Chinese clans

thumb|337x337px|Khoo Kongsi Clan House, Georgetown, Penang Kongsi () is a Hokkien transcription of a Chinese term meaning "company", especially businesses which have been incorporated. However, the word has other meanings under different historical contexts. Kongsi were most commonly known as Chinese social organizations or partnerships, but the term was also used for various Chinese institutions.

The Wanyan (; Manchu: Wanggiyan; Jurchen script: 60px), alternatively rendered as Wanggiya, was a clan of the Heishui Mohe tribe living in the drainage region of the Heilong River during the time of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty. Of the Heishui Mohe, the clan was counted by the Liao dynasty among the "uncivilized Jurchens" (生女真), indicating that the clan was not subject to the direct rule of the Liao emperors. Those Heishui Mohe clans ruled by the Liao dynasty were referred to as "civilized Jurchens" (熟女真). The Wanyan clan later founded the Jin dynasty.

family structures in Chinese culture

The Yelü clan (Khitan: 20px|middle|alt=, spelled , pronounced Yeruuld; ), alternatively rendered as Yila () or Yarud, was a prominent family of ethnic Khitan origin in the history of China. The clan assumed leadership of the Khitan tribal confederation in 907 when Abaoji was made khagan. In 916, Abaoji founded the Liao dynasty. After the fall of the Liao dynasty in 1125, members of the Yelü family continued to play significant roles in history, most notably for ruling the Western Liao and during the Mongols era of conquest in the 13th century. Yelü Chucai, the last recorded person to be able t

ancient Chinese political system

Wang clan based in Langye, descended from a great-grandson of Wang Jian

Wang clan based in Taiyuan, descended from a great-grandson of Wang Jian

Chinese family of Confucian scholars

eight Han surnames in ancient Chinese characters

Chinese clan

Lineages in Hong Kong

descendants of the Count of Shen (申伯后裔) of Western Zhou dynasty, often referred to with the Wang clan of Langya "Wang-Xie" nobles