What is the position of the surname "Zhai" in the "Hundred Surnames"?
The surname "Zhai" ranks 108th in the "Hundred Surnames". In the Song version of the "Hundred Surnames", it ranked 292nd. The surname "Zhai" is widely distributed across the country, especially in Hebei and Shandong provinces, where the population of the surname "Zhai" accounts for approximately 48% of the Han Chinese population with the surname "Zhai". Suzhuang Township in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, is a place with a large concentration of the surname "Zhai". The surname "Zhai" is currently ranked 108th among the surnames in China, with a relatively large population, accounting for approximately 0.15% of the Han Chinese population.
How to read the character "Zhai" as a surname?
"Zhai" (pinyin: zhāi, dí). "Zhai" (Zhāi) and "Dí" are two different surnames. In the "Hundred Surnames", "Zhai" is read as "zhāi".
Clan Characteristics:
1. The surname "Zhai" was originally pronounced as "Di", and later changed to "zhāi", but they are actually one surname, originating from the same source.
2. The story of "Zhai Gong and the idiom 'doors can be used to catch sparrows'" is touching. During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Zhai Gong served as the Grand Minister of Justice. When he was in office, his door was full of guests, but after he was dismissed, the number of guests decreased, and the front door could even be used to catch sparrows. Later, when he was reinstated as Grand Minister of Justice, the guests wanted to visit him again. Zhai Gong wrote on the door: "One life and one death, then you know the friendship; one poor and one rich, then you know the attitude of friends; one noble and one humble, then you know the true nature of friendship."
