Where does the surname Zhang come from? How many people are there in the country now?

Updated on society 2024-02-08
7 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Zhang Hui, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor in ancient times, belongs to the official title of the clan. This branch of the surname Zhang is based on Qingyang (i.e., Qingyang, in the east of present-day Qinghe County, Hebei) as the birthplace, and is the Qinghe Zhang family. There is a saying among the people that "the surname Zhang in the world is out of Qinghe".

    From the descendants of the surname of the Yellow Emperor Ji, it belongs to the word as the clan. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin State had a doctor Xie Zhang, the word Zhang Hou, and his descendants were named Zhang, also known as Zhang's.

    2. Originated from changing the surname:

    From the surname Nie. Zhang Liao, the general of the Wei Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms, was originally a descendant of Nie Yi (the initiator of Ma Yi's scheme), and his family changed his surname to Zhang in order to avoid resentment, and his heirs took Zhang as their surname.

    Derived from the surname given. Long Youna, the Nanban chieftain who lived in Yunnan, was given the surname Zhang by Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu, during the Three Kingdoms, and his descendants took Zhang as his clan in the future.

    Originated from the change of surname of other clans, and belonged to the sinicization of the surname to change the surname. In ancient times, the Wuhuan, Jurchen, Xianbei, Xiongnu, Khitan and other ethnic groups had changed their Han surname to Zhang. Today, the Achang, Naxi, Susu, Yao, Zhuang, Li, Gaoshan, Tibetan and other ethnic minorities have the surname Zhang, and most of them are in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    There are two versions of the ** surnamed Zhang. Originated from the surname Ji: Zhang Hui of the Yellow Emperor in ancient times, Zhang Hui is the inventor of the important ** bow and arrow in ancient times, taking the meaning of the bow length, giving the surname Zhang Yu Puyang, which belongs to the official title of the clan.

    From the descendants of the surname of the Yellow Emperor Ji, it belongs to the word as the clan. Originated from the change of surname: from the surname Nie.

    Derived from the surname given. Originated from the change of surname of other clans, and belonged to the sinicization of the surname to change the surname.

    The surname Zhang is one of the Chinese surnames, which is a multi-ethnic and multi-origin surname, mainly derived from the surname Ji and the change of surname. The surname Zhang was the third most common surname in the Song Dynasty and the second most common surname in the Yuan and Ming dynasties.

    The surname Zhang ranked 24th in the Song version of "Hundred Family Names". In January 2019, the Household Administration Research Center of the Ministry of Public Security released data showing that the total number of people surnamed Zhang reached 100 million, ranking third among Chinese surnames.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    The surname Zhang has a population of about 78 million, accounting for 7.1 percent of the Han population, making it the third largest surname in China today. The origin of the surname Zhang can be traced back to ancient legends. It is recorded in ancient books that the grandson of the Yellow Emperor wielded a bow and arrow, which did make a great contribution to the society at that time, so he was given the surname Zhang.

    There is also a surname Zhang formed in the Spring and Autumn Period, is to the name of the ancestors in the word as the surname, the founder of South Korea Xie Zhang, the word Zhang Hou, his descendants to Zhang as the surname, this branch of the surname Zhang is mainly in the territory of Henan Province. In addition, the Nanban chieftain who lived in Yunnan was given the surname Zhang by Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms, and his descendants have since taken Zhang as their surname. According to the records of the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", Zhang Liao's original surname was Nie, and later changed to the surname Zhang, who lived in Xuchang for generations and became a big surname.

    In the Jin Dynasty, the surname Zhang of the Central Plains moved to Fujian, during the Tang Dynasty, the surname Zhang lived in Fujian with Chen Zheng, Wang Chao and others, and then the surname Zhang of Guangzhou, Henan moved to Guangdong, and from the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the surname Zhang of Guangdong and Fujian moved to Taiwan, so that many people went overseas to make a living. The surname Zhang is mostly from the north, mainly of Han nationality. The surname Zhang is prosperous, prosperous, and has many branches, and has developed into a famous family in many parts of the country.

    The surname Zhang has been a surname of many talents since ancient times. For example, during the Warring States period, there was a politician Zhang Yi from Wei; The most famous figures surnamed Zhang in the Western Han Dynasty were Zhang Liang and Zhang Qian; The Eastern Han Dynasty also had two of the most outstanding figures surnamed Zhang: scientist and writer Zhang Heng and famous medical scientist Zhang Zhongjing; In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling founded the Taoist school in Sichuan, known as "Zhang Tianshi", Zhang Jiao, Zhang Liang, and Zhang Bao founded the Taiping Dao Uprising, known as the "Yellow Turban Army", and Zhang Xiu and Zhang Lu founded the Tianshi Dao; Three Kingdoms generals Zhang Fei, Zhang Liao; Zhang Hua, a writer from the Western Jin Dynasty; During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Zhang Feng, the leader of the peasant uprising, and the painter Zhang Seng Xuan (you); Zhang Shuo of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Jiuling is also the prime minister, and a writer, the famous general Zhang Xun, the calligrapher Zhang Xu, the ** family Zhang Reading, the poets Zhang Ruoxu, Zhang Ji, Zhang Zhihe; Zhang Yuxian, the leader of the peasant uprising in the fifth dynasty; In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were peasant uprising leaders Zhang Yu and Zhang Hai; Southern Song Dynasty generals Zhang Xian and Zhang Jun; In the Yuan Dynasty, there was a general Zhang Hongfan; Ming Dynasty politician Zhang Juzheng, painter Zhang Lu, medical scientist Zhang Jingyue, famous Taoist priest Zhang Sanfeng, peasant uprising leader Zhang Xianzhong; In the Qing Dynasty, there were Zhang Boxing, the "first Qing official in the world", Zhang Zongyu, the leader of the Twist Army, Zhang Zhidong, the leader of the Westernization faction, Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Jingyao, Zhang Zongchang, etc., the Beiyang warlords. Outstanding overseas Chinese surnamed Zhang include Zhang Daoxing, president of Lincoln University, Zhang Guangzhi, professor of Harvard University, Zhang Fulin, astronaut, Zhang Zhancheng, chief accountant of the World Bank in Washington, Zhang Jueming, genetic biologist, Zhang Yuliang and Zhang Rong, famous painters Zhang Yuliang and Zhang Rong, Zhang Yunqiao, senior chief engineer of aerospace of the General Administration of Aeronautics and Space Zhang Yunqiao, and Zhang Rongfa, one of the top ten richest people in Hong Kong.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    That's a lot. I can't tell. No. 1 in the world for surnames. The Jade Emperor is surnamed Zhang, and there is no place in the world that does not have the surname Zhang.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Hello pro Zhang's surname has the following points: the originator of the surname Zhang, Zhang Hua from the descendants of the Yellow Emperor Ji, given the surname or changed by his surname, the Xi nationality during the Tang Dynasty, and other ethnic minorities, from the surname Ji, from the surname of Ji. Originated from the surname Ji.

    Zhang Hui, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor in ancient times, belongs to the official title of the clan. This branch of Zhang's surname is based on Qingyang as the birthplace, and it is for the Qinghe Zhang family. Originated from a change of surname.

    The surname of the servant is from Nie. The Three Kingdoms Wei general Zhang Liao was originally a descendant of Nie Yi, and his family changed the surname Zhang in order to avoid resentment, and his heirs took Zhang as the surname Zhang and changed the surname Zhang, which is one of the Chinese surnames, and it is also a multi-do Yuzi ethnic group and multi-source surname. Zhang Hui is the ancestor of the surname.

    Historically, Zhang Er was named King of Zhao by Liu Bang during the pure period of the Western Han Dynasty, and Zhang Liang, the seventeenth grandson of Zhang Er, established the Former Liang Kingdom.

  6. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Hello dear<>

    There are many theories about the surname Zhang, the most common of which is: The surname Zhang originated from the surname Ji, originated in the Zhou Dynasty, and was a big family with Zhang Zhongjing as the ancestor. Zhang Zhongjing, the word Zhongjing, the name Jingqing, was a famous medical scientist in the Spring and Autumn Period, Sen Mao once served as the imperial physician of the Zhou Dynasty, was named Jingqing, and his descendants took their name "Zhang" as their surname, called Zhang.

    According to statistics, as of 2019, China has a total population of about 100 million, accounting for the total population of the country, ranking first in the whole country. <>

  7. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    1, ** one: the ancestor of the surname Zhang is the inventor of the bow and arrow, according to legend, Shao Hao has a son called "wave", he saw the arc star in the sky at night, because the arc stars are arranged in the shape of a bow in the starry sky, "wave" was inspired, invented the bow and arrow, and served as the bow is the position, so "Zhang" as the surname, "Zhang" the original meaning is the meaning of the bow

    3, ** three: Zhang is changed from the surname Ji to the surname, which was renamed from the surname Ji to the surname Zhang is the famous Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang's original name was Ji Niang, was a Korean nobleman in the Warring States Period, he changed his surname to Zhang due to the assassination attempt of Qin Shi Huang, in order to avoid the arrest of the Qin Dynasty, Zhang Liang fought the world from Liu Bang, and finally overthrew the Qin Dynasty, eliminated the Chu overlord Xiang Yu, and assisted Liu Bang to establish the Han Dynasty Empire

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