Do you know the history of your surname?

[Yoon-Ngan Chung <chungyn@mozart.collective.com.au>]

Dear Hakka Friends,

Do you know the history of your surname?

Every ethnic Chinese in the world inherits a family surname.
Dr Francis Thien says, 
"A family without a genealogy is like a country without a history".
Dr Han Suyin said, 
"A man's life begins with his ancestors and 
 is continued in his descendants".

As long as we possess Chinese surnames we cannot extricate ourselves from
Chinese culture.
Our roots are very long and old.
They are complicated, intertwined and sometime entangled too.
It will be interesting to know a bit about them and find out how, when and
where they began. 

Do you want to know the history of your surname?
Every surname has a history behind it.

I have collected materials for more than 500 Chinese surnames.
I am compiling them into a book which will be entitled
"The Origin of Chinese Surnames".

I welcome you to send me requests to find out the history of your
surnames. I have not translated them into Chinese yet. However, in order
to avoid confusion and to save time please note the following before 
you send:

(1) your surname has to be in pinyin, Chinese Phonetic Transcription.
(2) better still if you can tell me the meaning or meanings or give an
    example of your surname.
(3) if I do not have your surname ready on hand, please be patient and
    wait for a while. I shall try my best to compile it for you.
(4) if you do not receive my acknowledgement of your request(s) within a
    week or so, please send me a reminder.

CHUNG Yoon-Ngan.  chungyn@mozart.collective.com.au