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Anonymous users2024-02-081. From the surname of the child, a descendant of Shangtang.
According to the "Tongzhi Clan Strategy" and the "Tang Shu Prime Minister's Lineage Table", during the Yin Shang Dynasty, the king Taiding named his younger brother Yu Mei (now southeast of Bozhou, Anhui Province) as the earl, and was known as Mei Bo. At the time of the Shang Dynasty, Mei Bo, the monarch of the Mei Kingdom, was enshrined by the King of Zhou, and the descendants of later generations took the feudal as the clan.
2. Changed by other people.
According to the Book of Wei, the Nanban in the Han Dynasty had the surname Mei; According to the "Old Tang Book", the chief of Beidi Xi has the surname Mei; The surname of the Manchurian in the Qing Dynasty lived in Shenyang; In addition, the surname of the Eight Banners of Manchuria in the Qing Dynasty was changed to the surname Mei; Qing Guizhou Guizhou Prefecture Kaizhou Tusi has the surname Mei; Jinman, Tujia, Yi, Mongolian, Li, Dongxiang, Xibe and other ethnic groups all have this surname.
Migratory distribution:
The surname Mei originated in the area of Huangmei, Hubei, and then for unknown reasons, a large number of people moved to Runan, Henan. According to the records of "Surname Strategy", the early surname Mei was mainly active in the area of Runan County, Henan Province. After the pre-Qin, there were gradually people with the surname Mei scattered in the annals.
In the Qin Dynasty, there were Meigu from Danyang (now Xuancheng, Anhui Province), Mei from Youyang (now Hunan Province) in the early Han Dynasty, Meifu from Nanyang (now Henan Province) in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, and Meifu from Shouchun (now Shou County, Anhui Province) in Xinmang. These historical facts show that during the Qin and Han dynasties, most of the Mei surnames migrated to the relatively wealthy Central Plains, while the other Mei surnames spread radially around Huangmei as the center.
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Anonymous users2024-02-07"Mei" is a surname that is very common in Chinese history. It's said in a variety of ways.
One theory is that the Mei family originated from the surname Ji in ancient China. Chuan Liangheng said that the surname Ji is one of the nine surnames in ancient China, with extremely high social and political status. It is said that some of the descendants of the surname Ji moved to Meishan (now Meixian County, Hunan Province), so the descendants took "Mei" as their surname.
In addition, there is a theory that the Mei family originated from the Xianbei people, a northern nomadic people during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, who took "Mei" as their name, and their descendants formed the surname Mei.
There is also a theory that Mei is the surname given by a descendant of Mei Yi (also known as Mei Yi) during the Tang Dynasty. It is rumored that Mei Yi was a literary scholar and ** during the Tang Dynasty, and his family named the surname Mei after him.
In general, the origin of Mei's is not very clear, and it is possible that there are a variety of historical and cultural factors involved in respecting the elderly. However, as a very old surname, Mei has a long tradition and cultural background in Hancong Chinese history.
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Anonymous users2024-02-06The surname Mei originated in the Chinese tribal period and was named after the ministry to shout the sedan chair. Later, Mei gradually became a surname and has been passed down to this day. In China, the number of Mei's is relatively large and widely distributed, especially in Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu and other places.
In addition to China, Mei's is also distributed in Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States.
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