Where the sun and the moon shine, and where the rivers go, they are all Han soil. - Book of Han
Zhao Qiansun Li, Zhou Wu Zheng Wang, this is the first 8 surnames among the hundred family names. In the Song Dynasty, the hundred family names were used as children's enlightenment books, which were used by children to read. That is to say, the children at that time already had a preliminary understanding of the world's surnames.
Surnames play an extremely important role in Chinese society, and in traditional rural societies, surnames represent a person's belonging. No matter where you go, no matter how big an official you are, your surname will accompany a person's life and share its honor and disgrace.
The Chinese nation is not a single ethnic group, but is formed with the Chinese nation as the main body, plus the integration of other ethnic minorities. Of all the surnames in China, some are inherited from the same lineage, while others are migrated from other places. Gansu in China has a surname that has been moved from other countries, what is going on?
First, the powerful Western Han Dynasty
After Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, although he inherited the territory of the Qin Dynasty, due to the decline of his strength, he had to implement a policy of self-cultivation and recuperation. There was nothing more that could be done about the Huns in the north, and they had to keep peace with them in a peaceful way.
After two generations of emperors of the Han Dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty finally saved up its family foundation. The Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms not only cleared the country of the threat posed by the princes, but also had a well-trained army, and the country's tax revenue was greatly increased.
After Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty stepped onto the stage of history, the Han Dynasty ushered in a turning point. Relying on the good foundation laid by his ancestors, Emperor Wudi of Han set his sights on the distance. He looked at the Xiongnu in the north and the desert in the west, intending to expand the Han Dynasty's sphere of influence to these places.
The reason why the Han Dynasty connected the Western Regions was originally to unite with the Western Regions to jointly resist the Xiongnu. Although Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions failed to achieve this goal, he also accidentally opened the passage between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions. As the Huns continued to retreat under the iron hooves of the Han Dynasty, the Western Regions also became the sphere of influence of the Han Dynasty at this time.
With the continuous exchange of economy and culture between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions, the countries of the Western Regions have seen the prosperity and strength of the Han Dynasty. Products such as silk porcelain of the Han Dynasty became the favorite of countries in the Western Regions, and even a land-based Silk Road appeared, and Chinese goods were shipped to Rome in the West and became the favorite luxury goods of the Roman nobility.
On the land of the modern Iranian state, there was once a powerful Empire of Rest. The Sabbath Empire played an important role in the overland Silk Road, also known as the Parthian Empire, which was a very typical slave state at that time. The Sabbath Empire earned a huge amount of wealth by relying on the overland Silk Road, and the country was also very friendly to the Han Dynasty.
The merchants on the Silk Road allocated the prestige of the Han Dynasty to the land of the Anxi Empire, and under the depiction of the merchants, the Western Han Dynasty was powerful and prosperous, the politics were clear, and the people were rich. In this state, there were some people within the Sabbath Empire who gradually developed a yearning for the Han Dynasty and wanted to witness the grandeur of the Han Dynasty with their own eyes.
It was at this time that the prince of the Sabbath Empire became extremely interested in the Han Dynasty in the far east, and from the mouths of the merchants, he heard a world completely different from the Sabbath Empire. He was very yearning for the Han Dynasty and planned to go to the Han Dynasty for himself to find out.
This time also completely touched the prince of the Sabbath Empire, he saw the grandeur and wealth of the Western Han Dynasty, and saw the existence of a civilized country. A seed sprouted in his heart, and the prince wanted to settle in the Han Dynasty.
In order to fulfill this wish in his heart, the prince of the Sabbath Empire gave up what was most important to him. What exactly did he give up?
Second, the blood that never ends
The idea of settling in the Han Dynasty had taken root in the mind of the Prince of Sabbath, and all he thought about was going to China, with no desire to inherit his father's Sabbath Empire. After the death of his father, the previous monarch of the Sabbath Empire, the Sabbath Prince began his own actions.
He did not follow the trend of becoming the king of the Sabbath Empire, the throne of the king was a shackle rather than a scepter for him, and once he became a king, he had to live in rest forever and could not settle in the Han Dynasty.
Prince Sabbath ceded his succession to his uncle Logasis IV, and he began to actively plan to settle in the Han Dynasty. In order to be able to travel to the Han Dynasty in the proper name, the Prince of Rest became a monk, so that he could travel to China in the name of missionary work.
In the second year of the Eastern Han Dynasty's Heng Emperor Jianhe, this prince of rest got up and went to the Han Dynasty, accompanied by many people who rested in peace. This was undoubtedly a very crazy move at the time, and the former Prince of the Sabbath Empire actually abandoned his country, which made him accused by many people. But the Prince of Rest did not feel anything, and he firmed up his inner thoughts and must settle in the Han Dynasty.
Crossing the desert and crossing the great river, the prince of rest finally came to Gansu with his people. In a place rich in aquatic grass, they settled down. As the saying goes, in order to better survive in the Han Dynasty, they not only learned Chinese, but also changed their names, and had the same surnames and names as the Han Dynasty.
They changed their surname to "An", which is both an abbreviation of their real surname and a sustenance for their homeland. The leading Prince of Rest changed his name to "Anqing" and came to Settle in China to achieve tranquility. At the same time, he also gave himself a word, called "Shigao".
This kind of active integration of the Prince of Anxi into the life of the Han Dynasty enabled them to survive on the land of the Han Dynasty, and after hundreds of years of development, the people of the Anxi Kingdom not only took root on the land of China, but also intermarried with the Han residents in the Gansu region and blossomed smoothly.
Generation after generation has multiplied, and by modern times, the An family has reached nearly 1.7 million people. It is worth mentioning that because the Ahn family is born with Iranian genes, they are more white in appearance and the outline of their facial features is more obvious.
Most of the current An clan live in the northern part of China, with some scattered distributions in the Central Plains and Southern China. First, the Prince of Rest at that time led the people of the Sabbath Kingdom to live in Gansu, China, so most of the people with the surname of An lived in northern China. On the other hand, due to the development of China over the years, some An surnames have been mobile, so the current situation will be there.
If I have to say it, the ancient interest of the An surname can also be regarded as a witness to the development of Thousands of Dynasties in China, and this surname is also the pride of the Chinese nation. The ancient Chinese people once created miracles that shocked the world, and at the same time brought together people from different cultural backgrounds with great tolerance. Today's Chinese democracy is a powerful whole, and people are closely united to fight for the rise of the nation.
summary
Time is the ultimate test of all truths, more than 2,000 years have passed the An family, not only in the land of China to survive peacefully, but also multiplied to cut to more than 1.7 million people. This is a memorable thing, the ancient oriental country has a glorious civilization, anyone, as long as his heart is good, all can find a pure land here, take root, blossom and bear fruit. The An clan is also a witness to the friendly exchanges between China and Iran, and the two countries can coexist peacefully in ancient times, not to mention modern nature.
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