Chinese surnames

左

zuǒ · Zuo

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 187
Ancestral seat (junwang)
济阳
Wikidata
Q21498206

In other languages

  • English Zuo
  • French Zuo

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Zuo Zongtang1812 – 1885

    Qing dynasty general (1812-1885)

  • Zuo Qiuming556 BCE – 451 BCE

    Chinese historian (556–451 BC), responsible for an important commentary on Confucius's Spring & Autumn Annals

  • Zuo Si250 – 305

    Chinese writer and poet (250–305)

  • Zuo Ci156 – 289

    Legendary 2nd/3rd century Chinese magician

  • Zuo Fen255 – 300

    Chinese poet (c. 255–300)

  • Zuo Quan1905 – 1942

    Chinese major general (1905-1942)

  • Zuo Baogui1837 – 1894

    Qing dynasty person CBDB = 57816

  • Zuo Guangdou1575 – 1625

    Ming dynasty politician

  • Zuo Liangyu1599 – 1645

    Ming dynasty general

  • Zuo Xiao'e50 – 106

    Han consort, mother of Emperor An

  • Feng Xu150 – ?

    eunuch who served Emperor Ling of Han

  • Shunsheng Zuo1893 – 1969

    (1893-1969)

  • 左悺? – 165
  • 左丞祖? – 192
  • Zuo Xijia1830 – 1894

    Qing dynasty person CBDB = 55540

Find printed genealogies

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).