Shan (surname)
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Shan (simplified Chinese: 单; traditional Chinese:
Shan could also be used to refer to the rare surname 𢒉 (). The rare character was unable to be rendered on a computer so people chose Xian 冼 to replace it. People from Gaozhuang Village born after the system change and people who didn't want a hassle with technology were affected. The choice was controversial as some people saw that future generations would forget their name.[citation needed]
Most of people of the Shan surname live in Shandong, Henan and Hebei. However, some people bearing the Shan surname can be found in Taiwan and overseas Chinese communities throughout the world.
Some Mandarin-speaking peoples adopted "Shan" as their surname; its pronunciation in Cantonese is "Seen"(the Cantonese pronunciation is as same as the word "
The character 单/
Notable people with the surname Shan
[edit]- Shan Xiongxin (
單 雄 信 ; 581–621), a general of the Transition from Sui to Tang period. - Shan Zhongsheng (
單 仲 升 ), who lived in the Yuan dynasty. He is known for his filial piety. - Pal Sinn (
單 立 文 , Shan Liwen; born 1959), a Hong Kong singer and actor. - Shan Tianfang (
單 田 芳 ; 1934–2018), a pingshu performer. - Sin Chung-kai (
單 仲 偕, Shan Zhongkai; born 1960), a Hong Kong politician. - Zen Wai-chu (
單 慧 珠 ; Shan Huizhu), a Hong Kong film director. - Shan Zhiqiang (
單 之 薔), former editor-in-chief of National Geographic in China. - Paul Shan Kuo-hsi (
單 國璽 , Shan Guoxi; 1923–2012), a Taiwanese bishop. - Shan Fuliang (
單 富 良 ), a history professor at the Grand Valley State University and former president of the Chinese Historians in the United States (CHUS).
Fictional characters with the surname
[edit]- Shan Tinggui (
單 廷珪), a fictional character and one of the 108 heroes in the classical novel Water Margin. - The Shan family, a fictional family in the Star Wars Legends continuity
- Bastila Shan, a Jedi who appears in the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic video game duology
- Satele Shan, another Jedi and descendant of Bastila, appearing in the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic