The earliest appearance of the surname Zhou can be traced back to the ancient Yellow Emperor period. According to the "Surname Strategy", according to legend, there was a general named Zhou Chang during the Yellow Emperor, and there was a Taishi named Zhou Ren in the Shang Dynasty, and the descendants of these two people all took Zhou as their surname. Historical celebrities include Zhou Gongdan, Zhou Yu, all the monarchs of the Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Shuren, Zhou Zuoren, Zhou Jianren, ** and so on.
In addition, the surname Zhou comes from the surname Ji, and its ancestor was Ji Chang, the king of Zhou Wen. Hou Ji, a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, surnamed Ji, is the ancestor of the Zhou people. After the victory of the Eastern Expedition of the Duke of Zhou, he divided the princes on a large scale, of which there were 53 countries surnamed Ji. Most of the descendants of these countries with the surname Ji changed their surnames to the names of countries, places and grandfathers. After Zhou was destroyed by the Qin State in 256 BC, a considerable number of the descendants of the Zhou clan and the remnants of the Zhou Dynasty took Zhou as their clan. This branch is often considered to be a major part of the Chinese surname Zhou.
The other branch of the Zhou surname ** changed the surname to the foreign people. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a Zhou visit, and Zhou Jun changed his surname to Zhou in Jiangnan. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there were Su Yi people in Fujian, and after Wang Chao and Wang Xianzhi entered Fujian, there were Liang'an people in Fujian, and their surnames were changed to Zhou because of the avoidance of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, Chen Yuanguang was a soldier, and Li Chongguang of the Tang Dynasty clan in Fujian changed his surname to Zhou. In the Qing Dynasty, the surname of the Eight Banners of Manchuria was changed to the surname of Zhou, and the surname of Zhou was changed to Zhou by different ethnic groups such as Tujia, Yi, Yao, and Korean.
The above information is for reference only, it is recommended to consult historical texts for more information.
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