The origin of the surname Liu, what is the origin of the surname Liu?

1. Liu surnamed Qi has two branches of the same origin, one is directly from Liu Lei, formed in the Xia Dynasty; One is from the descendants of Liu Lei, formed in the early Spring and Autumn Period. Liu Lei was born in the late Xia Dynasty, and once learned the ability to domesticate dragons from the Fenglong clan, who was proficient in dragon raising technology, and domesticated 4 dragons for Kong Jia, the thirteenth emperor of the Xia Dynasty, so he was given the surname Yulong by Kong Jia.

2. Liu Lei lived in the south of Yanshi County, Henan Province when he raised dragons for Kong Jia. Later, due to poor breeding, a female dragon died, and Liu Lei was afraid that Kong Jia would punish him, so he secretly fled south with his family to Lu County (now Lushan County, Henan) and hid. Liu Lei's descendants took Liu Lei's name as their surname, which is the earliest surname Liu in China.

The character Liu originated from a type of tomahawk, while the surname Liu originated in Henan.

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1. From the surname Qi: The earliest surname Liu originated from Liu Lei, a descendant of Yao, who was the ancestor of the surname Liu and was formed in the late Xia Dynasty. Liu Lei was born in the late Xia Dynasty, and once learned the skill of domesticating dragons from the Fenglong clan, who was proficient in dragon raising technology, and domesticated 4 dragons for Kong Jia, the thirteenth emperor of the Xia Dynasty, and was given the surname Yulong by Kong Jia.

Liu Lei lived in the south of Yanshi County, Henan Province when he raised a dragon for Kong Jia, and later a female dragon died, Liu Lei was afraid that Kong Jia would be punished, so he secretly fled to Lu County. Liu Lei's descendants took Liu Lei's name as their surname, which is the earliest surname Liu in China.

2. From the reward: In 202 AD, after Liu Bang became the emperor in Luoyang, he gave the meritorious soldier the surname Liu;

3. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty: due to the relatively strong Xiongnu people at that time, Liu Bang of the Han Gao clan adopted a policy of harmony and relatives, and married the daughter of the royal family to the Xiongnu Shan Yu as his wife, according to the customs of the Xiongnu, the nobles of the Xiongnu must follow their motherhood, so their descendants are surnamed Liu;

4. Northern Wei Dynasty: Emperor Xiaowen in the twentieth year of Taihe, after moving the capital to Luoyang in Datong, Shanxi, implemented the Sinicization reform in 496, so he changed the Xianbei tribe to the surname Liu;

5. During the Five Dynasties at the end of the Tang Dynasty: A tribe of other Turkic tribes pretended to be descendants of Liu Bang, so their descendants were surnamed Liu;

6, from the surname Ji: one was formed in the Xia Grip Wheel Dynasty, from Liu Lei; One was formed in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was based on the surname.

In the early days, the Liu clan mainly developed and multiplied in the north. The Han Dynasty is the heyday and development period of the surname Liu, after the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty by Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, the same surname was divided into various places, and then the tribes multiplied, so Pengcheng, Weishi, Linhuai, Nanyang, Guangping, Danyang and other places all have Liu.

According to the "Dictionary of Chinese Names", it is recorded that there are 1574 celebrities surnamed Liu in the past dynasties, accounting for the total number of celebrities in the past, ranking fourth among the surname celebrities. Famous writers surnamed Liu account for the total number of Chinese writers in all dynasties, ranking fourth. Among them, in the record of emperors of all dynasties, Liu took the lead with 66 emperors and led the surnames.

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Liu is the fourth most common surname in China. There are three origins;

Originated from the surname Qi. According to legend, Emperor Yao's surname is Yiqi, and his descendants have a branch with Qi as their surname, which was sealed in Liu Guo (Tang County, Hebei), and the descendants are called Liu.

Originated from the surname Du. After the death of Duke Xiang of Jin, the scholar would go to Qin to pick up Gongzi Yong and return to China to succeed to the throne, and stayed in Qin because of changes in the Jin State, and his later generations took the surname Liu (that is, the meaning of "stay").

Originated from the surname Ji. In the Spring and Autumn Period, King Zhou Kuang's youngest son Wang Ji was named Liu Yi (south of Yanshi County, Henan), called Liu Kanggong, and his descendants were also called Liu. There are many noble families in the history of the surname Liu.

The Liu Kui family in Pengcheng, the Liu Jin family in Nanyang, and the Liu Yong family in Zhucheng played an important role in Chinese history. As for the Peixian Liu Bang family, which split the Han Empire, not to mention. Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, established the Han Dynasty, and the emperor of the Liu family was more than 400 years old; During the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei established Shu Han, and two generations were emperors for 43 years; Liu Yu established the Song Dynasty in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, which lasted 60 years; At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Liu Bowen assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in establishing the Ming Dynasty and unified China for 276 years.

It can be seen that Liu is good at building a foundation and establishing a business.

According to the historical records "Book of Han", "Tongzhi Clan Strategy" and "Chinese Surnames", there are three main origins of the surname Liu: the surname Qi, the surname Ji, and the changed surname of foreign clans.

The character Liu originated from a type of tomahawk, while the surname Liu originated in Henan.