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History and pedigree of Hou surname
Hou surname is an ancient surname and a multi-source surname. The earliest one is a descendant of the founder (Ji) of ancient Chinese characters in China, and the other one was changed by the surnames of ethnic minorities. The Xianbei people originally took Hu Gukou as their surname. After Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang in 494, he changed it to Hou Shi.

According to textual research, "Hou Shi" originated from the State of Jin and was spread by its descendants 3000 years ago.

Relevant ancient books have always been clearly recorded.

For example, the Code of Surnames points out: "After Jin Dynasty, it is suitable for other countries, with Hou as the surname, Zheng has Hou Yiduo and Hou Yu, Lu has Hou Shu and Hou Fei, Qi has Hou Dynasty and Wei has Hou Ying"; The genealogy table of prime ministers in Tang dynasty also pointed out: "from Ji surname."

From the above literature, we can get two kinds of understanding about the ins and outs of Hou Shi.

First, as soon as it appeared, it spread all over the north, and the native talents came forth in large numbers, which had a prominent reputation as early as the pre-Qin period; Secondly, they are the direct descendants of the surname of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, because the Jin State established 3000 years ago is his younger brother, and Hou Shi, who was born in the Jin State, is of course the most brilliant descendant of the Yellow Emperor.

The orthodox descendants of the yellow emperor

However, among many scholars of surnames in the past, some people pushed the history of Hou Shi further.

For example, the book "Examination of Surnames" points out: "A cloud gives birth to a surname, and descendants are sealed in Hou, and their descendants think it is a surname."

Xiang is one of several basic surnames in ancient times, representing a huge family that originated from.

According to historical records, Yu Xia was the grandson of the ancient Zhuan Xu emperor Levin, and Zhuan Xu was the grandson of the Yellow Emperor. No matter from Xia Dynasty or Zhou Dynasty, there is no doubt that Hou Shi is the orthodox descendant of the Yellow Emperor.

Such as according to huang, huang, a group, the word kan, after Hou Shi's words.

The origin of Hou surname is indeed a long time ago.

Hou Shi, which originated in Shanxi, soon spread to the north, but after the unification of Qin and Han Dynasties, it flourished in the central and western regions of Hebei Province, with the best performance.

Therefore, for a long time, people surnamed Hou followed the "Shanggu" surnamed tang from generation to generation, because now the central and western parts of Hebei are the location of Shanggu County in the Han Dynasty.

There is a Han generation, and the performance of Shanggu Hou Shi is really remarkable.

Hou Gong during the Chu-Han War, Hou Rui when Han became emperor, Hou Gang when Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, and Hou Ba in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty are all famous figures in history.

Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties is a very important period for Hou Shi family.

On the one hand, they have a lot of new forces to join, making the whole family much bigger from now on; On the other hand, they produced several important historical figures at that time, which made Hou Shi's fame more and more famous.

Hou Shi's family is huge. Details, "History of the Road" records that "Wei, Hou Nvshi, thirsty Hou Shi, Shi, conquered Hou Shi and changed to Hou Shi".

That is to say, there were at least four new armies that joined the Hou Shi family at that time.

In addition, according to Tongzhi clan, there is another tribe living in the water of Kuhu Town. After moving south with Wei, he changed his surname to "Houzhu Chen".

The compound surnames of these three words are completely invisible.

So many scholars judge that this is because their descendants are gradually assimilated by the Han nationality, and their surnames are omitted as Hou Shi.

From this point of view, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there were more than four foreign lineages who joined the Hou Shi family lineup.

Hou Shi, can be said to be a huge family that gathers talents from Britain.

Although the surname Hou originated from many branches, it developed and multiplied mainly in Henan and Shandong in the early days.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were frequent wars in the Central Plains, and some people surnamed Hou moved to some places in Hebei and Gansu.

Hou Shi is also distributed in some places in Shaanxi and Fujian.

During the Song and Ming Dynasties, Hou lived in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Beijing, Shanghai and other provinces and cities.

Since the early Qing Dynasty, people from Fujian, Guangdong and other places have moved to Taiwan Province Province, and since then, others have moved overseas.

Hou Shi is widely distributed. According to the latest statistics, Hou's surname ranks 73rd among hundreds of surnames, accounting for 0.29 of the total population of China, with a population of nearly 4 million, especially in Hunan, Anhui, Henan, Liaoning and other provinces, accounting for about 48% of the total population of Han nationality.

Yao, Yi, Miao, She, Manchu, Tujia and Mongolian all have Hou surnames.