Zuo () is a
Chinese surname. It is the 187th name listed on the ''
Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.
People
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Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠) (1812-1885), a
Qing dynasty Han Chinese General, the inspiration for
General Tso's chicken
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Zuo Baogui
Zuo Baogui ( zh, 左寶貴; 1837, Shandong Province – 1894, Pyongyang) was a Hui Muslim general of the Qing Dynasty who fought in the First Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895) was a conflict bet ...
(左寶貴) (1837–1894), a
Qing dynasty Hui Chinese
The Hui people ( zh, c=, p=Huízú, w=Hui2-tsu2, Xiao'erjing: , dng, Хуэйзў, ) are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the n ...
General, from
Shandong
Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region.
Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
province, died in action during the
First Sino-Japanese War in
Pyongyang in Korea from Japanese artillery in 1894 while securing the city. A memorial to him was constructed.
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Zhang Zuo (pianist) (左章) (born 1988)
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Zuo Xiaoqing (Chinese: 左小青; born 25 June 1977) is a Chinese actress, TV presenter and former rhythmic gymnast.
See also
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List of common Chinese surnames
References
Chinese-language surnames
Individual Chinese surnames
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