《百家姓》相传是北宋初年浙江钱塘(今杭州市)的一位教书先生编写的。虽然以“百家”为名,实际上不止100个姓。全篇472个字,由408个单姓、30个复姓组成,共有438个姓氏。《百家姓》以赵姓打头,并不是因为赵是天下第一大姓,而是因为《百家姓》的作者是宋朝人,宋朝的皇帝姓赵,赵自然成了天下第一姓。 According to legend, “Bai Family Names” was written by a teacher who was a former Northern Song dynasty in Qiantang, Zhejiang (now Hangzhou). Although in the name of “hundreds”, in fact more than 100 surnames. The whole 472 words, by 408 single name, composed of 30 hyphenated, a total of 438 last name. “Hundred surnames” to Zhao surnamed Zhao, not because Zhao is the best in the world, but because the author of the “hundred surnames” is the Song Dynasty, the emperor of the Song Zhao, Zhao naturally became the best in the world.