On November 4, 2021, a piece of news caused a hot discussion on the Internet. A car owner with the surname Yuantai saw someone with a knife wounding people in the street in Hejin City, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, driving his own car to continuously hit the perpetrator, knocking the perpetrator down and causing his weapon to be out of his hand, and then the perpetrator was controlled by the crowd and the police. The owner of the car was awarded the title of Seeing Righteous Courage and awarded 20,000 yuan.
In addition to praising the brave behavior of the owner, netizens also developed a strong interest in his surname. The compound surname of Huantai is relatively rare, and the first time I heard this surname was seen from Liang Yusheng's martial arts novel "Ping Trace Hero Shadow" when I was a child, which contained two characters, Huantai Jingming and Yuantai Mingming. At first glance, It looks like a minority surname, but in fact, tán tái is a relatively old Chinese surname, not a minority surname. It originated as a disciple of Confucius, The Ming Dynasty. He is a man who values righteousness and light wealth, and does things in a bright and upright manner. Liang Yusheng's characters use this name for this reason.
In the last century, martial arts novels were all the rage, and famous artists such as Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng, and Gu Long created many popular works, of which Jin Yong had the highest achievements, and to this day, film and television works adapted from his original works are still coming out.
Many of the characters in Jin Yong's novels are compound surnames, such as the unfathomable solitude of martial arts, the undefeated East who vainly tries to unify the rivers and lakes, and the Ling Huchong who is proud of the rivers and lakes. Because the compound surname is relatively rare, and the information conveyed by Jin Yong with the literal meaning of its name is highly consistent with the character of the pen, so that the characters he portrays are vivid and unforgettable.
Han Chinese compound surnames were very common in ancient times, and later they were mostly simplified to single surnames. Some compound surnames originating from ethnic minorities have been handed down more often due to their relatively late use. Today, let's talk about the surnames of those compound surnames in Jin Yong's pen, which are Han surnames and which are derived from ethnic minorities.
According to the popularity of the characters in the works (according to the author's feeling [teeth]):
Jin Yong's characters: Dongfang Undefeated "Laughing Proud of the Rivers and Lakes".
Dongfang Undefeated is not the main character of the novel, but due to the rendering of later film and television works, especially after Lin Qingxia played, its popularity far exceeds the protagonist of the novel.
Dongfang is an ancient Chinese surname, first from the descendants of Fuxi, and is related to the rise of the sun from the east. Famous historical figures include the Han Dynasty literary scholar Dongfang Shuo.
Jin Yong's characters: Ouyang Feng, Ouyang Ke's "Legend of the Archery Hero".
Think of the Hong Kong Weng Meiling Huang Rihua version of the "Legend of the Archery Hero" swept the country, the number one villain in it, Ouyang Feng, was deeply impressed by its viciousness and viciousness, and his nephew Ouyang Ke was also portrayed vividly.
Ouyang is an ancient Chinese surname, from the surname of Yao, derived from the Yang of Wucheng Ouyu Mountain, and is also the largest compound surname in China. Famous historical figures include the great calligrapher Ouyang Qing of the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty literary scholar Ouyang Xiu.
Jin Yong's characters: Ling Huchong's "Smiling Proud of the Rivers and Lakes".
Every man who has read "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" wants to become a character like Ling Fox Chong!
Linghu is an ancient Chinese surname, derived from the Ji surname, derived from the place name. Famous historical figures include the Tang Dynasty literary scholar Ling Huchu.
Jin Yong's characters: Lonely and defeated, "Laughing proud of the rivers and lakes".
Created the martial arts to learn the lonely nine swords, life wanted to seek opponents and could not get, and finally buried the sword empty valley, and the cocoon for a lifetime.
Lonely is one of the eight most prominent families in Xianbei. Famous historical figures include the Western Wei and Northern Zhou statesmen Du Guxin, whose eldest daughter was the empress of emperor Ming of Northern Zhou, the fourth daughter was the mother of Li Yuan, the emperor of Tang Gaozu, and the seventh daughter was the wife of Yang Jian, the emperor of Sui, and the mother of Yang Guang, the emperor of Sui. In the prosperous world of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the blood of the lonely family flowed in the veins of its emperors, and the lonely family could not seek defeat.
Jin Yong's characters: Murong Bo and Murong Fu, "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon"
Southern Murong, Northern QiaoFeng. In order to restore the country by any means, in the end, the rebellion and separation of the people will eventually become a dream.
The Xianbei Murong family successively established the Former Yan, Later Yan, Western Yan and Southern Yan in the northern region, which lasted for more than 70 years. The Tuguhun state in the northwest was also founded by the Murong family. The hero Mu Guiying in the commentary should be called Murong Guiying.
Jin Yong's characters: Finish Yan Honglie, Finish Yan Kang's "Legend of the Eagle Shooter"; Finish Yan Ping's "Eagle Hero".
The surname of Jin Guoguo, Jin Yong's pen is also the Jin royal family. This surname is one of the oldest surnames of ethnic minorities in Northeast China, a sacred name and emblem of the shamanic gods, and later became a tribal name, and its tribe took the tribe as its surname. Famous historical figures include The Completed Yen Ah Kuan Ta and his descendants.
Jin Yong's characters: Yelü Hongji et al. "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon", Yelü Qi and Yelü Yan", "Heroes of the Divine Eagle"
The surname of the Great Liao State, Jin Yong's pen is also the Royal Family of the Great Liao. The Yelü clan comes from the Yelü family of the Khitan Dilabu at the end of the Tang Dynasty, with the family name as the clan. Later Yelü Abaoji founded the Khitan State and the Great Liao State. Famous historical figures also include Yelü Dashi, who founded the Western Liao, and Yelü Chucai, a politician of the Yuan Dynasty.
Jin Yong's characters: Gongsun Zhi, Gongsun Green Calyx, "Divine Eagle Hero".
The residence of the father and daughter, who live in the Valley of Despair, determines the outcome of their tragic fate.
Gongsun is an ancient Chinese surname. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the sons of dukes and princes other than the eldest son were called Gongzi, and the sons of Gongzi were called Gongsun. Many of their descendants took Gongsun as their surname. The legendary Yellow Emperor is said to also be surnamed Gongsun , shang martingale was originally named Gongsun Martingale , there was also a Gongsun Zhan during the Three Kingdoms , and the Gongsun Du Gongsun Yuan family , who occupied Liaodong for decades.
In addition to the above relatively important characters, Jin Yong has many other supporting characters with multiple surnames, and here is a brief list of characters who do not involve the above surnames:
"Flying Fox Tales": Wei Chilian, Shangguan Tiesheng, Situ Lei; "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon": Gongyeqian, Sikong Xuan, Sima Lin, Helian Tieshu, Duan Muyuan, Zhuge Zhong; "White Horse Whistling West Wind": Shangguan Hong; "Deer Ding": Situ He, Situ Bolei, Huangfu Ge; "Laughing Pride of the Jianghu": Shangguan Yun, Sima Da; "Book of Swords and Enmity": Shangguan Yishan, Hulun Dahu and other four brothers; "Chivalrous Travel": Situ Heng, Ximen Guanzhi, Huyan Wanshan; "Yitian TuLong": Situ Tianzhong, Xian Yutong.
Among them, Shangguan, Sima , Sikong , Situ, Zhuge , Ximen , Huangfu , Duanmu , Gongye , etc. are all Hanfu surnames. Huyan, Helian, Wei Chi, Hulun, etc. are all ethnic minority compound surnames. Xianyu is a bit special in this surname, one is derived from Miko Joseon, and the other is derived from Xianbei's Shule.
In February 2021, the Household Administration Research Center of the Ministry of Public Security released the "2020 National Name Report", the main number of compound surnames are 1.112 million "Ouyang", 88,000 "Shangguan", 64,000 "Huangfu", 55,000 "Linghu", 48,000 "Zhuge", 47,000 "Situ", 23,000 "Sima", "Shentu" 19,000, "Xiahou" 11,000, "Helan" 10,000, "Guanyan" 0.6 million, "Murong" 0.5 million, Wei Chi "0.4 million people" and "eldest grandson" 0.3 million people.
It can be seen that although Jin Yong wrote so many compound surname characters, the proportion of the compound surname population in actual life is still very low, if you have such a friend around you, cherish him (her). I once had classmates with the surname Nangong and Lonely, what about you?