[zōng]
[名]
（祖宗） ancestor; forbears; forefathers
successive generations of ancestors
列祖列宗
（家族） clan
a person of the same surname but belonging to a different clan
同姓不同宗
（宗派； 派別） sect; school; faction
the Chan sect of Buddhism; Zen
禪宗
orthodox school
正宗
（宗旨） principal aim; purpose
make clear the purpose and main theme from the very beginning
開宗明義
change ten thousand times without departing from the original aim
萬變不離其宗
（為眾人所師法的人物） model; great master
an eminent writer among the man of letters of the time
文宗
an outstanding figure among the poets of the time
一代詩宗
（西藏地區舊行政區劃單位， 相當于縣） an administrative unit in Xizang, roughly corresponding to the county
（祖廟） ancestral temple
（姓氏） a surname
Zong Ze
宗澤
[動]
（在學術或文藝上效法） take as one's model in academic or artistic work
hold in esteem; venerate; revere
宗仰
[形]
（同一家族的） of the same clan
a younger brother of the same clan
宗弟