ca. 312–230 BC), ancient Confucian philosopher
• Xun Shuang (128–190), Eastern Han dynasty politician and historian
• Xun Chen (fl. 2nd century), Eastern Han dynasty advisor to warlord Han Fu
• Xun You (157–214), Eastern Han dynasty statesman and adviser to warlord Cao Cao
• Xun Yu (163–212), Eastern Han dynasty statesman and adviser to warlord Cao Cao
• Xun Yi (died 274), Jin dynasty politician
• Xun Can (c. 209–237), Three Kingdoms-era scholar and philosopher
• Xun Xu (died 289), Western Jin dynasty politician, artist and musician
• Xun Song (荀崧; 263–329), Jin dynasty official and governor, descendant of Xun Yu
• Xun Guan (303–?), Jin dynasty military commander, daughter of Xun Song
• Lady Xun (died 335), mother of Emperor Ming of Jin
• Xun Huisheng (1900–1968), Peking opera singer

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