This surname is not among the top 100 surnames in Chinese mainland and Taiwan Province 100. During the Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Chengwang appointed his youngest son to work in Shandi (now southwest of Jiyuan County, Henan Province, and now Mengjin County, Henan Province), which was called Shanbo. Zhen Shi was well-off, and among more than 20 generations of monarchs in the Zhou Dynasty, there were people with a single surname who were big officials in the court. Their descendants are the source of today's single surname. In ancient times, most aristocratic families with single surname came from Henan.
Single surname literature
Tianjin Baodi single family riding, author to be tested, single repair, four volumes of woodcut movable type printing in the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty. Now it is collected in the library of Hebei University.
The Genealogy of Shan Family in Tongzhou, Nantong, Jiangsu Province consists of eight volumes, edited by Shan Sigong and updated by Shan Jiaju. Carved in the light years of the Qing dynasty, four volumes of movable type were printed in wood during the Guangxu period of the Qing dynasty. It is now in the library of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province.
There are seven volumes of Shan's Genealogy in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province, which was written in the Ming Dynasty, and eight volumes of woodcut movable type published in the Tang Dynasty during the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. Now it is collected in the Library of China Academy of Sciences. ?
In the Republic of China, Shan Shixiong edited sixteen volumes of Shan's Genealogy of Xihe in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province, and sixteen volumes of woodcut movable type printed in the eleventh year of the Republic of China (AD 1922). Now it is collected in Tokyo National Museum and Utah Genealogy Society. ?
There are four volumes of genealogy of Siming, a fellow villager in Yinxian County, Zhejiang Province. The author needs to be tested. In the sixth year of the Republic of China (AD 19 17), it was printed with woodcut movable type. It is now collected in Gu Lin Township, Yinxian County, Zhejiang Province. ?
The four volumes of "Genealogy of Gulinshan in Yinxi, Yinxian, Zhejiang" to be determined by the author are woodcut movable type paintings in the 30 years of the Republic of China (AD 194 1). It is now collected in Gu Lin Township, Yinxian County, Zhejiang Province. ?
Genealogy of Huixishan Mountain in Fenghua, Zhejiang Province, four volumes, (Republic of China) Wang, in the seventeenth year of the Republic of China (A.D. 1928) woodcut movable type printing. Now it is collected in the Cultural Relics Administration of Fenghua County, Zhejiang Province. ?
Zhu Zikan (Republic of China) rebuilt the Genealogy of Mountain Family in Huixi, Fenghua, Zhejiang, with five volumes, and the woodcut movable type was printed in the eighteenth year of the Republic of China (AD 1929). Now it is collected in the Cultural Relics Administration of Fenghua County, Zhejiang Province.
Shan in Gaomi, Shandong Province, whose author is to be tested, (Qing) Shan Songling continued to study, and in the second year of Qing Dynasty (A.D. 19 13), he carved ten volumes of movable type. Now it is collected in the library of Hebei University. ?
The first volume of Shan Genealogy in Xinzhou, Hubei Province was continued by Shan Enfu and Shan Entang in the Republic of China. In the 24th year of the Republic of China (AD 1935), it was block printing. It is now collected in Dangang Village, Dangang Township, Xinzhou County, Hubei Province. ?
The author of Ten Genealogies of Shan Family in Youxian County, Hunan Province is to be tested, which is a printed edition in the twenty-fifth year of the Republic of China (AD 1936). Now it is in Hunan Provincial Library.