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What are the four surnames of China?
China's four surnames are "Li, Wang, Zhang and Liu". It can be described as the most popular surname among the contemporary "hundred surnames", with a total population of 350 million. Li, Wang, Zhang and Liu account for 7.9%, 7.4%, 7.6% and 6.7% of the Han population respectively. According to the general law of surname evolution, there will be more and more big surnames, fewer and fewer small surnames, and even eventually die out.

First, the surname in the surname is "don't marry" and the surname is "bright noble". As "A Brief History of Clans" said, "Noble people have surnames, while humble people have no surnames".

Second, the origin

1. The first origin: it originated from the surname of Won, or from the descendants of Emperor Levin of Zhuan Xu after Hao Tao, or from the founder of Taoism in the Zhou Dynasty, Lao Gigi Lai, who took the official name as his surname.

2. The second origin: from changing the surname, belonging to the surname given by the emperor.

3. The third origin: the change of surnames from all ethnic groups belongs to the sinicization of changing surnames into surnames.

Fourth, historical celebrities.

1, Li Shimin: Taizong, who created the prosperity of chastity, that is, "do as you are told, don't pick up the remains, and don't close the door at night". Li Bai was a famous romantic poet in Tang Dynasty, and was called "Poet Fairy". Li Guang: a famous Western Han Dynasty. Li Qingzhao, a poetess in Southern Song Dynasty.

Li Shizhen: an outstanding doctor in Ming Dynasty. Wang Xing is the largest surname in China (according to the data published by the Public Security Administration of the Ministry of Public Security), one of the three largest surnames in the world, and one of the oldest surnames in China, ranking eighth among hundreds of surnames.

2. Wang Zhaojun (BC 1 mid-century), the envoy of Han Ping, was one of the four beauties in the history of China. Wang Mang (45 BC-23 BC): the founder of the new dynasty, who reigned for 8 to 23 years. Wang Xizhi (32 1-379, Zuo Yi 303-36 1): Linyi, Shandong, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. His son Wang Xianzhi is also a famous calligrapher.

3. Zhang Fei: The word xian, one is Yi De, and the less is related to Guan Yu and Liu Bei. Official to ride a general, seal the marquis of Xixiang. Zhang Qian: During the reign of Liang Wudi, he paid tribute to the Prince of Bo and worshipped the corps commander. Zhang Xu: A famous calligrapher, known as Zhang Dian and Shu Dian.

Zhang Sanfeng: Wudang Taoist priest in Song Dynasty, who created Tai Ji Chuan, became famous for a while. Its method spread to later generations, and it was called Neijiaquan, also known as Wu Tangzong. And so on. Historical origin: from the Qi family. According to legend, the surname of Emperor Yao, one of his descendants took Qi as his surname and was named Liu Guo (Tangxian County, Hebei Province), later known as Liu.

4. Liu Bang: Founded in 2 1 1 BC and proclaimed himself emperor. Liu Xiang: a Confucian scholar, bibliographer and writer in the Western Han Dynasty. Is the originator of China's bibliography. Liu Xiu: The founding monarch of the Eastern Han Dynasty, known as Emperor Guangwu in history.

Liu Bei: Emperor Zhaolie of Shu Han, the founder of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period. On 22 1 year, the park officially proclaimed itself emperor, with Chengdu as its capital and Han as its title. people.cn