Up to now, the population of he surname has reached more than 16 million, accounting for 1.2% of the total population of the country, ranking 17th in China's surname population. Today's historical private dish will introduce you to the origin of the He surname.
1. Derived from the surname Ji. One of the sons of King Ji of Zhou was named Ji Yu (姬虞), and after the death of King Wu of Zhou, because his heir King Cheng of Zhou was young, he was assisted by King Wu's younger brother Zhou Gongdan. King Wu's other three younger brothers, Uncle Guan, Uncle Cai, and Uncle Huo, expressed their disobedience and joined forces with Wu Geng, a descendant of the Shang Dynasty, to rebel. Ji Yu assisted Zhou Gongdan in quelling the rebellion, and was subsequently divided into Tang prefectures (roughly located east of the Yellow River and Fenhe River), known as Tang Shuyu.
The ancestor of the He surname - Tang Shuyu
Later, Tang Shuyu's son Ji Xie succeeded to the throne and moved to Jinshui, so the name of the country was changed to "Jin". Among the descendants of Tang Shuyu was a man named Han Kangzi, who belonged to the Jin royal family, and at that time held the position of doctor, Han Kangzi, Wei Huanzi, and Zhao Xiangzi actually divided the Jin state, which was called "three families and jin". Thus appeared the Sengoku Seven Heroes. Later, during the unification of the Six Kingdoms period by Qin Shi Huang, the first to be destroyed was Korea, and Korean descendants were displaced, because the pronunciation of "Han" and "He" at that time was similar, so they took "He" as their surname. Friends who have read my previous articles may find that the ancestor of the He surname is actually the same person as the ancestor of the Yang surname - Tang Shuyu. Xiaobian uses the following figure to describe, and everyone knows the origin of the two.
The origin of the three surnames of He, Yang and Han
2. Derived from the official position, the name of the inner palace official during the Han Dynasty was called 娙 [xíng] He. At the beginning, the official name of the female official of the clan, the main work clan was responsible for the affairs of the inner palace, which was roughly equivalent to the grand master of the harem, and the status was quite high. Later, it slowly became the title of concubine. Among the descendants of Concubine He, there are those who take the official position of their grandmother as their surname and call him He.
3. Derived from a foreign surname and changed from a surname. As far as is known at present, there are Zhu surnames, Fang surnames (descendants of Fang Xiaoru, due to the Battle of Jingnan, the only Ten Tribes in history, refuge and change their surnames) and so on. At the same time, the descendants of ethnic minorities such as Xiongnu, Yueshi, Huan, Mongols, hui and other descendants changed their surnames to He surnames.
Statue of Fang Xiaoru
Well, the above is the origin of the He surname, like friends please like to pay attention to Oh.