Tracing back to the source, the ancestor of Ye surname is the tenth son of Zhou Wenwang, and the ancestor of Ye surname is Ye Gong. There are four theories about the origin of Ye's surname in history.
1, from Ji (Zhou Dynasty as Ji), with the country as the surname, descendants of the Yellow Emperor. New Tang book? Zhou Wuwang died in the early Zhou Dynasty, and his youngest son, Zhou Chengwang, succeeded to the throne. By Zhou Wuwang's mother brother Zhou Gongdan (Zhou Wenwang's fourth son) regent (help Zhou Chengwang in power). At this time, the three supervisors refused to accept it. Wu Geng (the son of Shang Zhouwang, who continued to be blocked after the destruction of Shang Dynasty in Zhou Wuwang) took the opportunity to secretly collude with Huo Shu, Cai Shu, the third prison army, and unite with the Oriental barbarians to resist. Finally, it was destroyed by Zhou Gongdan. In this struggle, Ji Zai, the tenth son of Zhou Wenwang, made contributions in counterinsurgency. Zhou Gongdan regarded this talented younger brother as a courtier of the Zhou Emperor. Later, Zhou Chengwang sealed his uncle Ji Zai in Shen Zhou (in today's Pingyu County, Henan Province), which is Yongzhou. Ji zai, also known as Ji zai (ancient Shen, Yong homophony). By the eighth year of Lv Chenggong in the Spring and Autumn Period (583 BC), Shen was destroyed by Cai more than 500 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China. At that time, a son of Ji Zi's descendants showed off and fled to Chu. Later generations took the country as their surname, that is, Shen Shi. Regarding Shen Guo, Yuanhe's surname compilation also has the same record: "The tenth son falls into the season (or makes a quarterly record). The food is collected in Shen, because of the surname. Today, Runan is at peace with Shenting, that is, Shenziguo. " After the kingdom of Shen was destroyed, the descendants of Ji Zi who fled to Chu took the country as their surname, and a grandson named Xu was from King Chu Ping (now shenqiu county, Henan), also known as Shen Yinxu. Shen Yinxu was appointed Sajima of Chu State, and made great contributions to the protection of Chu State. In Ye (now Ye County, Henan Province), he established his son Shen Zhuliang as Ye Yin and called him Ye Gong. Make contributions to Chu and seal Nanyang. Ye entrusted it to Xin Xian and retired to Ye. Later, people took Yedi as their surname and called him Shi Ye. So Shen and Ye have the same surname.
2. According to historical records, during the Spring and Autumn Period, our great-grandson was named Xu, who was also named Shen Yinxu, a man of King Chu Ping at that time. Shen Yinxu was later appointed Sajima of Chu State, in charge of military affairs. King Zhao of Chu died in the war with Wu Jun in ten years (506 BC). King Chu Zhao named his son Shen Zhuliang in Ye (now Ye County, Henan Province), and people called him. Therefore, he was the first person named Ye in China and was called Ye's ancestor. Shen He belongs to the same family.
3. Ye's family is from Shen Shi, a music fan and a descendant of Emperor Zhuan Xu (Zhu N, X Yin Ruins). According to Custom Yi Tong and Tongzhi? Team strategy? Take the city as the surname, etc. According to legend, Lu Zhong, a descendant of Emperor Zhuan Xu, married the daughter of Ghost House and gave birth to six sons, the sixth of whom was named Ji Lian and his surname was Mi. The descendant of Ji Lian, Xiong, is knowledgeable and studied under him. Later, after hunting down the descendants of the previous generation heroes, Xiong Yi, the great grandson of the seal bear, established Jing State in Jingshan (now western Hubei), with Danyang as its capital (now Zigui, Hubei), and later moved its capital to Ying (now Jiangling, Hubei) and renamed it Chu. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a great-great-grandson named Xu (X Yinque), who was Shen Yinxu (now from Linquan County, Anhui Province) during the reign of King Chu Ping. Some of his descendants took Shen as their surname. Shen Yinxu was later appointed Sajima of Chu State. His integrity and hatred of evil earned him the respect of the Chu people. King Zhao of Chu died in the war with Wu Jun in 10 years (506 BC) and became his son in Yezhou (now the south old city of Yexian County, Henan Province, and the county in Han Dynasty). Therefore, it is the ancestor of China Ye. Shen Yinxu is the ancestor of Ye.
From the above three historical materials, we can draw a common conclusion that Ye Gong is the ancestor of China's Ye surname.
Ye Gong Shen Zhuliang, born in the State of Chu (now Hubei) in 524 BC, was a statesman and strategist in the State of Chu. He inherited the Yellow Emperor from his ancestors and Chu Lu from the world. Shen Zhuliang made great efforts to manage leafy land, advised farmers to plant mulberry, build water conservancy projects, straighten out folk customs, and make the land rich and the territory strong. Ye Gong also made one of the most remarkable achievements, that is, he put down Bai Gong's rebellion. The historical fact is this: During the Warring States Period, King Chu Ping faked a rebellion and seized the wife of his son Jian, forcing Prince Jian to flee to the State of Zheng, and Jian's son fled to the State of Wu. When he arrived at King Hui of Chu, Yin Zixi heard that Sheng was more wise, so he recalled him to the country and sealed him in Baiyi, which was called Bai in history. The son of Shen Yinxu, the great-grandson at that time, and the doctor at that time strongly opposed the recall of Bai to return to China, thinking that it would cause civil strife, but King Hui of Chu refused to listen. In the tenth year (479 BC), Bai launched a rebellion on the grounds that his father was the crown prince in an attempt to restore the throne. After the rebellion, Zixi was killed and Wang Hui was imprisoned. The situation in Chu is very dangerous. At this time, Ye Yi, who was stationed in the north of Shen Zhuliang, rushed back to Beijing overnight (if the capital was in an emergency, it would be in the northwest of Zhongxiang County, Hubei Province) to counter the rebellion. When they reached the suburbs of Beijing, the people paved the road to welcome them. When they saw that Shen Zhuliang was not wearing any armor, they were surprised and said, "China people are looking forward to your return, just like a child is looking forward to his parents. You are so careless and wounded by stray bullets and arrows. Who can the people expect? " "Shen Zhuliang accepted people's advice, full throttle. When I walked to the city gate, I met a group of people. When I saw it, I said to him, "The people look at you as they look at food in a disaster year. As long as they can see you, they are willing to die. Even if old people and children are willing to risk their lives with you, how can you hide your face and let the people think? Shen Zhuliang knew that people had turned to him, so he ordered people to put up a flag with the word "Ye" written on it. When the rebels guarding the city saw it, they were shocked and lost their fighting spirit. Successfully entered Beijing, put down the rebellion, and rushed to the white mountain, which turned the corner. Because of his contribution to the state of Chu, he gave way to a new saint and retired to Ye. Later generations took the city as their surname and called it Ye. As can be seen from historical data, Shen and Ye belong to the same family.
There is another saying about the origin of Ye's surname. According to the research of surnames, among the southern minorities in ancient China, some also took Ye as their surnames. For example, Ye Xiong of the State of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period was his descendant.
Second, Ye's migration and reproduction
Among thousands of surnames of the Han nationality, Ye's family name comes down in one continuous line. The Chinese ancestor Ye, recognized at home and abroad, can be verified from the above historical materials. After the Qin and Han Dynasties and the Western Jin Dynasty, there were frequent wars in the Central Plains, and many people moved south to Fujian, Vietnam, Jiangxi, Guangdong and other places to become later Hakkas. Ye Gong's descendants in Shen Zhuliang are no exception. During several great migrations in the past dynasties, some branches of them were far away from home, even crossed the ocean and lived in foreign countries, becoming a prosperous ethnic group among overseas Chinese. According to the surnames survey of Taiwan Province Federation of Literary and Art Circles, among the most popular surnames 100 in Taiwan Province Province, Ye's surname ranks 20th. For more than 2,000 years, many politicians, militarists, thinkers, scientists, artists, educators and modern entrepreneurs have emerged among Ye Gong's descendants, making positive contributions to the prosperity of the motherland and the social progress of overseas Chinese.
Ying Shao in the Eastern Han Dynasty "Custom Yi Tong? In the book Dialectics of Surnames and Surnames in the Song Dynasty, Deng proposed that "Ye" should read the old (involving Sh sound) and "Ye" should read the present (Y sound page). Deng also said: In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a Ye Diaoguo outside the boundary of Nanjun County, which was once given a gold official seal by the Eastern Han court, tied with a purple ribbon. During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Jian of the State of Wu had a surname named Ye Xiong, a descendant of Ye Diaoguo. Rinan, county name. In the sixth year of Western Han Dynasty (BC 165438+ BC 0 1), Ding Yuan was located in Xi Juan (where the Guang Zhi River and the Ganlu River meet in Guang Zhi Province, Vietnam), and its jurisdiction was about central Vietnam, starting from Hengshan in the north and reaching Daling in the south. After the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the county gradually belonged to Linyi State. Ye transferred his land to Java or Sumatra in Indonesia, and sent envoys to China in the sixth year of Yongjian in the Eastern Han Dynasty (13 1) to establish friendly relations. As a result, Ye Diao people had settlers who came to China, and they also took Ye as their surname.
According to the "China Hundred Family Names Secret Code" edited by Mr. Wang, the ancestor of Ye Jiapu is; The second leaf is heavy, which was ordered by Chu in the Warring States Period. Ye Ning III, Doctor Chu; Ye Shuhe, 14th, magistrate of Changsha, Qin; Ye Chong, the 20th generation, was the satrap and general of a title of generals in ancient times in Yingchuan, Western Han Dynasty. The forty-seventh one is Ye, Han Taiwei, "starting from Nanyang, divided into six families"; In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dr. Guanglu abandoned his official position and lived in seclusion when he was Emperor Lingdi, and wrote the first "Origin of Ye Family Tree" prefaced by Cai Yong, a writer and calligrapher at that time. Wang also crossed the river in the second year of Di Xian Jian 'an (197) and moved to Danyang (now northeast of dangtu county, Anhui). The 55th generation Ye Zhi settled in Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) and later developed into a local aristocratic family. In the 57th century, there were three branches: assistant minister of rites, Ye, moved to Jian 'an County, Jianning Prefecture, Fujian Province; Ye Yuan, Yuan Wailang, Ministry of Industry, moved to Xin 'an, Henan; Cangwu satrap Ye Jian, moved to Jinyun, Zhejiang. Back to the seventy-seventh session, Ye Kui, an assistant minister of punishments, moved from Jinyun to Huzhou (now Zhejiang). Seventy-ninth at that time, Dr. Lu Ziguang was given gold and moved to Suzhou, Jiangsu. Eighty-two-year-old, born in Kaifeng, lives in Bianliang (now Kaifeng, Henan). Ye Dajing was born in the capital of song dynasty in the 85th century. He was a scholar of Li Zongbaoqing in the Southern Song Dynasty. During the reign of Xianchun, he was appointed as the ambassador of Fujian. Yu Deyou lived in Zengjing, Meizhou, Guangdong Province in the second year (1276) because of the large-scale southward movement of Yuan soldiers. He was the ancestor of Ye family in Meizhou. Ye Dajing's descendants are scattered in many places such as Guangdong and Fujian. There are mainly two Ye's families in Fujian: one is the Ye's family in Xianyou, "whose ancestors lived in Yongzhou where the five seasons were chaotic. When I moved, I lived in Gushi, Gwangju in the Song Dynasty. My ancestors had Ye Yanhui, who traveled with the Song Dynasty and lived in Xianyou. " One school is Yejia in Lianxi, Zhangzhou. "Zu Wenbing was named Hejian (now Hebei), with three sons, Yan, Ye and Yu. He crossed the south to avoid the golden man and lived in Suixi, Zhuozhou, so he was called Suixi Yeshi." Since the end of Qing Emperor Kangxi, the Ye family in Fujian and Guangdong moved to Taiwan Province Province, and then many people moved overseas. Ye's surname looks out of Nanyang, so people's congresses around the country take "Nanyang" as the hall number.
Yexian was the land of Yuzhou in ancient times, and it belonged to Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and was called "Ye Yi". Ye Gong Shen Zhuliang was a famous politician and strategist in the Spring and Autumn Period. In 524 BC, it was named Ye, and
Ye's surname is Ye's, which is said by history to be the origin of Ye's family, and Ye County is the world root of Shen and Ye's family. After the Warring States Period, Ye Gong's descendants gradually migrated from the Central Plains to the south and overseas. At present, there are more than 20 million descendants of Ye Gong, distributed in more than 40 countries and regions at home and abroad.