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Liu Xiaojun

Building a free Chinese naming site: 109 surname histories, 316 names traced to classical sources, and an open surname dataset (JSON/CSV, CC BY 4.0).

Joined on Nov 13, 2026 https://naming-cn.pages.dev

Nov 15

My open dataset credited the wrong source for 30 numbers — a sort order gave it away

#data #opensource #datascience #chinese

6 min read

Nov 13

I published 109 Chinese surnames as open data — here are the awkward parts

#opensource #data #webdev #chinese

5 min read

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