百家姓:双语版

《百家姓?》是学习中国传统文化的经典读物，已经存世900多年了。在本书中，作者对《百家姓》涉及的姓氏来源、相关典故、知名人物等做了详细的中英文注解，其内容涉及文化起源及历史故事，更容易使读者领悟优秀传统文化的精神内核，为爱好中国传统文化的中英文读者打开了认识中国的一扇窗。

王荣华，1998—2002年任中国驻冰岛共和国大使，现任国际儒学联合会顾问、外交笔会理事、对外经济贸易大学中国语言文学学院特聘教授、济南大学客座教授、国际中西哲学比较研究会会员。著有：英文作品The Story of China Studies和The Rooster Crows，译注作品《声律启蒙》、《三字经》、《千字文》和《千家诗》，编注作品《百家姓》，以及中文作品《四方步，六人行——国学大师的故事》等。

Part ICommon Knowledge about Family Names

上编百家姓的基本常识
AThe Sources of Chinese Names /

一、中国姓名的由来 /

BThe Uniqueness of Chinese Names /

二、中国姓名的特点 /

CThe Usage of Chinese names /

三、中国姓名的使用 /

Part IIPoetry about Family Names and Related Stories

中编百家姓趣谈

DPoems about Family Names /

四、姓氏诗歌 /

EStories behind Family Names /

五、姓名背后的故事 /

Part IIITodays Efforts in Popularizing Family Names

下编百家姓的当代承传

FTodays Efforts in Popularizing the Primer /

六、百家姓的推广 /

Books of Reference /

文末参考文献 /

Stories behind Family Names五、姓名背后的故事

There are stories behind each and every Chinese family name？We wish to unfold the stories behind two Chinese family names in this book，they are Xie（谢）and Liu（柳）？Xie（谢）is placed at the 34th in the table of family names we provided above？Liu（柳）is placed at the 60th？
每一个中国姓后面都有故事。为此我们选了两个姓来讲一讲，分别是“谢”姓和“柳”姓。谢姓在《百家姓》里排第34位，柳姓排第60位。
Now，let？s look at Xie（谢），which was the name of a kinglet established by the 7th son of the Yellow Emperor？After it was wiped out by King Xuan of the Zhou，its people used Xie as their family name？Then，King Xuan of the Zhou gave the Kinglet Xie to his uncle who established the State of Shen at where the Kinglet was；sometime later the Kingdom of Chu defeated the State of Shen，the survivors in the state also used“Xie”as their family name？Some minorities，Gaoche（高车）for instance，also used“Xie”as their family name，a most notable example is Xie Yan（谢偃，599？643）in the Tang Dynasty，whose original family name was Zhi Le（直勒）in the Gaoche minority？
谢本是黄帝第7个儿子建立的小国的名字。后来，周宣王灭了谢国，其子民就用“谢”作姓了。周宣王将谢国所在的地方给了他的舅舅，他的舅舅建立了申国，申国被楚国消灭后，其子民也用“谢”姓。历史上也有少数民族取“谢”姓，譬如“高车”族。唐朝的谢偃（公元599年?D公元643年），是高车族，其原姓是“直勒”。
We shall now concentrate on one particular Xie family，which emerged in a place called“Chen Prefecture”，which is some where around today？s Taikang County in Henan Province at the end of the Eastern Jin period？Some historians regard this family as the most flamboyant family in China？s history？Because it had produced many famous and important figures？The first man who was known to the public from the family was Xie Zuan（谢缵，214？282）？He was a middle ranking official in charge of agriculture in Kingdom of Wei？Xie Zuan is a direct descendant of Earl Shen，who established the State of Shen，in the 35th generation？His son Xie Heng（谢衡，240？300）did much better than him in the government？Xie Heng was the tutor of the crown prince，the tutor was a second？ranking position？He was later a standing？by counselor of the emperor and