According to the statistics of the sixth national population census in 2010, the population of Li surname in mainland China has reached more than 95 million, accounting for about 7.9% of the national Han population.
In Chinese history, there were more than 60 people named Li, and they successively established regimes such as Dacheng, Xiliang , Liang, Wu, Wei, Tang, Chu, Later Tang, Southern Tang, Dashu, Xixia, Dashun .
As a relative of the Li family, do you know who the top ten ancestors of the Li family are? Let’s take a look together!
1. Li Lizhen
Lizhen (1069 BC-992 BC), whose original name was Li Lizhen, fled to Ku County and changed "Li" to "Li", and was later respectfully called "the ancestor of the Li surname". He was the ancestor of Laozi ( Li Er ). He was appointed as the descendant of Gao Yao, the descendant of the ancient emperor Zhuanxu. His courtesy name was Deling and was named Zhongwu Bo. He served as an official at the time of King Zhou of Shang. He was in charge of the law and violated the will of King Zhou of Shang, causing a disaster for his death. His wife Qihe and her youngest son Lizhen fled and went to the ruins of Yihou. They were hungry and thirsty, and they picked plums from the trees beside the road to fill their hunger before they could survive. Finally, they went to Ku County in the eastern Henan area (now east of Luyi County, Henan ).
1. One is grateful to Li Zi for his life, and the other is to change his surname to take refuge, so Li Lizhen changed his surname to Li Lizhen, and later moved to settle in Longxi . From then on, the Li family has been born for generations and has developed and become the largest surname in China.
2. Laozi
Laozi, Er Gongzi Boyang No. Dan (pronounced Dan). Later generations called Laozi Laozi, who was from Qurenli Township, Ku County, Chu State. It is said that when Ergong was 23 years old, he later saw that the Zhou Dynasty declined. At the age of 28, he became a prime minister of Chu. At the age of 56, he resigned from his official position and retired to Qin and wrote " Tao Te Ching ". By the time of King Lie of Zhou, he was over 200 years old and lived forever. Later, he rode the green cow out of Hangu Pass , and after ascending to heaven, he was called Taishang Laojun.
"Records of the Grand Historian: Biography of Laozi and Han Fei" records that he was the first person named Li in the official history. Lao Tzu, the ancestor of Taoism, was an ancient saint, who was very talented and capable. Confucius once asked him about courtesy and benefited a lot (the eldest wife He and Gu) gave birth to six sons: Changzong, the second wife, the third Song Dynasty, the fourth scholar, the fifth heaven, and the six treasures.
3. Tan Gong
Tan Gong's character Guiyuan. (401 BC-323 BC, the first year of King An of Zhou Dynasty, Gengchen year of King Xian of Zhou Dynasty, and the 46th year of King Xian of Zhou Dynasty) lived a life of 79 years. He first served as the Marquis of Bairen of the State of Zhao, and later served as the Qin Censor. He was buried in Bairen (now west of Tangshan City, Hebei) (the princess, the Zhou family) and gave birth to four sons: Chang Chong, Ci Bian, San Zhao, and Si Ji (the son of Ji Gong, Mu Gong was the ancestor of Li family in Zhaojun Fang).
4. Chonggong
Chonggong's name is Boyou. Tan Gong The eldest son of (375 BC-314 BC, Bingwu year in the first year of King Lie of Zhou in the Warring States Period to Dingwei year in the first year of King Lie of Zhou) lived a life of 62 years. He served as the prefect of Longxi, Qin State and was granted the title of Duke of Nanzheng. He is the founder of the Li family's Longxi clan. (The eldest wife Xu and Zhu) gave birth to two sons: Changpingyan and Cipingyao.
5. Bokao
Bokao Gong's name was Peng (217-169 BC, the third year of King Xiang of Qin in the Warring States Period, Jiayin year~ Emperor Wen of Han 11-year-old Renshen year) lived a life of 79 years old. He was appointed as the prefect of the two counties of Longxi and Hedong in the Han Dynasty (the princess Wu family , Ye family). He gave birth to two sons, Changshang and Shixiang. (To disclose the ancestor of Fan Yinfang, branch lineage.)
6. Guanggong
Guanggong font Tingli Cheng. The second son of Shang Gong. (Fighting against the Xiongnu from 195 BC to 119 BC, he drew his sword and committed suicide. He was born in Bingwu in the 12th year of Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty) Since his great-grandfather, Duke Zhongxiang, he has lived in Chengji County, Longxi, and later moved to Qinzhou, Gongchang Prefecture, Shaanxi. During the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, Guanggong joined the army and lasted for the three dynasties of Wen, Jing and Wu. He was a famous general of the Western Han Dynasty and was called General Fei. (The eldest wife Zheng and Liu) gave birth to three sons: Gao Taima, Zijiao, and Sanda. (The descendant son of the state is the famous general Li Ling )
7. Dangong
Dangong's name is Youqing. The third son of Guanggong. (149 BC -?. The first year of the first year of the Zhongyuan year of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty ~?) At first, he was appointed as the chief magistrate, inherited the heroic spirit of the general, and had military achievements and was granted the title of Neihou of Guan, and inherited his father's position as the ruling of the doctor.(Mother Yang) Chang Yu and Ci Zhong (Zhong was the ancestor of the Fang clan of Dunqiu County)
8. Zhengben
Zhengben
Zhengben 0 (65 AD-139 AD; Emperor Ming of Han The eighth year of Yongping in the eighth year of Yichou year of Emperor Shun of Han ~ Jimao year of Yonghe in the fourth year of Emperor Shun of Han) lived a life of 75 years. The official and the doctor are the doctor. (Mother Cui) gave birth to two sons: Chang Zi and Ci Ke (the ancestor of the Bohai clan)
9, Yong Gong
Yong Gong's name is Jixi. ( 228 AD -309; Liu Chan, the latter leader of Shu in the Three Kingdoms, , Jianxing in the sixth year of Wushen year~ Ji Si year of Emperor Huai of Jin in the third year of Yongjia in the third year of Jisi year) lived for 82 years. He was appointed as the prefect of the two counties of Jibei and Dongguan in Jin Dynasty. (Bishan and Chen) gave birth to two sons: Changlun and Cirou. (Rou Gong is the ancestor of Wuyangfang: he was the distant ancestor of later Tang Dynasty emperors Li Shimin and others)
10, Lun Gong
Lun Gong. The eldest son of Yonggong (A.D.?-?) was revered as the ancestor of the first tribe of my Danyang Fang. (That is, today's Anwei Northeast Xiaodanyang ). (Also remembered: Danyang, a county established by the Later Wei Dynasty, was abolished in the Northern Qi Dynasty, so it is now in the northeast of Xiangcheng County, Henan.) The official was the prefect of Anding of Xiliang. (Bi Qin) gave birth to a son named Xiancai.
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