Written by 昉垚
In 2018, according to the public security household registration, the population of Li surname reached 100.9 million, and the Surname Li has been famous in the history of the Chinese nation, and the emperors and generals and literati have left a string of glorious footprints in the long river of history.
One faction believes that the ancestral root of the Li surname is Luyi, Henan. Li Er, also known as Lao Tzu, was a great thinker and founder of the Taoist school in the Spring and Autumn Period, and his birthplace was Luyi. Li Er was born around the end of the Spring and Autumn period of 571 BC in Ku County, Chu (present-day Luyi, Henan), and died around 471 BC at the age of 101, with the title of Emperor Xuanyuan of Taishang. It is believed that there was no Li surname before Li Er, and there was only a Li surname since Li Er.
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One faction believes that the ancestral root of the Li surname is Longyao, Hebei. As the hometown of the Lee family, Longyao has deep historical roots and many cultural relics.
Yao Mountain is located 6 kilometers west of the city of Longyao County, Hebei Province, is the remnant of the Taihang Mountains, named after the first seal of the Yao Emperor, so it is called the Tang Yao Holy Land. During the shanggu Yao Shun period (c. 26th century BC to about the end of the 22nd century BC to about the beginning of the 21st century BC), there was a minister named Gao Tao, who was in charge of the penal law in Dali. "Painting the earth as a prison" comes from Gao Tao, and later generations called him the originator of justice. It is called (理) as the surname of the official. Gao Tao and Yao Shunyu work together in the YaoShan area, where they control floods, educate the people, and multiply.
Long Yao Yao Mountain
Judicial Originator Gao Tao (yao)
The surname Li is the ancestor of the surname
Li Lizhen (about 11th century BC), a descendant of Gao Tao, was born in Present-day Luyi, Henan, because of the "Reason" and "Li", also known as Li Lizhen. The descendants of the Li clan call Gao Tao the ancestor of the Li clan, and honor Li Lizhen as the ancestor of the surname. This is the folklore that (the eighteenth son "Li") originated from Yao Mountain.
Archaic character "Lee"
Li Er was the 11th grandson of Li Lizhen.
Lee Dui
In the middle of the Warring States period, Li Er's great-grandson Li Dui. Li Dui's grandson was Li Tan, and Li Tan was given the title of Marquis of Bairen. During the reign of King Wuling of Zhao, Li Tan and Lian Po and Lin Xiang were united as Wen and Wu, and the State of Zhao was strong and powerful, and fought with the State of Qin with wisdom and courage, and the State of Qin could not fight the State of Zhao. The two countries had no choice but to make peace, and the State of Zhao sent Li Tan as an envoy to the State of Qin. Li Tan had four sons: Li Chong, Li Zheng, Li Zhao, and Li Jie. Li Tan and his eldest son Li Chong, together with li chong, sent an envoy to the State of Qin, and a few years later Li Tan returned to the State of Zhao, where he was given the title of Marquis of Bairen because of his meritorious mission.
Bairen City is located in Longyao County, and the historical records record that "Bairen City" was "Jin Wen Gongfa Wei took Xing, Nai Jianbai people" in 624 BC. During the Warring States period, BairenCheng was the second largest city in the north of the Zhao State after Handan during the Warring States period, and was the political, economic and cultural center at that time, as well as the fiefdom of Li Tan, the Marquis of Bairen. Li Tan and his fourth son Li Jie lived here for a long time and became the Li clan of Zhao County, represented by Li Mu. Li Ji's son Li Mu was a famous general in the late Zhao dynasty, and Li Mu, Lian Po, Wang Qi, and Bai Qi were the four famous generals in the late Warring States period. Li Mu was given the title of Wu Anjun.com. He first destroyed the Xiongnu, and then he broke the Qin army. The King of Qin sent people to make a counter-plan, and the King of Zhao moved to the middle of the plan, killing Li Mu, and finally the State of Zhao was destroyed by Qin. Li Mu's grandson Li Zuoche assisted King Xie of Zhao and was awarded the title of Guangwu Jun (廣武君) for his military exploits. After the fall of the Zhao state, Han Xin consulted Li Zuoche, and Li Zuoche offered a good strategy of "winning a hundred battles and winning a miracle" to enable Han Xin to recover the land of Yan and Qi.
After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Li Zuoche was sent by Han Gaozu to assist the crown prince Liu Ying, and Li Zuoche left the Chinese language with "a wise man has a thousand worries, and there will be a mistake; A fool has a thousand worries, and he will have one" famous saying.
Li Kai was the 17th grandson of Li Zuoche, who settled in Changshan Pingzhi, Zhao County, which is southwest of present-day Zhao County, Hebei, and northeast of Gaoyi County. Li Kai had five sons: Li Ji, Li Huang, Li Tan, Li Jin, and Li Rui. Later, the five brothers separated: the li xun brothers, the sons of the old fifth Li Rui, lived in Xiangdong and became the eastern ancestral house, mainly living in Jiangnan. The sons of the fourth Li Jin, the li sheng brothers, and the third li tan family, lived in xiangxi called Xizufang, mainly living in Zhejiang. The eldest Li Ji and the second eldest Li Huang had two houses, then the southern migration of the old fortress was called nanzufang, mainly living in Guancheng is today's southwestern Zheng, Shaanxi, and some people later moved to Anhui County. Li Rui was also enshrined as the Eastern Ancestor of the Li clan of Zhao County; Li Tan and Li Jin were enshrined as Xizu. Li Ji and Li Huang were enshrined as Nanzu.
In addition, Liaodong Fang lived in Liaoyang, Liaoning, the ancient Goryeo kingdom, and many of today's Koreans came from Liaodong Fang.
Jiang Xia Room. Jiangxia is today's Wuchang, Hebei, and later generations moved to Guangling, which is today's Guangling in Shanxi.
Hanzhong room. Hanzhong is today's Zheng in southwestern Shaanxi.
A famous member of the Li clan of Zhao County: Tang Dynasty Prime Minister
Li Dai (李绛), from Dongzu, was the prime minister of Tang Xianzong
Li Jue, from Dongzu, was the prime minister of Emperor Wenzong of Tang
Li Fan (李藩), from Nanzu, was the prime minister of Tang Xianzong
Li Guyan, from Nanzu, was the prime minister of Emperor Wuzong of Tang
Li Huaiyuan, from Xizu, was the prime minister of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang
Li Youdao, from Nanzu, Wu Zetian's prime minister
Li Jifu (李吉甫), from Xizu, was the prime minister of Tang Xianzong
Li Zhao ( 李峤 ) was a chancellor of Dongzu , Wu Zetian , Emperor Zhongzong of Tang , and Emperor Ruizong of Tang
Li Deyu, from Xizu, Tang Wenzong, Tang Wuzong, Tang Xuanzong and so on as many as 11 people.
Since the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Western Jin Dynasty, there have been as many as 230 people in the Zhao County Li clan who have served as officials of the First Rank of Taishou and Assassin History
Li Tan's eldest son, Li Chong, remained in the Qin state and served as the sheriff of Longxi County, Longxi, which is today's Lintao, Gansu Province, and was given the title of Duke of Southern Zheng, becoming the ancestor of the Li clan in Longxi, the Li clan of Longxi, and influenced Chinese history for hundreds of years!
Li Chong's grandson was the famous general Li Xin of the Qin State, the queen of Jing Ke, the queen of Qin, the Qin state of Yan, Li Xin led 3,000 soldiers and horses to chase + Wan Yan army deep into Liaodong, beheaded the Prince Dan of the State of Yan and returned with his head, and was given the title of Marquis of Longxi.
Li Xin's fourth grandson was Li Guang, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty poet Gao Shi praised in the "Yan Song and Sequence": "Looking at the white blade and blood, the festival of death has never been Gu Xun." You don't see the hardships of the battlefield, and you still remember General Li!" Li Guang's grandson Li Ling, led 5,000 Han infantry, fought a bloody battle of more than 110,000 Xiongnu cavalry, and after being captured, surrendered to the Xiongnu, although defeated! Sima Qian, because of his defense of Li Ling, was imprisoned by Emperor Wu of Han and wrote a history in anger
Li Ling's descendant Li Mu served as the Taifu of Northern Zhou and the governor of Hezhou, and after Yang Jian established the Great Sui, he was given the title of Taishi (太師) and received the honor of "praising and worshipping without a name, without reversing his death".
Li Guang's sixteenth grandson Li Kuan established the Western Liang regime during the Sixteen Kingdoms period
Li Yuan
Li Shimin
Li Yuan, the seventh grandson of Li Yuan, established the Tang Dynasty for more than three hundred years, the pluralistic, inclusive and open Tang Dynasty reached the peak of China's feudal society, and the name of the Tang Dynasty has since become synonymous with China, and many countries still call Chinese "Tang"
As a descendant of the surname Li, where do you think your ancestral roots are?