"Li" has four sources. One; According to "Tang Shu, Prime Minister's Lineage Table", it comes from the surname of "Won". After Hao Tao, the world was Dali (the first prison officer in charge of criminal law), and the official was the surname. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Laozi, the founder of Taoism, took Li as his surname and called him Li Er for ancestral reasons. Second; According to "History of the North", Zhao Junli was the first general to take the post. Third; According to Shu Wei, after Wei Dynasty, the northern Xianbei nationality's surname was "Chi Li", which was later changed to the Chinese character "Li". Fourth; In the Tang Dynasty, the surname of the royal family was "Li" and "Li" became the national surname. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the founding fathers Xu, Tai, An, Du, Hu, Hong, Guo, Ma, Xian Yu, Zhang, Abu, Bei Er, Dong, Luo and Zhu Xie all took "Li" as their country name. In addition, many families changed to Li, and Li's population increased greatly. Li is the most populous surname in the world, ranking fourth among hundreds of surnames. In order to distinguish other homonym surnames, they are often called "Eighteen Plums" or "Li Muzi Plums". In Taiwan Province Province, North Korea and Viet Nam, Li is also a common surname, and Li is the second largest surname in North Korea. According to statistics, the total population of Li nationality is about 654.38 billion, including 92.074 million Li nationality, accounting for 7. 19% of the total population in China. Henan Province is the largest province with Li surname in China. Ancient Longxi, now Lintao, Gansu, is an important birthplace of Li. In Hongkong, Li's English transliteration includes Li and Li Helei, while in Macau there are Li and Li Helei. Li is a Chinese phonetic alphabet, Li Helei is a Cantonese phonetic alphabet, and Lei is a Portuguese transliteration.

Family celebrities

Li Er (Lao Zi) is an important philosopher in his later period, whose name is Li Chunqiu. He advocates nature and puts forward the idea that "man is everywhere, the land follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows the nature". He is the founder of China's important philosophical thought "Taoism". Li Shimin (599-649) Li Bai (70 1-762) is the greatest romantic poet in China. His ancestral home is Qin 'an, Gansu, and he is famous as a poet. Li Zicheng (1823- 1864), the leader of the peasant uprising army in the late Ming Dynasty, was born in Mizhi, Shaanxi. Li Hongzhang (1823 ~ 190 1), a native of Hefei, Anhui, was a politician in the Qing Dynasty. He has made great contributions to the suppression of bandits and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and has served as the governor of Zhili, Huguang and Guangdong. He is especially good at diplomacy and has signed treaties with foreign countries on behalf of the Qing court many times. Later, he died of hematemesis from overwork, was promoted to serve for a period of time, and died as Wenzhong. Lee Teng-hui (1923 ~? ) Sanzhi, Taibei County, Taiwan Province Province. Graduated from Taiwan Province Provincial University, Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University. He has served as Director of Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Department, Rehabilitation of Agricultural Technology, Administrative Councillor of Executive Yuan and Chairman of Taiwan Province Province. 1984 was nominated as the "vice president", and 1988 succeeded the seventh "president" on 1 month 13.

Geocentric distribution

Gansu Longxi County, Hebei Zhaojun County, Henan Dengqiu County, Liaoning Bohai County, Hebei Zhongshan County, Henan Xiangcheng County, Hubei Jiangxia County, Sichuan Zitong County, Hebei Fanyang County, Sichuan Guanghan County, Anhui Guo Liang County, Henan Nanyang County.