Yuan's name and totem
Yuan: The appearance of long clothes. Yuan belongs to the clothing department in the dictionary, which is related to clothes. Today is just a surname, but its original meaning has been abolished. In ancient times, Yuan Yuan figured this out. The word "Yuan" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is like the shape of two people, and its extension has many meanings, such as soothing, quoting and substituting. Yuan, Yuan and other words, sound like Yuan, also take its meaning. In ancient times, Yuan, Yuan, Yuan, Yuan, Yuan, Yuan, Yuan, Yuan and Yuan were all homophones. Later, due to different generations, Yuan was the main surname, and one surname was divided into six families.
He is a gibbon. He walked in the Woods, swinging forward with his arms instead of his feet. His posture is very soothing and harmonious. Apes are close relatives of human beings, from which the original meaning of metalanguage comes. Yuan fen Chen, from Gui. Ghosts are composed of two roles: women and guards. The original meaning of Wei is female monkey. In Oracle Bone Inscriptions, it is the relative shape of Wei's two female monkeys. It is speculated that the ancient Gui people should take the female monkey as the primitive totem of the clan. Yuan, who came from Gui, sounded like an ape, leaving traces of primitive totems.
The Origin and Evolution of Yuan Family
Yuan is mainly from Gui. Shun's tribe was named Gui because it lived near Gui Shui in yongji city, Shanxi. In 2070 BC, Yu inherited the throne of Shun and established the first hereditary dynasty in China-Xia Dynasty. Xia, the son of Wang Fengshun, Yuzhou. The ancient land is in the southwest of Yucheng, Henan Province, and it was called Yu Shi in history. In summer, Wang gave the position of Sui to another descendant of Shun, whose hometown is in the northwest of Ningyang County, Shandong Province. The descendant of Shang Dynasty Feng is called Le Chen, who lives in the southeast of Huaiyang, Henan. Chen's place is the hometown of the tribe of Emperor Yao's mother Chen Feng, so it is called Chen.
Yuan is mainly from Gui. Shun's tribe was named Gui because it lived near Gui Shui in yongji city, Shanxi. In 2070 BC, Yu inherited the throne of Shun and established the first hereditary dynasty in China-Xia Dynasty. Xia, the son of Wang Fengshun, Yuzhou. The ancient land is in the southwest of Yucheng, Henan Province, and it was called Yu Shi in history. In summer, Wang gave the position of Sui to another descendant of Shun, whose hometown is in the northwest of Ningyang County, Shandong Province. The descendant of Shang Dynasty Feng is called Le Chen, who lives in the southeast of Huaiyang, Henan. Chen's place is the hometown of the tribe of Emperor Yao's mother Chen Feng, so it is called Chen.
Integration of foreign genes
The second comes from the change of foreign surnames and minority surnames. Yuan surname in our country, like other surnames, is in constant contact with other ethnic groups, and there is a flow of genes between them. The important events of foreigners joining Yuanshi County League are as follows: 1. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Ba people's family in Yuanshi County, which was distributed in eastern Sichuan and Chongqing today, fell to Wei, became the satrap of March 8th, and then moved their people to Guanlong, that is, now Shaanxi and Gansu, and became Han Chinese. The Yuan surname in the west of China has a deep relationship with the ancient Ba people. Second, Yuan, the Eight Banners of Manchuria in the early Qing Dynasty, lived in Shenyang. Yuan Manchu, originally from Han nationality, became a member of Manchu after entering Manchu flag. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Manchu gradually assimilated into the Han nationality, and Yuan Manchu also returned to the Han nationality, but his people had been mixed with Manchu blood.
Distribution and Migration of Surnames in Shang Dynasty in History
Yuan has been active in Henan since he founded the capital in late spring and autumn. Yuan used to be a doctor and developed and multiplied in Henan, forming a gathering place of Yuan centered on Runan. Han nationality, south and
During the Ming Dynasty, there were about 530,000 Yuan surnames, accounting for 0.57% of the national population, and it was the 36th surname in the Ming Dynasty. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The Yuan surname in these three provinces accounts for about 56% of the total population of Yuan surname, followed by Hunan, Hubei, Shandong, Shanxi and Fujian provinces. Jiangxi is the largest province with Yuan surname, accounting for 26.5% of the total population of Yuan surname in China. During the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the Yuan population mainly migrated to the south and the south, while the Yuan population in Sichuan shrank seriously. The country has newly become a meta-population gathering area centered on Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the meta-population center has moved from north to southeast.
Distribution and atlas of contemporary Yuan surname
Yuan is the 37th surname in China, with a population of nearly 6.2 million, accounting for 0.49% of the national population. Since the Song Dynasty, during the period of 1000, the population growth rate of Yuan surname showed a factory-like growth. At present, the distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Henan, Sichuan, Hunan and Hubei provinces, accounting for about 37% of Yuan's total population, followed by Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Guangdong and Anhui provinces, accounting for about 30% of Yuan's total population. Henan is the largest province of Yuan surname in contemporary China, accounting for 10.6% of the total entrance of Yuan surname. The whole country has formed three Yuan's gathering areas: Sichuan and Guizhou in the west, Henan, Hubei, Anhui and Jiangsu in the north, and Hunan, Guangdong and Jiangxi in the south. During the 600 years since the Ming Dynasty, the strong migration from southeast to west, central China and north China has been the mainstream of the Yuan population.
Yuan surname is distributed in Sichuan, Hubei, Chongqing, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, northwestern Guangxi, northeastern Yunnan, southern Henan, most of Anhui, southeastern Jiangsu, Shanghai, southwestern Shaanxi, Gansu, eastern Qinghai, northern and southeastern Heilongjiang. Yuan accounts for more than 0.6% of the local population and the central area accounts for more than 1.5%. The above area accounts for about 19. 1% of the total land area, and about 49% of the population lives here. In the border areas between Henan and most of Shandong, northern and southern Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, central Guangxi, eastern Yunnan, western Sichuan, central Shaanxi and central Gansu, most of Ningxia, central Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Mongolia and Liaoning, the population surnamed Yuan accounts for 0.45-0.6% of the local population, accounting for about 19.4% of the total land area, and about 30% lives there.
Traditional culture of Yuan surname
The county names of Wang and Tangyuan mainly include Chenjun, Runan, Henan, Dongguang, Pengcheng, Huayin, Puyang, Chenliu, Jingzhao, Taiyuan, Xiangyang and Yichun. The surnames of Yuan mainly include Chen Jun, Ru Nan, Wo Xue and Shou Zheng. The Tang name of "Lying Snow" was named Yuan 'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Yuan An came from a poor family and became famous when he lived in Luoyang. One winter, Ling of Luoyang braved the heavy snow to visit Yuan An, and found him huddled in the bed at home shivering. Why don't you ask his neighbor for help? Yuan An replied: "Everyone's life is also very difficult. How can I disturb them on a snowy day? " Luo Yang admired his virtue and recommended him as a dutiful son, which is the origin of Tang Xue who lied.
Yuan's important couplets have the following four pairs:
Yang; Lying in the snow, green.
Son of loyalty and filial piety; Four generations and three publics.
Complain about others, who is the best; Protecting the Lord, righteousness is more important than life.
Chasing ancestral home in the east, the last name is Taste Emperor;
Dai Nan set up a portal, farmers mulberry self-courtyard.
Family instruction Yuan's family instruction is Yuan Cai's Yuan in the Southern Song Dynasty. This family motto is known as "good and beautiful custom" and has been supported by local people. 055-79000 is divided into three parts: caring for relatives, living in harmony and running a family. Benevolence has 64 parts, such as "nature cannot be strong", "people must reflect on each other" and "father and son cherish filial piety". There are 73 home management sections, such as "Home is carefully guarded". The book revolves around 68 articles, such as "people's intelligence is superior to others", "people can't be proud of being rich" and "talent is inseparable".
Yuan Cai emphasized that people should not indulge in wealth and fame, but should yearn for Xiu De. There is a unique concept of wealth, saying that "no old man has enjoyed wealth when he is young and strong", not to mention that wealth is accidental and its success or failure is not fixed. At present, wealth is mostly the result of ancestors' or early sufferings. Therefore, at home, we should be "frugal and extravagant" and avoid "idleness", otherwise wealth will soon be lost. Don't be snobbish when dealing with people. Rich or poor, we should observe etiquette, speak kindly and not be arrogant. See the advantages and disadvantages of others, not the shortcomings and shortcomings of others; Don't be frivolous, hypocritical, jealous and suspicious when collecting things; Just do things with a clear conscience.
At present, there are 80 kinds of Yuan genealogy in Shanghai Library, and other libraries in China, America and Japan have Yuan genealogy 18 1 species.
Celebrity frequency and family sages
From 755 to 79000, there were 255 celebrities named Yuan who paid, accounting for 0.56% of the total number of celebrities, ranking 35th among celebrity surnames. Yuan's famous litterateurs accounted for 0.7 1% of the total number of litterateurs in China, ranking 29th. Yuan's famous doctors accounted for 0.5% of the total number of doctors in China, ranking 43rd, and Yuan's famous doctors accounted for 0.56% of the total number of artists in China, ranking 39th.
Important figures named after Yuan in history are: Yuan Ang, Minister of the Western Han Dynasty; Yuan An, the magistrate of Chu County in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao, a captain of Lixian County, and Yuan Shu, a corps commander; Justin, a writer and historian in the Eastern Jin Dynasty; Yuan Shu, a writer in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Yuan, a historian; Prime Ministers Yuan Zhihong, Yuan Yuan, Yuan Zi and writer Jiao Yuan of the Tang Dynasty; Yuan Zhan, a historian of the Southern Song Dynasty; Jue Yuan, a Yuan Dynasty writer; Ming Dynasty historians Yuan Zongdao, Yuan Hongdao and Yuan Zhongdao, military strategist Yuan Chonghuan, poet Yuan Kai, scientist Huang Yuan and opera writer Yuan Yuling; Yuan Mei, a poet in Qing Dynasty, Yuan Jiang, a painter, and a diplomat are all far away. The leader of Beiyang warlord, the chief executive of Beiyang government, the president of Beiyang government, and Yuan Shikai, the interim president of the Republic of China; Yuan Tongli, a bibliographer in the Republic of China; Contemporary geologist and mineralogist Yuan Jianqi, chemist Yuan Hanqing, linguist Yuan Jiahua, film theorist Yuan, poet Yuan.
Blood group of yuan surname
The distribution of blood types in Yuan population is as follows: O type accounts for 34.3%, A type accounts for 29.4%, B type accounts for 27.7%, and AB type accounts for 8.6%.