The historical development of the surname Kim, about the history and current situation of the surnam

1. Tracing the roots and ancestors.

1, from Shaohao Jin Tian's.

According to legend, Shaohao was one of the five emperors of antiquity and the surname of the Yellow Emperor.

descendants, Shaohao was revered as the Great Emperor of the West after his death; According to the Five Elements Theory of the ancients, the West belongs to gold, so Shaohao has the title of Jin Tianshi.

Some of his descendants have the surname of Jin, called the Jin family.

2, from the Hun Hutu prince Jin Riyan.

In the Han Dynasty, the son of King Hutu of the Xiongnu.

It is called Ripan, and when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was in power, it was subordinated to the Han family.

Because he once cast bronze statues (also known as golden people).

In order to sacrifice to the sky, he was given a surname"Kim"The clan is called Jin Riyan, and since then his descendants have all been surnamed Jin.

3. Change the surname Liu to Jin.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Wu Yue Kingdom (one of the Ten Kingdoms) was founded.

The king of money"Hammer"with"Liu"is a homophone, in order to avoid suspicion, the Liu family in Wu Yue Kingdom was changed.

for Kim's. The second is that the Silla State in the Tang Dynasty had the surname Kim.

The king of Silla (present-day Korean Peninsula) was surnamed Kim Yu; The third is to be wise and prudent.

During the Le years, Cheng Jian Nian Zu invaded Mobei, and the Mongolian prince also worked first, led his wife to deploy to surrender, and gave the surname Jin.

Clan; Fourth, there was Jin Fuxiang in the Yuan Dynasty, which was originally Liu's and later changed to Jin's; Fifth, Qing Dynasty literature.

The surname is Kim. Second, the county hall number.

1. Hall number. Lize Hall": During the Song Dynasty, Jin Luxiang was the longest Lian Luo's learning, and the emperor called him to serve as the country.

The editor of the history museum died before he arrived.

He used to lecture at Lize College, so he said"Lize Hall"。

The surname Jin is also used"Pengcheng"、"Jingzhao", for the name of its hall.

2. County Wang. Pengcheng County: In the first year of the Western Han Dynasty, the state of Chu was changed to Pengcheng County.

The Eastern Han Dynasty chapter and the second year were changed.

Pengcheng country, the seat of governance is in Pengcheng.

The Southern Song Dynasty was changed to a county.

Jingzhao County: In the first year of the early Han Dynasty, the history of the right was changed to Jingzhao Yin, which was one of the three auxiliaries and governed the office.

In Chang'an. The jurisdiction of the Three Kingdoms was changed to Jingzhao County.

The surname Jin is the 64th surname Nashan in Chinese mainland, and has a certain influence in the Central Plains and Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. Today, the people with the surname Kim account for about 3.8 million of the country's population.

There are many surnames with the surname Jin, the earliest one originates from Emperor Shaohao in ancient times, and the other earlier Jin family comes from Jin Riyan in the Western Han Dynasty ("Riyan" is pronounced as "Midi"). In addition to the above two Jin clans, during the Qin period before the Sixteen Kingdoms, the leaders of the ancient Qiang people in Yulin had the Jin clan. In the history of Joseon, the Chinese king of Silla Dongchan was surnamed Kim.

Wu Yue Kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, because the founding king was called Qian Biao, and Biao was the same as Liu, so it was considered a crime, and the people surnamed Liu in the country all went to the Mao knife of Liu Zi and changed it to Jin's, and even the pomegranate was renamed Jin Ying. In today's Zhejiang region, the people surnamed Jin attacked oaks, and there is still a tradition of "living gold and dying Liu", that is, the surname Jin is used during his lifetime, and the tombstone is surnamed Liu after death. The county lords surnamed Jin are Pengcheng and Jingzhao.

Jin name: There was Jin Zhongyi in the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, there was Jin Wengang, the official dragon and the pavilion; Jin Yan, a native of Shaoyang (now Hunan), was edicted to be filial piety and honesty, the first in the world, and the county was called "Yimen Jin".

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a scholar Jin Wen and a composer Jin Luan. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the famous literary critic Jin Shengxi once corrected "Water Margin" and "West Chamber". In the Qing Dynasty, there were calligraphers and painters Jin Nong, the official book was simple and thick, the regular script created a style, its painting was novel, and it was one of the "Eight Strange Creatures of Yangzhou"; There are also scholars and officials of the Zhonghe Temple, Shangshu Jiatai Fu Jin Zhijun, painter Jin Kan, scholar Jin Bang, poet Jin He, and historian Jin Men Zhao.

The surname Jin has many talents, and there is no shortage of people.

Originated from the surname, the early Western Han Dynasty Hun Hugh Tu prince Jin Riyan descended to the Han Dynasty, because Hugh Tu people have the custom of using bronze to cast gold people (Buddha statues) to sacrifice to the sky, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty then gave the surname Jin, worship in the service, and seal the Marquis. The Jin family is known for its loyalty and filial piety, and the seventh generation is the servant. Jin, Zhang, Xu, and Shi became the four nobles of the early Western Han Dynasty, and their descendants became the Jin clan of Zhao in Henan and Xiuning, Anhui; The Xiutu people living in Longxi, Gansu Province also have Jin as their surname.

The history of the surname Jin: In the pre-Qin period, there was only a little bit of information on the activities of the surname Jin, after the Qin and Han dynasties, the area of activities of the surname Jin soon expanded to the northwest, northeast, Central Plains and Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian regions, and Henan has always been the center of activities of the surname Jin. By the Tang and Song dynasties, due to the southward shift of the center of gravity of the Chinese population, the center of gravity of the surname Jin shifted to the southeast, eventually forming today's distribution pattern with Henan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang as the main gathering places.

The current situation of the surname Jin: The distribution in the country is now mainly concentrated in Zhejiang and Henan provinces, accounting for about 31% of the total population of the surname Jin, followed by Shandong, Liaoning, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei and Shanghai, and the surname Jin in these six provinces and cities accounts for about 33% of the total population of the surname Jin. Zhejiang is the largest province with the surname Jin in contemporary times, and about 20% of the total population with the surname Jin is inhabited.

The country has formed three clusters of Jin surnames in the southeast, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, the Central Plains, Henan, Hubei and northeast provinces. During the nearly 600-year period, the degree and direction of population movements with the surname Jin were somewhat different from those of the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, with the main flow being a strong return to the west and north.

Celebrities with the surname Kim:

1, Jin Wengang: Song Dynasty Dragon Pavilion Straight Bachelor Jin Youzi - Ming Dynasty official. He followed Ming Chengzu on his northern expedition many times; Emperor Xuanzong ordered the revision of the records of the two dynasties and served as the president.

2, Jin Lufeng: A native of Lanxi, Zhejiang, Southern Song Dynasty, a famous general of the anti-Jin Dynasty, a general and a doctor of imperial history. After the Song Dynasty died in the Yuan, angry that the current affairs could not be restored, returned to the Fujian Marquis, and built a general temple exists.

3, Jin Bichai Xiang: A native of Lanxi in the Song and Yuan dynasties. In his later years, he lived in seclusion at the foot of Jinhua Renshan, lectured in Lize Academy, and advanced to the backbone of the Jinhua School in eastern Zhejiang, and was called Mr. Renshan.

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The surname "Jin" is a common surname in Chinese characters, and there are many versions of its ** and history. One theory is that the surname "Jin" originated from the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, whose grandson Shao Hao had a son named Jin Ri. Based on this, some believe that the origin of the surname "Jin" is related to Shaohao's descendants.

There is also a theory that the surname "Jin" originated in the Western Regions and first appeared during the Han Dynasty. At that time, the Western Regions were inhabited by many people who were proficient in iron-smelting technology, and these people made iron-making tools from pure gold. During the Han Dynasty, many merchants and immigrants from the Western Regions traveled to the Central Plains, and some of them took the surname "Jin" to show that they were proficient in iron-smelting.

In addition, the surname "Kim" may also have a relationship with other surnames. For example, there are some ethnic groups such as Koreans, Manchus and Mongolians who also have the surname "Kim" in their populations. Most of these people have no direct blood relationship with the "Jin" family in the Central Plains, but have political and economic ties with the "Jin" family in some historical periods, so they have adopted "Jin" as their surname.

In general, there are various theories about the origin and history of the surname "Kim", and its meaning and context may vary in different historical periods and regions.