Taishi (surname)

Taishi ([tʰâɪʂɻ̩̀], Chinese: 太史; pinyin: Tàishǐ; Wade–Giles: T'ai⁴-shih³) is a Chinese compound surname. Taishi literally means Grand Historian, a high official in ancient imperial China. For example, Sima Qian was the Grand Historian in Han dynasty.

Taishi in regular script
Pronunciation	Tàishǐ (Pinyin)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Chinese language
Word/name	name of an office in imperial China
Meaning	grand historian
Other names
Variant form(s)	Taishi (Mandarin)

Taishi is not included in the Hundred Family Surnames book^[1] and is no longer used to this day.^{[citation needed]}