Li was originally named after his official position. Yan Tao, the legendary leader of Dongyi tribe, lived in Qufu, Shandong Province today. When Yao was the leader of the Yanhuang Yi League, Gou Jian took his post and was in charge of criminal law. Later generations followed his official position and changed his surname to Li. Known for its integrity, it continues to be reused by Shun after Yao.
Li Zheng's descendants were officials in Shang Dynasty, dared to remonstrate, offended Shang Zhouwang and died. His wife Qihe and son Li Zhen fled to Houyi Market (now yi river Valley in western Henan), where they hid and lived by eating Mu Zi (plums). So starting from Li Zhen, the surname Li was changed to Li to commemorate Mei who saved Li.
The famous Laozi is said to be Loretta Lee's grandson 1 1. In the Tang Dynasty, Li became the "national surname". In the early Tang Dynasty, the generals who followed Li Yuan and cultivated the world all took Li as their surname, which greatly expanded Li's population. The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of feudal society in China, which lasted for more than 300 years. Li is the noblest, and his population has been greatly developed.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Li began to emigrate overseas. During the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, more Li people moved overseas.
Li's population, more than 20 thousand people in ancient and modern times, now ranks first.
According to the latest research by experts, there are more than 22,000 surnames in China since ancient times, which is the largest statistical record of China people. Among the top ten surnames, Li is the first. Accounting for 7.9% of the total population.
According to a report by Xinhuanet on July 28th, these 22,000 surnames also include Chinese-English surnames of ethnic minorities belonging to Chinese territory in past dynasties. With the changes of the times, many surnames have disappeared. At present, there are about 3,500 surnames in China.
Experts found that among the top ten surnames, Li ranked first. The three surnames of Li, Wang and Zhang reached 270 million, accounting for more than 22% of the country's total population.
Among these 22,000 surnames, there are Chinese translations of surnames of ethnic minorities in China. With the changes of the times, many surnames have disappeared, and there are about 3,500 Han surnames still in use in contemporary China.
Yuan Yida, an associate researcher at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found through years of collection and research that the three largest surnames in China are Li, Wang and Zhang, accounting for 7.9%, 7.4% and 7. 1% of the total population respectively, reaching 270 million people, making them the three largest people with the same surnames in the world.
Hundreds of surnames in contemporary China account for 87% of the national population, and there are 19 surnames that account for more than 1% of the national population, namely: Li, Wang, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Zhao, Huang, Zhou, Wu, Xu, Sun, Hu, Zhu, Gao, Lin, He. Historically, about half of China's population was concentrated in this 19 surname.
In addition, the geographical distribution of people with the same surname in China is not balanced. For example, in the northern region, it is the first surname, while in the southern region, Chen is the first surname; In the transitional Yangtze River valley, Li is the first surname.
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The surname "Li" should be, not "Li", "Li" and "Lu" However, do you know that their ancestor's surname is "Li" instead of "Li" now?
Tens of thousands of years ago, our ancestors lived in a matriarchal clan society, and their lives and labor were dominated by women. Everyone has only a first name, but no last name. About 5000 years ago, in order to make the men and women who intermarry come from different clans, and to prevent the marriage of close relatives from affecting the growth of future generations, it was decided to give each clan a title as recognition, that is, the oldest surname.
So, what were the surnames of ancestors? Most of them use local materials, and some take country names as surnames, such as Qin, Zhao, Han, Wei, Chen and Song. Some take official positions as surnames, such as Shi, Zuo, Dong and Sima. Some simply take occupation as their surname. Pottery, Potter, Potter, butcher.
According to legend, in the era of Emperor Yao, there was an administrative officer in the country. The duty of the administrator is to solve the disputes between people, distinguish between black and white, and then make a fair judgment. At that time, there was a manager named Gao Tao, who was fair and strict and respected. His descendants also inherited his post and took Li as their surname.
At the end of Shang Dynasty, the tyrant Zhou Wang was in power. Magistrate Li Zheng often criticizes Zhou Wang's evil deeds and punishes those who do bad things around Zhou Wang. In a rage, Zhou Wang put him to death. In order to avoid being implicated, Li Zheng's wife immediately took her young son Li Zhen and hid in a remote forest.
Mother and son live in the Woods. When they are thirsty, they drink the spring water in the mountains. When they are hungry, they eat wild fruits on the trees. Year after year, Lili really grew up on wild fruit from spring water. It was not until Zhou Wang was overthrown that the mother and son returned to their hometown. His surname was changed from "Li" to "Li" to commemorate the day when he grew up eating wild fruits in the forest. "Li" is a combination of "wood" and "son", which can be interpreted as the fruit on the tree or the child under the tree.
Since then, the Li family has owned many tribes. The most powerful Tang Dynasty in China's history, the emperor surnamed Li. At that time, many meritorious ministers were named Li. Gradually, there are more and more people surnamed Li, almost all over the world.
Since there are so many people surnamed Li, there are more celebrities in history. For example, Li Er, a great philosopher in the pre-Qin period, Li Bing, a water conservancy expert in the Warring States period, and even Li Bing, who asked Confucius for advice, died in the Tang Dynasty. ┭ъъъъъъъъъъъъъъъъъъъъъъъъъъ What are you doing? How to cook in the sun? What happened? ⒗ ⒈ ⒈ ⒈ ⒈ ⒈ ⒈ ⒈ ⒈ ⒈ ⒈ ⒈ ⒈ ⒈? ⒐ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ ψ 9 ⒏⒏⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝⒝9
Of course, my surname is Li, too.
Interviewee: Magic _ Material-Scholar Level 3 12- 1 14:03.
Li is the most populous surname in China, and has gone through the process of naming surnames after official positions to tree names. According to legend, there is a descendant named, who served as Dali Kingdom (the name of Longzheng Hall) during the reign of Emperor Yao and was sentenced to five heavy sentences. Never make mistakes in handling cases. After three generations of Yu, Xia and Shang, his descendants inherited the position of Dali and were called Li. At the end of Shang Dynasty, Li Zheng offended Zhou Wang and was executed for lax law enforcement. Li Zheng's wife Qi and her family fled to Houyi's market with their son Li Zhen. There are many plum trees in the local area, which are also in the season of fruit ripening. Mother and son are in distress, and they can only survive by filling their hunger with plums. So I changed "Li" to "Li", and the successor was Li. In the Tang Dynasty, there were Xu, An, Du, Hu, Hong, Guo, Xian Yu, Zhang, Bu, Bei Er, Zhu Xie, Dong and Luo. Because of his contribution to the founding of Li Yuanhe, Li was named, which made the Li family more popular. The Li family lived in Longxi County (now Lanzhou, Gansu). There are many famous people in Li's history, such as Li Guang, a flying general in the Western Han Dynasty, Li Shimin, Li Bai, Li He and Li Shangyin in the Tang Dynasty, Li Qingzhao in the Song Dynasty, Li Zicheng and Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty.