Due to the large population of our country, there are also many surnames. The most widely circulated " Hundred Family Surnames " contains 506 surnames. In the Ming Dynasty, another book "Thousand Family Surnames" contains 2,398 surnames. In 1996, Education Science Press published another book " Chinese surname Dictionary ", which included 11,969 surnames in this book. This dictionary basically covers the surnames of 56 ethnic groups in our country.
Among this huge number of surnames, do you know which surname is the top four with the largest number of people?
Some people may answer without thinking: "Zhao Qian, Sun, Li Bei". The reason is that these four surnames rank in the first sentence of "Hundred Family Surnames", which must be the most crowded surname. In fact, this is not the case. Since "Hundred Family Surnames" was compiled in during the period of the Song Dynasty, the emperor's surname was Zhao at that time, so the first sentence of "Hundred Family Surnames" was not ranked by the number of people, but by identity and status. According to statistics, the four surnames with the largest population in my country are Wang, Li, Zhang and Liu.
Among these four surnames, one surname has the most emperors, with a total of 66 emperors, ranking first among the many surnames, which is the surname "Liu".
The surname Liu originated from the two surnames "Qi" and "Ji" and the change of surnames of foreigners. Starting from , the Emperor Gaozu of Han, , Liu Bang, the Han Dynasty lasted for more than 400 years, and countless great people in the surname Liu were born. There were 66 emperors alone. It is one of the few surnames in our country that have never declined for thousands of years.
Currently, the population of Liu surname is about 75 million, ranking last in the four major surnames, and the population is distributed throughout the country.
There is another royal surname among the four major surnames, that is, the surname "Li". The entire Tang Dynasty was the world of the Li family. After a total of 290 years, twenty-one emperors were produced. This period was the most glorious and prosperous period of the Li family. After the demise of the Tang Dynasty, although the Li surname was temporarily depressed for a while, it had never really declined. Looking at Chinese history, there were many dynasties established by the Li surname. In addition to the Tang Dynasty, there were also regimes such as Dacheng, Xiliang , Liang, Wu, Wei, Chu, Later Tang , Southern Tang , Dashu, Xixia, and Dashun. Nearly 60 emperors were also produced in all sizes, becoming one of the most surnames with the largest number of emperors after the Liu surname.
According to statistics, the population of the surname Li has exceeded 100 million, becoming the second largest surname in the country. The Li surname originated from the Ying and Ji surnames. It was originally the "Li family". The ancestors of the Li family were killed by King Zhou during the Zhou Dynasty of Shang Dynasty. His son Lizhen and his mother were fleeing, and they survived by chance because "Li" and "Li" were homophonic, and in order to avoid King Zhou's pursuit, they were changed to "Li's surname", so the ancestor of the Li family was Li Lizhen.
or above are two of the four major surnames in China that are rich in emperors. Next, let’s talk about two surnames that have no connection with emperors.
surname Zhang, a surname that has existed since ancient times. The ancestor of the Zhang surname, Zhang Hui, is a noble surname given by Huangdi . Currently, one in every dozen people in our country has the surname Zhang. The total population is nearly 100 million.
Zhang’s names are also numerous, Zhang Heng , Zhang Yi, Zhang Liang , Zhang Zhongjing , Zhang Zhidong , Zhang Juzheng , Zhang Xianzhong ... A large number of familiar celebrities, but among these many Zhang’s names, we can’t find an emperor. Do you know why this is?
Regarding the fact that people in the surname Zhang cannot be emperors, there is also a folk legend. It is said that the Jade Emperor in the sky is also named Zhang, and his name is Zhang Bairen, also called Zhang Friend . It is said that Friend Zhang was originally a small person, but Jiang Ziya When he was in charge of the gods. Originally, I left the position of Jade Emperor to myself. When people asked him who was sitting in the position of Jade Emperor , he twisted his beard and replied, "Don't worry, someone must be sitting in the position of Jade Emperor." Unexpectedly, Friend Zhang, who was standing beside him, immediately bowed to Jiang Ziya for his title of gods. In this way, Friend Zhang ascended the first chair in the Heavenly Palace and sat in the position of Jade Emperor.
After becoming the Jade Emperor, in order to establish absolute authority, the Zhang family was not allowed to be the emperor on earth. Therefore, from then on, the Zhang family never had another emperor except the Jade Emperor.
Of course, this is just a legend, and it cannot be believed or trusted. In fact, among the many surnames in our country, the emperor's surname has never been released, so it is not just Zhang's family?
, the surname Wang, which is firmly ranked first in my country, has a population of more than 8% of my country's total population. Looking at the nine dynasties in my country and more than fifty short-term regimes, except for one Wang Mang , who seeks power and usurp the throne, there is really no emperor named Wang.
The surname Wang is said to have originated from the Bigan family during the Zhou Dynasty of Shang Dynasty. Bigan offended King Zhou and was executed by King Zhou. The family was implicated and forced to flee. It is said that the surname Ji was changed to Wang on the way to escape, and it has been used to this day.
As the largest surname in China, why hasn’t the emperor ever been given? It is said that there is still a reason for this. The Wang surname was mostly changed from descendants of the royal nobles who had declined in all dynasties. Therefore, although the Wang surname was large in population, he was naturally noble and could not bear the suffering, so it was difficult for descendants to produce the talents of emperors. However, although the surname Wang is difficult to produce the talents of the emperor, there are endless powerful ministers. According to statistics, there are 88 surnames Wang in history.
In addition, the reason why the surname Wang is rarely emperor is due to this surname.本身就是王了，还做什么皇帝？ People believe that the word "king" has three horizontal and one vertical, but unfortunately, this vertical line does not show its head, so it cannot stand the sky, the ground, the head, and the decision cannot be made. Although these are all unfounded folk sayings, it is an indisputable fact that the two surnames, including , Wang , which have a population of nearly 200 million in history, are rare in emperors.
So the saying "Zhang Wang will be a general and prime minister, Liu Li will be an emperor" is also a summary of the four major surnames in China.
Friends, what are your surnames?知道自己姓氏的由来吗？
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