What are the eight famous surnames in ancient China? Why are they so famous?

Updated on history 2024-05-01
24 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    The surname represents the history of a family, and in matrilineal societies, the mother's surname is followed. Therefore, many surnames in ancient times were mostly female characters, and there were nine very good-sounding surnames in ancient times, which have been passed down for a long time, and the stories behind them are intriguing.

    Ji surname. Originated from the Yellow Emperor, the Yellow Emperor was born in Jishui, so he took Ji as his surname, and since then the surname Ji has blossomed and scattered, and during the Zhou Dynasty, it also became a national surname. It's a pity that after the fall of the Zhou Dynasty, there was migration, and the surname Ji was derived from other surnames. <>

    Surname. The surname Ji is from Dayu, a surname with a history of 4,000 years, and has been intermarried with the surname Ji and Jiang for a long time. Now the surname is very rare, and this beautiful surname can only be seen in Yuling Township, Zhejiang.

    Jiang surname. The surname Jiang originated from Emperor Yan, Emperor Yan's birthplace was Jiang Shui, so he took Jiang as his surname, and then during the Warring States Period, the vassal states fought for hegemony, and the surname Jiang fell in this war, and the descendants were scattered in different places. <>

    Ying's surname. This should be very familiar, the first emperor Yingzheng is this surname, the surname Ying is very domineering, and it has the same sound as "win".

    Surname. The surname is the ancestor of the eight surnames in the ancient Zhurong era, and it is said that the legend about the surname is related to the god of fire. The eight surnames of Zhurong include Mi, Ji, Dong, Peng, Bald, Fei, Cao, and Zheng. <>

    Yao surname. The surname Yao is the oldest surname, one of the twelve surnames given by the Yellow Emperor 5,000 years ago, and later derived from the surname Ji, and was gradually replaced by it.

    The surname Concubine and the surname Yao.

    The surname Concubine and the surname Yao are of the same origin, from Emperor Shun. It is said that Emperor Shun was born in Yaoxu and later lived in Fushui.

    I have to say that the surnames in ancient times are meaningful and good-sounding, and have a long history. These surnames are rare to this day, and some have evolved into common surnames today.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    The eight major surnames in ancient China were Jiang, Ji, Yao, Ji, Yu, Pregnancy, and Concubine. They are famous because they are matrilineal clans, so they all have female characters next to their surnames.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng Wang. Because they are all at the top. Most people know their surnames.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Most of the eight surnames in ancient times are next to female characters, which also has a lot to do with matrilineal society, which indicates the clan groups under different female ancestors, and the surnames in the later period are mostly evolved from the eight surnames of ancient times.

    Eight surnames in ancient times: Ji, Jiang, Yao, Ying, Ji, Fei, Fei, Yao. Ji surname.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Ji, Jiang, Yao, Ying, Ji, Fei, Fei, Yao. Because it was a matriarchal society in ancient times, these surnames all had female characters in them, and the same surname represented the same clan, and now other surnames are mostly evolved from these eight surnames.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    The eight surnames in ancient times were Ji, Jiang, Ji, Ying, Fei, Fei, Yao, and Yao. The origin of surnames can be traced back to the matriarchal clan system of primitive human society, so many ancient surnames in China are next to or bottom of female characters. A surname is used as a specific symbol to distinguish a clan, such as the name of a tribe or the name of a tribal leader.

    The surname originated from the matrilineal society, because the children at that time "knew their mothers, but did not know their fathers", so the same surname is a clan symbol representing the blood relationship of the same matrilineal, that is, the members of a clan name are from a matrilineal ancestor. Such as the Feng surname and Yi surname in the Fuxi period. The eight surnames of ancient times, all from the side of "female", indicate that this is a group of clans passed down by some different female ancestors.

    At the same time, these surnames changed after a long process of hereditary and evolution, especially in the Zhou Dynasty, after the Zhou Tianzi divided the vassal states, many nobles took the place name as a surname to commemorate the fiefdom, which evolved into more surnames, it can be said that most of the surnames in China today are evolved from this ancient eight surnames.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    The eight surnames of antiquity refer to Jiang, Ji, Yao, Ying, Ji, Fei, Fei, and Yao, which originate from the matrilineal society, and the same surname represents the blood relationship of the same matrilineal, or the surname of the wind in the Fuxi period is the oldest surname, so they all start from the side of the female character, indicating that this is the surname passed down by some different grandmothers, and these began to change after a long period of hereditary and evolution.

    At the same time, these surnames changed after a long process of hereditary and evolution, especially in the Zhou Dynasty, after the Zhou Tianzi divided the vassal states, many nobles took the place name as a surname to commemorate the fiefdom, which evolved into more surnames, it can be said that most of the surnames in China today are evolved from this ancient eight surnames.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Ji, Jiang, Ji, Ying, Fei, Fei, Yao, Yao.

    1, Ji surname. The surname Ji was the surname of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty, and it is rumored to be the surname of the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor. The Zhou Dynasty was established and divided into feudal princes, two-thirds of whom had the same surname. Therefore, with the collapse of order and the decline of the dynasty, the surname Ji slowly evolved into other surnames, such as 411 surnames such as Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wei, Yang, etc., and the surnames evolved from these surnames are countless.

    2. Jiang surname. The surname Jiang is said to have originated from Emperor Yan Shennong's clan, because Emperor Yan was born next to Jiang Shui, so descendants took Jiang as their surname. Jiang Ziya is the descendant of the Shennong clan, and the Qi and Lu countries are his fiefs. But later, the State of Qi and the State of Lü were destroyed, and the surname Jiang also evolved with the changes of the times, and more than 100 surnames such as the surname Lü, the surname Xu, and the surname Xie evolved from the surname Jiang.

    3. Surname. The surname Ji originated in Dayu, is the surname of the king of Daxia, used to be the surname with the surname Ji and the surname Jiang, but now there are less than 2,000 people with the surname Xi in China, which can be said to be extremely rare, but it does not affect its antiquity.

    4. Win the surname. The surname Win is the surname of the king of Qin, and it is rumored that the grandson of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, the grandson of Emperor Gaoyang, swallowed an egg and gave birth to a son, named Boyi, who was given the surname Win because of his meritorious work in helping Emperor Dayu control water. The surname Win has evolved to produce surnames such as Liang, Xu, and Zhao.

    5. Concubine surname. The origin of the surname is the fire god Zhu Rong, and the descendants of Zhu Rong are divided into eight surnames, namely Ji, Dong, Peng, Bald, Fei, Cao, Zhe, and Mi. The surname of the concubine is the ancestor of the eight surnames, during the Zhou Dynasty, the great seal of the ancient queens, the descendants of the surname of the concubine were sealed in the country of Luo, so most of the descendants have the surname Luo.

    6. Yao surname. The surname Yao is very ancient, it is rumored that it was given to one of his sons by the Yellow Emperor, and the surnames such as Ji, Yong, Yan, Yan, and Guang evolved from the surname Yao.

    7. The surname Yao and the surname of the concubine.

    The surname Yao and the surname Concubine come from the same origin, and it is said that they both originated from Emperor Yu Shun. Emperor Shun was born in Yaoxu, and his descendants lived next to Fushui, so the surname Yao and the surname of Yu Shun became the surnames of Yu Shun's descendants, but because of the evolution of the times, the surname Yao has basically disappeared, and the surname Yao has been retained. However, the five surnames such as Yao, Fei, Chen, Hu, and Tian all come from the same origin.

  9. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    The first is the surname "Ji" derived from the Yellow Emperor, which can be called the "ancestor of all surnames". Then there is the surname "Jiang" derived from Emperor Yan, and then the more common is the surname "Yao" originated from Shun and the "Ying" of Qin Shi Huang, and the rest are relatively rare, respectively, from the "Ji" of Dayu, from the fire god Zhurong "Fei" and the Yellow Emperor gave himself a son "Yao".

  10. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Pregnant (rèn), the surname is a descendant of the Fuxi clan, Fuxi is one of the three emperors and five emperors, so the pregnant surname is a direct descendant of the first Chinese ancestors.

    Ginger is one of the eight ancient Chinese surnames and one of the common surnames in Korea. According to legend, Emperor Yan Shennong was born in Jiang Shui, so he took the name of water as his surname, and the descendants of Jiang are the real descendants of Yan and Huang.

    Ji, the surname Ji originated from the emperor Xuanyuan, and later the surname Ji was the national surname of the Zhou Dynasty, and it was also the surname of many princes and monarchs in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

    Ying, at first, people were familiar with this surname as Qin Shihuang Yingzheng, but in fact, this surname has been a very noble surname since the Zhou Dynasty, and the surnames of many princes and monarchs. Now there is no surname Ying in "Hundred Family Names", and his descendants have evolved into Qin, Huang, Zhao, Jiang, Jin, Lian and other surnames.

    妘 (yún) is the surname of Zhu Rong's grandson, and it can be regarded as an ancient noble surname.

    妫 (guī), the fief of Emperor Shun, a descendant of the ancient Gaoyang clan, can also be said to be surnamed with the name of Juyi, and the ancestor of the surname is Emperor Shun. The surname of the concubine is the descendant of the Yu clan of the Yellow Emperor's branch, and Shun is the sixth grandson of the Yellow Emperor's great-grandson, all of whom are relatives.

    Yao, the surname of the descendants of Emperor Shun among the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, so the surname Yao also comes from the surname of the concubine.

    姒 (sì) is the ancient emperor of the Han nationality during the period of Emperor Shun, because of the success of Yu to control the water, the surname Yu was given to Yu, becoming one of the eight surnames in ancient times.

    The eight surnames of ancient times are all related to "female" without exception, either next to the female character or at the bottom of the female character, this is because in the matrilineal society, everyone only knows their mother but not their father, so the surname of the tribe is also related to female.

  11. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    The first is the surname "Ji" derived from the Yellow Emperor, which can be called the "ancestor of all surnames". Then there is the surname "Jiang" derived from Emperor Yan, and then the more common is the surname "Yao" originated from Shun and the "Ying" of Qin Shi Huang, and the rest are relatively rare, respectively, from the "Ji" of Dayu, from the fire god Zhurong "Fei" and the Yellow Emperor gave himself a son "Yao".

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    Ji, Ji, Jiang, Ying, Fei, Fei, Yao, Pregnancy. Now Jiang and Yao are slightly more numerous, and there are very few others.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    Ji, Ji, Jiang, Ying, Fei, Fei, Yao, and Pregnancy should be the eight surnames of ancient times, except for the surname Jiang, others are rare

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    In ancient times, the eight surnames were Ji, Ji, Jiang, Ying, Fei, Fei, Yao, and Pregnancy, which were next to the female character and the matrilineal clan. And then over time, it also slowly changed.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    Ji, Ji, Jiang, Ying, Fei, Fei, Yao, and Pregnancy are next to the female character and are matrilineal clans. This is probably the oldest surname, and there are almost few of them now.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    The eight surnames of ancient times, Ji, Ji, Jiang, Ying, Fei, Fei, Yao, and Pregnancy, have also become other surnames that we are familiar with over time.

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    Ji, Ji, Jiang, Ying, Fei, Fei, Yao, and Pregnancy should be the eight surnames in ancient China, and the surnames were relatively few at that time, but now there are more.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    The eight surnames in ancient times are Ji, Jiang, Ji, Ying, Fei, Fei, Yao, Yao, and Yao, which should be the oldest surnames, and there are almost few now.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-21

    The eight surnames in ancient China were: Ji, Ji, Jiang, Ying, Fei, Fei, Yao, and Pregnancy.

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-20

    In ancient times, ordinary people only had a name but no surname, and those with surnames were all at the level of a big man, and the eight surnames were Ji, Jiang, Ji, Yao, Ying, Fei, Fei, and Pregnancy.

  21. Anonymous users2024-01-19

    The eight ancient Chinese surnames include Ji, Jiang, Ji, Ying, Fei, Fei, Yao, Yao, and many historical figures that we are familiar with.

  22. Anonymous users2024-01-18

    Ji, Jiang, Yao, Ying, Ji, Fei, Fei, Yao.

    Ji and Yao were the emperors of Xuanyuan.

    Jiang's surname is Yandi Shennong's clan.

    Yao and concubine are homologous to Di Shun.

    Ying is Shao Hao, Jin Tianshi.

    The concubine is the emperor Gao Xin.

    Hi is Emperor Yu.

  23. Anonymous users2024-01-17

    The eight surnames in ancient times refer to Jiang, Ji, Yao, Ying, Ji, Fei, Pregnancy, and Concubine. The surname originates from the matrilineal society, and the same surname indicates the blood relationship of the same matrilineal. Therefore, the eight surnames of ancient times are all from the side of "female", indicating that this is a group of clans passed down by some different grandmothers.

    Another saying is: Ji, Jiang, Fei, Ji, Ying, Yao, Yu, Yao.

    Origin Ying, originated from Shaohao Jin Tianshi.

    Ginger originated from the Yandi Shennong's clan.

    Ji and Yao are of the same origin, both of which originated from the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan.

    The concubine and Yao are of the same origin, both of which originated from Dishun.

    Hi, originated from Dayu.

    Concubine, originated from the Emperor Gaoxin.

  24. Anonymous users2024-01-16

    1. The so-called eight surnames of antiquity circulating on the Internet refer to Ji, Jiang, Ji, Ying, Fei, Fei, Yao, and Yao. The other is Ji, Jiang, Ji, Ying, Fei, Fei, Yao, and Pregnancy. In fact, there were not only eight surnames in the pre-Qin era, but also the more ancient and famous surnames were the surnames of the royal family of the Shang Dynasty, the surname Mi in the office of the Chu State and so on.

    2. The origin of the surname can be traced back to the period of human clan society. The clan shall not be divided among its descendants; The surname and the surname in the pre-Qin era are different, the surname comes from the ancient clan tribe, the person with the same surname has the same ancestor, there is a blood relationship, so the person with the same surname can not intermarry, the surname is differentiated from the surname, the man has a certain status only has the clan, the clan mainly comes from the name of the fief or official position, a person's surname can not be changed, the clan can be changed according to different situations.

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