Liu is one of the surnames in China, ranking 252nd among hundreds of surnames. In the history of China, Liu was the surname with the largest number of emperors. In ancient China, there was a saying that "Liu Tian Xia, Li Bian", while in northern China, there was a saying that "Zhang Wang Li Zhao is everywhere". Liu is also distributed in Korea. In addition, according to the existing records in Japan, Liu, whose third surname is Gao Qiao from China, is a descendant of Liu Bang. According to 1977, a paper on "surnames" published by China historians in Oriental Magazine, Liu is one of the top ten surnames of Chinese people in the world. 1 Mainly derived from the Qi surname, Emperor Yao (Xun) was later sealed in Liu (now Tangxian County, Hebei Province), and Liu's surname was established, which later generations thought was the surname. Liu Lei, a descendant of Sun, can train dragons to serve. Kong Jia, the 13th emperor of Xia Dynasty, gave him the name of Yulong. This is Qi surnamed Liu. Historically, Liu is authentic.

2 From the surname of Qi, in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, King Wu collapsed and became Wang Li (BC 102 1). The Duke of Zhou assisted the imperial court, and Tang (the descendant of Liu Lei) colluded with Yin Wuyue and was punished by the Duke of Zhou. Change the name of the Tang Dynasty to (now southwest of Shaanxi Province), build Du State, and become the last monarch. His grandson, a scholar-bureaucrat in the Jin Dynasty, went to the Qin State because of domestic unrest, and later returned to China, but his son stayed in the Qin State, and the descendants who stayed in the Qin State restored Liu's surname.

3 from the surname Ji. There are two sources: one is the descendant of Zhou (the father of the ancient duke). In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Ji Wang's son (uncle) was established in (now Liu Ju in the southwest of Yanshi, Henan Province, which was named after Liu Lei's former residence), and later generations took the city name as their surname, forming her surname Liu. In addition, during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Ji Wang of Zhou Kuang sent his youngest son to Liu Yi to establish Liu Guo, known as Liu Kanggong. Their descendants also take the country as their surname, which is another source of Liu's surname. The two descendants of Liu and Ji have no obvious family background. Other sources. Give the surname Liu,

According to historical records:

(1) originated from Lou's surname, and Lou Jing, a Qi man, offered a plan to Liu Bang to build his capital in Luoyang, which was reused by Liu Bang. After Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor, he was given the surname Liu, and his descendants also multiplied into a branch of the surname Liu.

(2) From Xiang, after Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang ascended the throne, in order to thank Xiang Bo for saving his life, he was named Sheyang Hou and given the surname Liu; There are three survivors of Xiang Bo sealed by Liu Bang, all of whom are given the surname Liu. Its descendants multiplied into a branch of Liu.

(3) Wang Chang, a native of Wuyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, made great contributions to Ping, and later changed his name to Liu.

(4) After he succeeded to the throne, Gong Mei, the ex-husband of Liu E (cousin), was named as his brother, surnamed Liu.

Second, surnamed Liu:

(1) Wang Lang established himself as emperor in the name of Liu Ziyu, son of Emperor Hancheng.

(2) Fang Lu, a native of Anding Sanshui, falsely claimed that Liu Wenbo, the great-grandson of Liang Wudi, had established himself as emperor.

(3) Liu Feng, a general of Shu in the Three Kingdoms, was originally named Guan. As an adopted son of Liu Bei, he changed his surname to Liu.

(4) Qiu Shen, a native of Yiyang (now Xinye, Henan Province) in the Western Jin Dynasty, claimed to be a descendant of the Han imperial clan and changed his surname to Liu. He was declared emperor and named kamikaze.

(5) After Liu Zongyuan, a writer in the Tang Dynasty, Liu Zongyuan was at odds with the Minister of State at that time, causing many royal cronies. Later, afraid of being framed, he fled to Hongdong County, Shanxi Province and changed his surname to Liu. Many years later, due to local floods, they moved to Zhoukou, Henan, Bozhou, Anhui and Cao Xian, Shandong.

(6) Eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty were all literate, with Wei Liu as their surname.

(7) Liu Ji 'en, the monarch of the Northern Han Dynasty, whose original surname was Xue, changed his surname to Liu because he was an adopted son. Liu Jiyuan, Liu Ji 'en's younger brother, whose real name was He, was also renamed Liu and succeeded to the throne.

(8) After the downfall of Chen Youliang at the end of Yuan Dynasty, his descendants changed their surname to Liu.

(9) Liu Jin, a eunuch of the Ming Dynasty, took Wei Liu's surname.

(10) Liu's family was changed to Liu's family: Houpo Liu belonged to Yongchun Liu's family and changed his surname to Liu in the turmoil in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty; Another genealogy of the Liu family in Qingyuan contains: Liu Tianlu, the secretariat of Quanzhou Road in the 39th century, returned to Yongchun due to the serious military situation, stayed in his hometown, and changed to Liu, the ancestor of this branch.

(1 1) During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the commander-in-chief of Liu was surnamed Gong, and he changed his surname to Liu out of courtesy to reporters.

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