Zhao Qiansun Li, Zhou Wu Zheng Wang!
"Hundred Family Names" is a Chinese surname work, which contains various Surnames in China.
In reality, you will encounter some strange surnames, but this surname is not in the hundred family names, and for various reasons, some surnames are not included.
There is a very rare surname in China, and this surname is only one person in the country, she is Xu Shiyin'e, a native of Quanzhou, Fujian. There is xu in the hundred family names, but there is no xu shi surname, and no one except her is this surname.
Such a rare and strange surname, how did it come about?
According to the "History of Ming", in 1429 AD, Zheng He went to the West to publicize the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, so that other countries were subordinate to look up to him, among which the King of Ceylon, in order to promote the friendly relations between the Ceylon Kingdom and Daming, sent the prince Shi LiBa Jiaoya to follow Zheng He back to the Ming Dynasty and meet the Ming Emperor Zhu Di.
However, when the prince arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he learned that there had been a coup d'état in ceylon, and his cousin had usurped the throne and killed his family. The prince could not return to Ceylon, so he stayed in China and lived in China, and he gave himself the surname "Shi".
In this way, the princes of Ceylon and their descendants have been living in China, and have been multiplied and passed down from generation to generation. In the generation of Xu Shiyin'e's grandmother, there was no male in the family and could not be passed on from generation to generation, so the grandmother found a man to join the family, and this man was surnamed Xu.
The child between the two is surnamed Xu Shi, which has been passed down to this day. The Xu family has been hiding their identity for generations, not making it public, very low-key.
Later, the ancient tomb of the prince of Ceylon was excavated, and the Xu family was restless, and their ancestral graves were dug up by others, and as a descendant, they must come forward to explain it clearly, so the secret of the Xu family was discovered.
In 2002, Sri Lankan (Ceylon) archaeologists came to Quanzhou to investigate the tombs of the princes of Ceylon, and they also heard about Xu Shiyin'e, so they identified Xu Shiyin'e and found that she was really a descendant of the prince of Ceylon.
In June of the same year, Sri Lanka invited the "Princess of Ceylon" Xu Shiyin'e to go home to see, and Xu Shiyin'e also wanted to see where her ancestors lived, so she went to Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka is an island nation, and despite the abolition of the monarchy, the nobility remains. They asked Xu Shiyin'e to live in the hometown of the Prince of Ceylon, but Xu Shiyin'e refused, saying: "I am Chinese, China is my home, and I want to live an ordinary life, just like my ancestors."
The princess is very noble in Sri Lanka, but Xu Shiyin'e doesn't care, she just wants to be an ordinary Chinese. Due to the particularity of Xu Shiyin'e's identity, she has also become a link of friendship between China and Sri Lanka, representing the friendly coexistence between the two countries.
Xu Shiyin'e's quality of not admiring the powerful, not seeking fame and fortune, and living a calm life is really admirable! If one day you were told that you were a prince or princess of a certain country, would you go?
References: History of the Ming Dynasty, Chronicle of Quanzhou Prefecture, etc