# Duanmu

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{{Infobox surname
| name            = Duanmu (端木)
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| pronunciation   = Duānmù (Mandarin)
| language        = Chinese
| languageorigin  = [Old Chinese](/source/Old_Chinese)
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| variant         = Tuan-mu, Twanmoh
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'''Duanmu''' is the [Mandarin](/source/Standard_Chinese) [pinyin](/source/pinyin) romanization of the [Chinese compound surname](/source/Chinese_compound_surname) written {{linktext|端木}} in [Chinese characters](/source/Chinese_characters). It is romanized as '''Tuan-mu''' in [Wade–Giles](/source/Wade%E2%80%93Giles). Duanmu is listed 447th in the [Song dynasty](/source/Song_dynasty) [classic text](/source/Chinese_classics) ''[Hundred Family Surnames](/source/Hundred_Family_Surnames)''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guoxue.com/gxrm/gx_bjx.htm |title=百家姓 |trans-title=Hundred Family Surnames |publisher=Guoxue |language=Chinese |accessdate=2014-11-03}}</ref> It is not among the 300 most common surnames in modern China.<ref name=top300>{{cite web |url=http://www.taiwan.cn/zppd/XSDG/200901/t20090106_811068.htm |script-title=zh:中国最新300大姓排名（2008）|trans-title=300 most common surnames in China (2008) |publisher=Taiwan.cn |language=Chinese |date=2009-01-06 |accessdate=2014-11-03}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [Duanmu Ci](/source/Duanmu_Ci) or Zigong (520–456 BC), [disciple of Confucius](/source/disciple_of_Confucius), one of the [Twelve Philosophers](/source/Twelve_Philosophers)
* [Duanmu Shu](/source/Duanmu_Shu) ([端木叔](/source/%3Azh%3A%E7%AB%AF%E6%9C%A8%E5%8F%94)), [Warring States period](/source/Warring_States_period) descendant of Duanmu Ci, known for his wealth and philanthropy
* [Duan Fuchu](/source/Duan_Fuchu) or Duanmu Fuchu ([端復初](/source/%3Azh%3A%E7%AB%AF%E5%BE%A9%E5%88%9D); 1321–1373), [Ming dynasty](/source/Ming_dynasty) Minister of Justice
* [Duanmu Guohu](/source/Duanmu_Guohu) ([端木國瑚](/source/%3Azh%3A%E7%AB%AF%E6%9C%A8%E5%9C%8B%E7%91%9A); 1773–1837), [Qing dynasty](/source/Qing_dynasty) official and scholar of the ''[I Ching](/source/I_Ching)''
* [Duanmu Jie](/source/Duanmu_Jie) ([端木傑](/source/%3Azh%3A%E7%AB%AF%E6%9C%A8%E5%82%91); 1897–1972), [Republic of China](/source/Republic_of_China) general and [Minister of Transportation](/source/Ministry_of_Transportation_and_Communications_of_the_Republic_of_China)
* [Joseph K. Twanmoh](/source/Joseph_Twanmoh) ([端木愷](/source/%3Azh%3A%E7%AB%AF%E6%9C%A8%E6%84%B7) {{small|''Duanmu Kai''}}, 1903–1987), Republic of China politician, president of [Soochow University (Taiwan)](/source/Soochow_University_(Taiwan))
* [Duanmu Hongliang](/source/Duanmu_Hongliang) (1912–1996), novelist
* [Lucy Duanmu](/source/Lucy_Duanmu) ([端木露西](/source/%3Azh%3A%E7%AB%AF%E6%9C%A8%E9%9C%B2%E8%A5%BF); 1912–1998), writer, wife of [Chu Anping](/source/Chu_Anping)
* [Duanmu Zheng](/source/Duanmu_Zheng) ([端木正](/source/%3Azh%3A%E7%AB%AF%E6%9C%A8%E6%AD%A3); 1920–2006), Vice President of the [Supreme People's Court](/source/Supreme_People's_Court) of the PRC, son of Duanmu Jie
* [Duanmu Mei](/source/Duanmu_Mei) (端木美), historian, daughter of Duanmu Zheng
* [Duanmu San](/source/Duanmu_San) (端木三), professor of linguistics, [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Duanmu |first1=San |title=Duanmu's home page |url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~duanmu/ |website=University of Michigan |accessdate=17 January 2019}}</ref>

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