The eight surnames of antiquity, who are your ancestors
Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou Wu Zheng Wang", which is the five major surnames among the hundred family names we are familiar with. In fact, the eight surnames in the hundred family surnames all originated in ancient times and have been inherited for 5,000 years.
At this point, you might as well stop and take a look, do any of these surnames have your last name, and what family do you come from?
In ancient times, the surname Ji originated from the Yellow Emperor, the ancestor of the Chinese nation. The Yellow Emperor was born in Shouqiu and grew up in Jishui, so he took "Ji" as his surname. The surname Ji is revered as the "ancestor of all surnames" and is regarded as the source of Han surnames.
The founding son of the Zhou Dynasty also had the surname "Ji", and "Ji" was still used as a national surname at that time. Daji, favored by the king of Shang, was finally killed by Ji Fa, the king of Zhou Wu. In addition, the famous miracle doctor Bian Que also has the surname Ji.
After Zhou Tianzi divided the princes of the world, the princes no longer had the surname Ji, but named their surnames according to the location of their fiefs. Over time, the surname Ji has evolved into many branches, such as the common Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wang, etc., as well as the surname Lu, with a total of 411 surnames.
Among the eight surnames of antiquity, the surname Jiang ranked second. The surname Ji is derived from the Yellow Emperor, while the surname Jiang is derived from the Yan Emperor, Shennong. Similar to the origin of the surname Ji, because Emperor Yan was born in the land of ginger water, he took "Jiang" as his surname.
Originating from the surname Jiang Ziya, a descendant of Emperor Yan, who was enshrined in Qi, after the historical changes of the Spring and Autumn Period and the destruction of the Qi State by the Tian family, some of his descendants took "Qi" as their surname, and some continued to use the surname Jiang.
After thousands of years of evolution, the surname Jiang branched out into 102 surnames, including surnames derived from the ancestors of the Chinese nation, such as Xie, Xu, and Lü, as well as the surname "Xi", which is closely related to the first hereditary dynasty in Chinese history.
Dayu, the first person to control the water, the founding king of the Xia Dynasty, the surname of his ancestor was highly respected in the Xia Dynasty, but as time went by, the surname "Xi" became more and more rare, and now only a few people are the descendants of Dayu, guarding the mausoleum of Dayu.
Similarly, the surname "Win" of the first emperor of ancient times, Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng, has also left a profound impact on history, and is more well-known than the aforementioned surname.
The ** surname of Win can be traced back to Shao Hao, one of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, who was born in Yingshui, so he got the surname Win. However, the real winning surname was not until the period of Emperor Shun, when he was given the surname "Xi" because of Dayu's control of the water, and his subordinate Boyi was given the surname "Win".
From then on, the surname Ying began to be officially used and passed down until the pre-Qin period, when the descendants of Boyi were assigned to the Qin state. And Ying Zheng is one of their descendants, after Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng unified the six countries, the surname Ying became the national surname.
After dynastic changes and evolution, the surname Win has become today's Win surname 14. And one of China's current big surnames, the surname "Li", is derived from the evolution of the surname Win.
Among the fourteen surnames of Win, including Xu, Jiang, Qin, Zhao, Huang, Ma, Liang, etc. The fifth surname "妘" is derived from Zhurong, the god of fire who presided over fire in ancient times. During the Zhou Dynasty, most people in Yiguo and other places had the surname of Yu.
On the bronze ware of the Western Zhou Dynasty, you can already see the seal carving of the word "concubine", and later its descendants developed eight surnames such as Dong, Peng, Mi, 斟, and concubine. And Miyue in "The Biography of Miyue", her surname is ** "Concubine".
Yao's surname originated from Dayu, after Dayu ruled the water, he left some of his descendants in Heyang, and these people continued to thrive in Heyang from then on. The surname "Yao" originated from the Yellow Emperor, and some of the descendants of the Yellow Emperor lived by the Yellow River, and these people continued to thrive by the Yellow River.
The origin of these surnames can be traced back to the ancient Shun and Yellow Emperors, who evolved the surnames Yu, Hu, Sun, Che and Yan, Yang, Cai, and Yin, respectively. Surnames such as Chen, Tian, Wang, and Lu also have a long history, originating from the ancient concubine surname.
In antiquity, women played an important role in social production, which led to the fact that many surnames at that time had the word "female" next to them. These ancient surnames may include your family's surname.
However, no matter what the surname, we all share the blood of Huaxia, we are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and we are always closely connected.