Yang is currently the sixth largest surname in China, ranking 16 among the "hundred surnames". According to the National Citizenship Information System (NCIIS), the household registration management department, Yang is also the sixth largest. According to 1977, a paper on "surnames" published by China historians in Oriental Magazine, Yang is one of the top ten surnames of Chinese people in the world. This surname is also distributed in Vietnam, accounting for about 1% of the local population. When introducing yourself, you usually call "Yang" "Yang"; But in fact, the right side of the word "Yang" is not "meaning", but "rhyme" (the sound is the same as Yang). [Edit this paragraph] The surname origin 1 comes from Ji's surname. Take the country as the surname. According to Yuan He Shi Bian, "Zhou Wuwang enfeoffed his uncle as Tangyi (Yicheng). When the son was born, Boqiao was born, and the son of heaven was named Yang Hou, taking the country as his surname. " Established the yang state. In the Tang Dynasty, Yu Fan was known as Tang Shuyu. After his son Xie succeeded to the throne, he was renamed Jin Hou because there was water in the Tang Dynasty. Zhou Xuanwang's son is still his father, and he was named Yang Hou when he lived in seclusion. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Jin destroyed Yang, and Yang became the fief of the State of Jin. Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty (Sun Xie Di 10) named his second son Boqiao as Hou Yang, the ancestor of Yang's surname. Bo Qiao's grandson suddenly ate from the sheep's tongue. It was the doctor of the sheep's tongue, not for the sheep's tongue. Sun Gui, this sudden grandson, is also called Uncle Gui. Because of Dai Jin's achievements, he was enfeoffed in Shi Yang. His son, Bo Shi, takes this city as his surname and is called Shi Yang, also known as Shi Yang. In 5 14 BC, the aristocratic family destroyed Jin, and the wanderer fled to Huashan Xiangu and lived in Huayin, which was called Yang in history and authentic in history. Yang developed in Shaanxi and Henan at first, moved to Fujian in the late Western Jin Dynasty and moved to Guangdong in the Yuan Dynasty. Yang's main settlements are Huayin, Xiuwu, Hanoi, Fufeng and Meixian. 2, from the surname. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang gave local ethnic minorities surnames such as Zhao, Zhang, Yang and Li after pacifying Ailao Yi (a branch of Hunan and Guizhou in Liao country). 3. From his surname to Yang. For example, after Fujian Lin moved to Meizhou, Guangdong, he changed his surname to Yang. According to "Northern History", the real name was Wei Chi, later changed to Yang. 4. Change his surname from his home. For example, after Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved to Luoyang, it was sinicized. According to Shu Wei Guan Shi, in the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was a surname of Mohulu, which was later changed to a single surname of Yang. 5. Take the fief as the surname. My son (surnamed Ji) is named Yu. After Zhou destroyed the Tang Dynasty (now the western part of Shanxi Province), Tang was given fiefs. Gave him nine names. Because Tang Di was in Jinnan, he was renamed the marquis of Jin after his son Xie ascended the throne. In this way, Yu Shu became the ancestor of the State of Jin in the Zhou Dynasty. Some of the descendants were sealed in Yang. Yang, in the southeast of Hongdong, Shanxi. In the Spring and Autumn Period, it was destroyed in the State of Jin and became the fief of doctors in the State of Jin. The descendants who were sealed in took "Yang" as their surname. 6. It's the surname of Yi people in the five lakes and sixteen countries. According to the Book of Jin; There is a man named Yang who lives in the mountainous area (Gansu). 7, from the "Yang" surname. Take the city as the surname. In ancient times, it was said that the surname Li in Yangzhen originated from the surname Won, or from the descendants of Emperor Levin of Zhuan Xu, or from the founder of Taoism in the Zhou Dynasty, Laozi Li Er, who was named after the official position. During Yao's reign, he was appointed as Dali Kingdom (prison), his son Bo Yi was yuanshi county, and his son Sun San inherited Dali Kingdom. According to the custom at that time, their descendants took Guan as their surname and called Li. There are two ways to change Li's surname to Li's surname: one is that Li, a descendant of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, was an official in North Korea and was executed for direct admonition. When his wife Qi and Shi fled with their son Li Zhen, they survived by eating plums. They dared not say Li, so they changed their surname to Li. Another way of saying it is: According to historical records, there was no Li before the Zhou Dynasty. Because there is an old man named Li, his name is Er, and he is a descendant of Li Zhen, so Li is also called Li, because his ancestor is Li Guanren, and he has the same ancient sound as Li. Apparently, Li began to call himself by his surname in Li Er. At the end of Shang Dynasty, Zhou Wang was overbearing and indulged in womanhood, which was deeply hated by the rulers and people. Li Zheng, the descendant of Hao Tao, out of loyalty, bluntly pointed out Zhou Wang's mistakes and suggested that he correct them. As a result, he angered Zhou Wang and was killed. After hearing the news, Li Zheng's wife Qihe fled with her youngest son, Li Zhen. Qihe's family was originally from Chen State (now Huaiyang, Henan Province), and wanted to escape back to her family, but she was afraid of bringing trouble to her family, so she fled to the west of Henan Province. When we arrived at Houyi Market in yi river Valley in western Henan, mother and son were already hungry and exhausted, especially Xiao Lizhen, who was starving. However, this area is deserted, how can we find food? Fortunately, Qi Heshi found some "Mu Zi" in a nearby tree, so they picked them and ate them. In this way, mother and son saved their lives by eating wild fruits. Then, they went to eastern Henan and settled in Guxian (now east of Lu Yi, Henan Province), which is not too far from Huaiyang. He Zizhen began to change Li's name to Li's in order to be grateful for saving his life, to avoid the pursuit, and because Li and he are common. His family changed Li's surname from the change of surname, which belongs to the surname given by the emperor. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu and Han Dynasties, gave local ethnic minorities surnames such as Zhao, Zhang, Yang and Li. After Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved to Luoyang, the Xianbei people adopted a comprehensive sinicization policy and changed their Chinese characters to Li. Among the Hui surnames, many are given by the emperor, such as Li, Da, A, Zhang, Bai, Mu, Shaanxi, Zheng, Zhu and Jin. Li Hui is a minority of Persians and Arabs, who came to China and settled in the 7th century. /kloc-After 0/3rd century, some Central Asians, Persians and Arabs moved to China, and in the process of getting along with Han, Uygur and Mongolian, they formed the Hui nationality, also known as Hui. Hui nationality is widely distributed, mainly living with Han nationality, with a population of about 7.3 million, and distributed in northwest China, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Yunnan, Anhui, Liaoning, Beijing and other provinces and cities. Hui people account for a high proportion of Li people, some of whom come directly from ancient Persia or Arabia. For example, Li Xun, a poet in Shu five generations ago, was born in Persia. After coming to China, he lived in Zizhou (now Santai, Sichuan). His surname is Li because his surname is Li. According to records, the founding fathers of the Tang Dynasty named Ali surnamed tang for their meritorious service. For example, Li Yuanhao was originally a Tangut Tabashi. As a result, Li became a huge family. Tiger totem theory originates from tiger totem theory. This view holds that Li's totem is not a plum tree, but a tiger. The totem of Laozi's birthplace in Li Er, Chen Chu is a tiger, and "Li Er" means "tiger" in Chu language. Gong wrote the Outline of Primitive Worship, saying: Li Er is also a Chu language, that is, a tiger. Lao Tzu's old country was Chen and died in Chu, so he was a Chu man. Chen belongs to the Huaihe River Basin and calls the tiger "Li Er". This is why Lao Zi is also called Li Er. Li Er should be Chu Chenren's common name for tigers. According to legend, Lao Tzu was born in Geng Yin, a tiger. At that time, Kuxian dialect called the tiger "raccoon", so all relatives and neighbors called Lao Zi "raccoon", and later it gradually evolved into "Li Er". The theory of old surname originated from the theory of old surname. This statement mainly comes from the textual research of Laozi's surname, and holds that Laozi is not surnamed Li but surnamed Lao, and Li's surname comes from the old surname. Tang Lan, an archaeologist, thinks that Laozi's surname Li Minger is untrue: "According to the common appellation of people at that time, the old word was the name of his clan, because people who called Zi at that time, such as Confucius, Youzi, Ceng Zi, Yoko, Mozi, Mencius, Zhuangzi and Huizi, all added Zi under the clan", "There is no trace of Li in ancient books." (Tang Lan: Textual Research on Lao Dan's Name and Time, Book IV of Ancient History, photocopied by Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 1982). Make it clear that Lao Tzu is not surnamed Li, but surnamed Lao. Guo Moruo, Ma Xulun, Chen Duxiu and others agreed with Tang's viewpoint. Gao Feng has further textual research on this statement. In Preface to Laozi, he said that Laozi and Li Yi have changed. Laozi's original surname was Laozi, and later it changed, with the same pronunciation, so there must be two. He listed four pieces of evidence: First, in the old books of the pre-Qin period, such as Zhuangzi and Xunzi, Confucius and Mozi were given surnames, while Lao Dan was called "Li Meng" when he was alone with Laozi; It is called "Lao Zi" instead of "Mei Zi", so "it can be seen that Lao Zi's original surname is old." Second, "in ancient times, there was an old surname but no Li surname." Custom Yi Tong: "Lao Shi, the son of Zhuan Xu." There was no Li surname in the Spring and Autumn Period. Li Jue in Historical Records is an error of Li Jue in Zuo Zhuan. During the Warring States Period, Li Mu appeared, and the origin of Li was very late. Third, many ancient surnames have no original words, and they often borrow homophones. Changing the old surname to Li is also homophonic. Fourth, "the ancient rhyme' Lao' belongs to the hidden voice, and' Li' belongs to the voice. The two voices are close in sound and ancient is not ancient." Gao Feng quoted a large number of sentences in Laozi, which proved that the occult and the part are harmonious. Finally, he said: "Both Lao and Li belong to Lai Niu (that is, the initial consonant is L), and they belong to the same rhyme, but the sound is very clear, but the sound is the same, so they changed from Lao to Li." According to others, the surname Li did not evolve from the surname Li, but originated from the old surname. Teacher Gao's quotations from the perspective of phonology are very detailed and convincing.