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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Phaik Hooi, post: 295401, member: 5831&quot;]actually there are several Phaiks because Phaik is a generation name <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chinese names are divided into Family name=surname, Generation name and Given name. in olden days, given names also change with age, as in birth name, home/private name and adult/public name. Generation names are found in ancestral records or family books called &#039;Jiapu&quot; which list a bunch of generation names for the clan to follow. that way, within each clan, we actually know which generation the person belongs to. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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