We know that surnames were originally two different things, that is to say, surnames and surnames were separated, and the eventual unification of the two was a matter after the Qin and Han Dynasties. Nowadays we usually refer to a person's name, and in a way the surname is the most important symbol of a person. Since the unification of the two surnames, the ranking of surnames has appeared. According to the latest statistics from the Census Office of the State Council, the total population of "Li Wang Zhang Liu Chen", the top five surnames in the country, is nearly 400 million. Today we are going to introduce the most domineering surname in China - Liu surname.
Liu surname, it is the national surname of the Han Dynasty, as early as the Han Dynasty there is a saying of "four Liu". According to historical records, the surname Liu is one of the longest surnames, the earliest surname of Liu is from the Descendants of the Yellow Emperor, Emperor Yao Tao Tang, because his children were enfeoffed with Liu Yi and established the State of Liu, and their descendants later took the surname of Yi, so the surname of Liu originated. What really made the Liu surname known was that this surname was the surname of the emperor in ancient China. The surname Liu is the surname with the most established dynasties, the longest founding moment, and the largest number of emperors in ancient times. According to statistics, the dynasties established by Liu Shi included 8 dynasties of the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Shu Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, the Former Zhao Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty, the Later Han Dynasty, and the Southern Han Dynasty, with a total of 66 people calling themselves emperors.
The rise of the Surname of Liu is attributed to an emperor, he is the founder of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, with the establishment of the surname of Liu, Liu Bang's descendants were named princes, scattered throughout the country, branching and scattering, multiplying, plus in the process of historical development, some ethnic minorities changed their surnames to Liu (such as xianbei dugu clan), only to form today's scale. I don't know if you know that the founder of the Khitan Yelü Abaoji once changed his surname to Liu and took the name Liu Yi. This incident is recorded in the "History of Liao", "Taizu Mu Han Gao Emperor, so Yelü was also called Liu Shi".
In Chinese history, the surname Liu was once called the surname of the emperor, and the Ancient and Modern Book Integration, National Classics, Vol. 343 contains that "the honor of the surname and the honor of the emperor are not too much than Liu". China has had Liu Tianxia since ancient times, whether it is the number of dynasties established or the number of people who claim to be emperors, the surname Liu is far more than other surnames.
Due to the long duration of the Han Dynasty, its descendants were distributed in Tianshui, Zhongshan, Nanyang, Pengcheng, and Dongping. After the "Dong Zhuo Rebellion", due to the war in the Central Plains, liu surname was forced to migrate around the Central Plains, most of whom came to Shu Han in Sichuan and Sun Wu in the southeast. In ancient China, there was a saying that "Liu Tianxia, Li Half", while in northern China there was a saying that "Zhang Wang Li Zhao was everywhere Liu".
The surname Liu is now one of the most influential surnames in the world and the fourth most influential surname in the world, with a large number of people and a wide distribution. The world's population is more than 90 million people, and the Chinese population is more than 70 million. In addition, according to the Japanese available archives, the Japanese Takahashi clan is derived from the Chinese surname of Liu. Takahashi, one of the Japanese surnames. The Takahashi surname comes from multiple sources, the vast majority of which are from the descendants of Emperor Xian of Han. Now, when commenting on the culture of Liu, many experts have summed up sixteen words to brilliantly evaluate this great surname: "the honor of the emperor, the name of the nation, the great influence, and the head of all surnames."
What is your last name? Do you know the history of its development?