Duanmu is the

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

pinyin romanization of the

Chinese compound surname A Chinese compound surname is a Chinese surname using more than one Chinese character, character. Many of these compound surnames derive from Zhou dynasty Chinese noble and official titles, professions, place names and other areas, to serve a purp ...

written in Chinese characters. It is romanized as Tuan-mu in Wade–Giles. Duanmu is listed 447th in the Song dynasty

classic text A classic is a book accepted as being exemplary or particularly noteworthy. What makes a book "classic" is a concern that has occurred to various authors ranging from Italo Calvino to Mark Twain and the related questions of "Why Read the Cla ...

'' Hundred Family Surnames''. It is not among the 300 most common surnames in modern China.

Notable people

* Duanmu Ci or Zigong (520–456 BC), disciple of Confucius, one of the Twelve Philosophers *

Duanmu Shu Duanmu is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese compound surname written in Chinese characters. It is romanized as Tuan-mu in Wade–Giles. Duanmu is listed 447th in the Song dynasty classic text '' Hundred Family Surnames''. It is not a ...

( 端木叔), Warring States period descendant of Duanmu Ci, known for his wealth and philanthropy * Duan Fuchu or Duanmu Fuchu ( 端復初; 1321–1373), Ming dynasty Minister of Justice *

Duanmu Guohu Duanmu is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese compound surname written in Chinese characters. It is romanized as Tuan-mu in Wade–Giles. Duanmu is listed 447th in the Song dynasty classic text '' Hundred Family Surnames''. It is not a ...

( 端木國瑚; 1773–1837), Qing dynasty official and scholar of the ''

I Ching The ''I Ching'' or ''Yi Jing'' (, ), usually translated ''Book of Changes'' or ''Classic of Changes'', is an ancient Chinese divination text that is among the oldest of the Chinese classics. Originally a divination manual in the Western Zho ...

'' *

Duanmu Jie Duanmu is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese compound surname written in Chinese characters. It is romanized as Tuan-mu in Wade–Giles. Duanmu is listed 447th in the Song dynasty classic text '' Hundred Family Surnames''. It is not a ...

( 端木傑; 1897–1972),

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

general and Minister of Transportation * Joseph K. Twanmoh ( 端木愷 , 1903–1987), Republic of China politician, president of Soochow University (Taiwan) *

Duanmu Hongliang Duanmu Hongliang (; 1912–1996), born Cao Jingping (), was a Chinese writer whose works were prominent during the Second Sino-Japanese War and for whom the land and environment were pivotal fictional elements. He was born in Changtu County, Lia ...

(1912–1996), novelist *

Lucy Duanmu Lucy is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning ''as of light'' (''born at dawn or daylight'', maybe also ''shiny'', or ''of light complexion''). Alternative spellings are Luci, Luce, Luc ...

( 端木露西; 1912–1998), writer, wife of

Chu Anping Chu Anping (, 1909–1966?) was a Chinese scholar, liberal journalist and editor of ''Guancha'' (观察, The Observer) in the Civil War era of the late 1940s. He is widely considered to be one of the most famous liberals in China. He was Editor ...

Duanmu Zheng Duanmu is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese compound surname written in Chinese characters. It is romanized as Tuan-mu in Wade–Giles. Duanmu is listed 447th in the Song dynasty classic text '' Hundred Family Surnames''. It is not a ...

( 端木正; 1920–2006), Vice President of the Supreme People's Court of the PRC, son of Duanmu Jie * Duanmu Mei (端木美), historian, daughter of Duanmu Zheng * Duanmu San (端木三), professor of linguistics, University of Michigan

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duanmu Chinese-language surnames Individual Chinese surnames