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The only Khitan surname I know is Yelü 耶律. Does anyone know if this is the only Khitan surname? Or are there any other Khitan surname?
QUOTE(General_Zhaoyun @ Sep 5 2007, 03:41 PM) 
The only Khitan surname I know is Yelü 耶律. Does anyone know if this is the only Khitan surname? Or are there any other Khitan surname?
perhaps you forgotten about 乔风/萧峰 （think i got the 2nd feng wrong) of tian long ba bu
accordingly these are the only two surnames of the khitans but i may be wrong?
The actual character of Feng is 乔峰.
QUOTE(lifezard @ Sep 20 2007, 08:23 AM)
perhaps you forgotten about 乔风/萧峰 （think i got the 2nd feng wrong) of tian long ba bu
accordingly these are the only two surnames of the khitans but i may be wrong?
accordingly these are the only two surnames of the khitans but i may be wrong?
Zunjing de Lifezard,
Even though the ethnic race of Khitan is so micro compare to people of the Han ethnicity, I still find it very hard to believe that there would be only two surnames. Perhaps there are more lesser known surnames?
Actually, 萧峰's 萧 is one of the Khitan surname, but 乔 was not.
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