1, originated from Levin's
Li Zhong, the grandson of the ancient emperor Zhuan Xu, was named after his ancestors. Among the descendants of Chongli, one of the earliest surnames was the one who took the ancestral surname as the surname and called Li and Huo Zhengming as their first names, and later changed it to the simple surname Li.
2. Originated from Jiuli
Descendants from the ancient Jiuli nationality belong to the names of their ancestors. Jiuli, one of the indigenous people in southern China in ancient times, is said to be Li, a warlord in Jintian, and a native of Dongyi in ancient times. Li was once named "Huozheng" by the competent civil administration. Among his descendants, there are those who take their ancestral surname as their surname, called Li.
3. From the country name
During the Shang Dynasty, there were two vassal states called "Li Guo", both of which were built by the descendants of the ancient "Houjiuli" tribe. One was in the southwest of Changzhi county, Shanxi province, and was destroyed by Zhou Wen Wang Jichang in the late Shang Dynasty. The other was in the west of Yuncheng County, Shandong Province, and was destroyed by Ji Fa in Zhou Wuwang in the late Shang Dynasty and early Zhou Dynasty. Both Shang Dynasty and Li Dynasty were destroyed by Ji's father and son.
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Li surname, China surname, Li surname is an ancient surname. Li surname of Han nationality originated from Li Guo of Shang Dynasty and Western Zhou Dynasty. Located in what is now Shanxi Province, Li was first built in the southwest of Changzhi City, moved to the northeast of Licheng County in the Spring and Autumn Period, and then entered Jin. In Shangshu, "Xibo (and Ji Chang) defeated (defeated) Li", and in Historical Records Zhou Benji, when Xibo defeated the country, that's it.
Contemporary Li surnames are mainly distributed in Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, accounting for about 46% of the total population of Li surnames, followed by Jiangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Anhui, Hainan, Guizhou, Chongqing and Hubei, which account for 44%. Guangdong, with 29% of the total population of Li, is the largest province of Li. Li is ranked 262nd among hundreds of surnames and 82nd in the 20 13 edition of Four People in China.