Encyclopedia > Y > Yin (surname)


Yin (surname)



Yin (; literally "flourishing" and "blood red") is a rare Chinese surname dating to the fall of the Yin (Shang) Dynasty in 1046 BC. After the Yin's collapse, the surviving Yin ruling family collectively changed their surname from their royal surname 子 (pinyin: zi; Wade-Giles: tzu) to the name of their fallen capital and country, Yin (殷).



Information are taken from Wikipedia, the open encyclopedia, to which contribute many volunteers from around the whole world. Texts are available under the following conditions GNU Free Documentation License.

Encyklopedie (cz) Encyklopédia (sk) Enzyklopädie (de)


en