The origin and history of Yang surname, now Yang surname ranks 16 among hundreds of surnames, which can be described as a typical multi-ethnic and multi-source surname. The word "Yang" is translated into the form of totem, which means the sun. What is the origin and history of Yang?

The origin and history of Yang surname 1 1. The origin of Yang surname:

1, from Ji:

According to Yuan He Shi Bian and Tong Zhi Shi Lue, Yang comes from Ji surname, and there are three versions.

(1) Sun's native place, his second son, the younger brother of Xie's father.

(2) originated in Zhou Xuanwang's eldest son and father.

(3) It originated from Boqiao, the son of Jinwu.

2. From Yang:

Ancient "Yang" and "Yang" have similarities in pronunciation and writing, which is difficult to distinguish, so there is a saying that "Yang" comes from "Yang" and takes the city as the surname.

3. From the surname:

The main forms were asylum, adoption, adoption, giving surname and changing surname of ethnic minorities at that time.

For example, according to the given surname, since the Sui Dynasty, Yang Yichen's real surname is Wei Chi, Xianbei nationality, which is one of the eight surnames in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, in order to ratify Wei Chi's meritorious service, gave the righteous minister a surname of Yang.

Second, Yang's history:

Yang was born in today's Shanxi Province. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Yang was destroyed by gold, and the surname Yang developed and spread westward. He first moved to Shaanxi, then moved to Huoxian county in the middle reaches of Fenshui River in Shanxi, and then spread to Henan.

In Song Dynasty, the population of Yang was about 265,438+10,000, accounting for 2.7% of the national population. After Wang, Li, Zhang, Zhao, Liu and Chen, Yang was the seventh largest surname in Song Dynasty.

During the Ming Dynasty, there were about 2.4 million people surnamed Yang, accounting for 2.5% of the national population, and it was the sixth largest surname in the Ming Dynasty.

At present, the total population of Yang has exceeded 40 million, which is one of the six most popular surnames in China, accounting for about 3. 1% of the national population.

There are 805 celebrities named after Yang in China Personal Names Dictionary, accounting for 1.77% of the total names, ranking eighth among celebrity surnames. Yang's famous litterateurs account for 2.02% of all litterateurs in China, ranking sixth. Yang's famous doctor accounted for' 1.96% of the doctors in all previous dynasties in China, ranking tenth. Yang's famous artists account for 2. 12% of the total number of artists in China, ranking 1 1.

The origin and history of Yang surname 2 1 comes from Ji surname.

In the Tang Dynasty, Zhou Chengwang named his brother Yu Shu 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 Yang Hou, 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, a sudden grandson, is also known as Uncle Gui. Due to Dai Jin's meritorious service, he was enfeoffed as a city, and his son named it 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.

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 the capital to Luoyang, the three-character surname Mohulu was changed to Yang.

5. Take the fief as the surname.

My son (surnamed Ji) is named Yu. The Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Tang Dynasty.

Later (now the west of Shanxi wing), give him Tang's fief. 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 became the ancestor of Jin State in 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 of those who were sealed took the fief name "Yang" as their surname.

"So, the old legend tells anecdotes and asks what your feet mean." . This is a line in a poem written by Wang Du, a modern Hongdong man.

Yang is also a glorious and ancient surname. However, there have always been different opinions about the source of Yang's surname. Some say it's because of the official surname, while others say it's based on the place. Finding clues is not easy. But there is a recognized fact-Yang's surname comes from Ji's surname and is a descendant of the Yellow Emperor.

"Shi Ming Dian" said: "My son was sealed in Jin, a public servant, gave birth to Bo Qiao, and the son of heaven was sealed as Yang Hou; Subcountry, with the country as the surname. " According to this record. It can be seen that Yang is a man, that is, among many sons, the most ambitious one.

Yang Guo founded by Boqiao is located in the southeast of Hongtong County, Shanxi Province, so the birthplace of Yang's surname should be in Shanxi. Later, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Yang was annexed by Jin, one of the five tyrants at that time.

However, the statement in the genealogy list of prime ministers in Tang Dynasty is slightly different from that in the compilation of surnames. Although the book also thinks that Yang's surname comes from Ji's surname, it points out that it was his son who took Yang's surname at first, not Bo Qiao of Jin State. That is to say, it was named Yang Hou by the royal family of Zhou Dynasty, so it was Fu Shang, not Bo Qiao, who got his surname as an official.

/kloc-More than 0/000 years ago, the Han people surnamed Yang thrived in the north of the Yangtze River. At that time, Yang was a prominent family, and there were many famous figures in history, such as Yang Zhu, who advocated "pulling a dime for the benefit of the world, not for the benefit of the world", and Taiwan Province, who advocated universal love; Emperor Wendi of the Sui Dynasty, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty, and so on, are all well-known figures.

The origin and history of Yang's surname 3 origin 1: from Ji's surname.

The surname Yang comes from the surname Ji. As early as 3000 years ago, in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Chengwang named his third brother Yu Shu as the Tang Dynasty, which is now the northeast of wenxi county, Shanxi Province, and was called Tang Shuyu in history. His second son is Yang Hou, which is the beginning of Yang's surname. In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the kingdom of Yang perished. Yang was active in the triangle of Hongdong in Shanxi, Xianyang in Shaanxi and Luoyang in Henan, and then entered Guangdong through the ridges of Henan, Hebei, Hunan and Vietnam.

Xie Wen, the son of Tang Shuyu, changed from the Tang Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty. In the 1 1 century, the Zhao Jin Dynasty appointed his uncle as Quwo's teacher. In history, it was called Duke Huan of Quwo. After Duke Wu of Quwo unified the State of Jin, he destroyed Yang and gave Yang Guo to his son Boqiao. The descendants of Boqiao took Yang Yi as their surname, which has a long history of nearly 2,700 years. This Yang clan left their hometown after the Six Immortals' Difficulty and lived in seclusion in Huashan Mountain, Huayin, Shaanxi for more than 200 years. It was not until Wei Xiangwang in the Warring States period that Xi Zhang stepped onto the historical stage and re-entered the official career. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yang Zhen was also from Huayin, and Yang Zhen was honest and refused to take bribes. "Heaven knows the earth, you know me", and the clean family style has also created the famous hall name "Sizhitang".

Origin 2: Self-given surname

In ancient times, many people were given surnames because of their meritorious service, meaning to honor their ancestors. For example, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Yang Yichen's real name was Weichi Gong, and after his father, Wei Chichong, died for his country, the upright minister was put in the palace. Because he often caused Sui Wendi to miss his father around him, he sealed a letter named Yang to the royal family.

Origin 3: Self-transformation

After Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved to Luoyang, he carried out sinicization reform. According to Guan Shi, there was a surname "Mohulu" in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was changed to "Yang" due to the sinicization reform.

The surname is Yang, and his ancestral home is Shanxi. After Yang was destroyed by the State of Jin, the people surnamed Yang began to breed westward. After moving to Shaanxi, some of them moved to Huoxian County, Shaanxi Province. Later, after a slow spread, Yang's people spread to Henan Province. By the Han Dynasty, Yang's surname had been widely distributed in northern China. By the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Yang's surname began to move south to Jianghan area, which is now Qianjiang area in Hubei Province. The "Yongjia Rebellion" in the late Western Jin Dynasty and the "Anshi Rebellion" in the Tang Dynasty triggered the clans in the Central Plains to move southward, including the surname Yang. By the Song Dynasty, Yang people had been widely distributed in the south of the Yangtze River.

Yang Zhen's descendant, Emperor Wendi, founded the Sui Dynasty. Although the Sui Dynasty only had a history of 38 years, it also left a deep impression on the history of Yang, which made Yang develop greatly.