Author: CHUNG Yoon Ngan
Date: 04-10-12 02:03
中國姓氏故事 - 司馬姓
一年動刀兵,---Yi nian2 dong4 dao bing,
十年不太平.---Shi2 nian2 bu4 ta4i ping2.
For using military force in one year,
It will be without peace for ten years.
A Chinese proverb
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Surname SIMA (司馬)
Si means : manage
Ma means : horse
Si-Ma means : an ancient title of an officer who was in
charge of the armed forces of a country.
The surname Si-Ma is about 2,800 years old
The surname Sima originated in an area referred to during the Han Dynasty
(漢朝 206BC to 220AD) as Henei Prefecture (河內郡). The present day location
of Henei Prefecture is in the Wudou County (武陡縣, 113.3 degree East and
35.1 degree North on the world map) of Henan Province (河南省).
In 828BC, Zhou King Li (周厲王 878BC to 842BC), the 10th King of the Zhou
Dynasty (周朝 1134BC to 256BC) died in exiled in a place called Zhi Yi (彘
邑 in present day Huo Xian 霍縣 in Shanxi Province 山西省). His eldest son,
Ji Jing (姬靖) a young man of nineteen years old, ascended to the throne
as Zhou King Xuan (周宣王 827BC to 781BC). In 826BC Zhou King Xuan appointed
an official called Chengbo Xiufu (程伯休父) as the Sima (司馬) or officer-in-
charge of the armed forces. In 822BC Zhou King Xuan ordered Chengbo Xiufu
to lead an punitive force to crush the Xu Rong who staged a rebellion. The
Xu Rong were a nomadic tribe who lived in the north. The forces under the
command of Chengbo Xiufu crushed the Xu Rong rebellion.
Chengbo Xiufu returned in triumph to Hao (鎬), the capital of the Zhou Dynasty.
Zhou King Xuan was very happy and he allowed Chengbo Xiufu to adopt his
official title SIMA (司馬) as his surname. Chengb Bo Xiu Fu gave Sima as
the surname to his children. Generation after generation the offspring of
of Cheng Bo Xiu Fu's offspring continued to use Sima as their surname.
The couplet of surname Sima:
職官啟姓,---Zhi2 guan qi2 xing4
河內閥閱.---Henei fa2 yue4.
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The prominent persons produced by the SIMA Clan
(1) Sima Qian (司馬遷)
http://www.greatchinese.com/famous/schooler/simaqian.htm
(2) Sima Guang (司馬光 (1019AD to 1086AD)
http://web2.tcssh.tc.edu.tw/school/guowenke/new_page_50.htm
(3) 司馬相如
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sima_Xiangru
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By CHUNG Yoon-Ngan (鄭永元)
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