Most Europeans, for example, didn’t have permanent last names before the fourteenth century. (China’s Qin Dynasty had, however, been requiring last names since the fourth century B.C. “for the purposes of taxation, forced labor, and conscription.”)
仔细想来，姓氏更是方便古人追溯家族、宗谱的方式，中华文化更讲究传承，通过把自己和历史名人联系到一起获得自豪和优越感。
