Since the publication of "Hundred Family Names" in the early Northern Song Dynasty, Chinese knew for the first time that there were so many surnames all over the country. In the first edition of "Hundred Family Names", a total of 411 surnames were included, which were later added to 504, including 444 single surnames and 60 compound surnames. Among so many surnames, the most concerned nature is still a few classic surnames Zhao Qiansun Li.
In fact, this is not the case, although the beginning of the hundred family names is "Zhao Qiansun Li", but in fact, because the book "Hundred Family Names" was written in the Song Dynasty, and "Zhao" was the surname of the emperor at that time, it was first to be ranked first. And "Qian, Sun, Li" is because the book was written in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so these very common surnames will be recorded first. In fact, the four surnames with the largest population in the Northern Song Dynasty were Guo, Wang, Li, and Zhang.
In the late Western Jin Dynasty, Liu Yuan established Han Zhao, which lasted 26 years; during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Liu Yu established the Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty, which lasted 60 years; during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Liu Zhiyuan established the Later Han Dynasty for 4 years; Liu Yin established the Southern Han Dynasty, which lasted 55 years; Liu Chong's establishment of the Northern Han Dynasty, which lasted 29 years; during the Southern Song Dynasty, Liu Yu established Daqi, with a total of 9 dynasties and regimes, with a total of 66 emperors.
Among the emperors surnamed Liu, the Han Wen Emperor Liu Heng and the Han Jing Emperor Liu Qi father and son created the "Rule of Wenjing", and the Han Wu Emperor Liu Che then opened up the "Han Wu ShengShi", during Liu Che's reign, he attached great importance to the military generals, although it experienced a prosperous era, but the Western Han Dynasty gradually declined.
Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was an emperor with "emperor's order" in history, and a smooth road allowed Liu Xiu to ascend to the emperor's throne and establish the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was known as the "Jianwu Shengshi" during his reign.
The surname Liu is one of the oldest surnames in China, and is a descendant of Emperor Yao of Benevolence. In ancient times, the totem of the Surname Liu was a mighty axe, a symbol of great power, and the Surname Liu was also known as the Royal Dragon Family in Chinese history. Chinese surname culture has been passed down for thousands of years, each surname has a unique culture and tradition, and the Liu family has the style of a king, which has been examined and has two main sources: one is the royal dragon spirit of Liu Lei, the ancestor of the Liu surname, and the other is Liu Bang, who founded the Western Han Dynasty, and the brilliant Han Dynasty. Therefore, people of the Liu surname family have a deep sense of pride in their surname.
In addition, there are many famous women surnamed Liu, Liu Jinding is a famous female general of the Northern Song Dynasty, who once defeated the Southern Tang army; the first regent empress dowager of the Song Dynasty, Liu E, together with Lü Hou and Wu Hou, said that Liu E "had the talent of Lü Wu and the evil of Lü Wu" in the history books. In modern history, the famous people surnamed Liu are also innumerable, many of whom are people who have changed their surname to "Liu", and now Liu surnames and Wang, Li, and Zhang are all big surnames, distributed all over the world, in life, it is not difficult for us to meet people surnamed Liu.