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Top ten surnames of historical emperors
1, surnamed Zhang. Zhang is the third surname in China. The surname Ji, which originated from the ancient tribal leader Huangdi, was given the name "Zhang" by later generations under the development and governance of ancestors. Legend has it that the Jade Emperor is a surname. Zhang's population is widely distributed, and the population of Han nationality can reach 7%. Henan, Shanghai, Hebei, Shandong, Sichuan and other provinces have the largest population.

2. Liu surname. Liu is the fourth largest surname in China, even among hundreds of surnames, it ranks fourth. Liu's population is widely distributed, almost all over the world. Moreover, Liu was the country with the largest number of ancient emperors in China. The earliest recorded surname of Liu in China originated from Liu Lei, a descendant of the ancient Emperor Yao. So the origin of Liu's surname is still relatively early.

3. Li surname. Although Li's surname ranks 4th among hundreds of surnames, its population is the largest among all surnames in China, ranking first in the population list of surnames in China, which shows that the population of Li's surname is amazing. Li is the biggest political power in the history of China, with more than 60 people, so his prestige is very prominent. A famous history professor in China once pointed out: "Li Jian established the largest political power in history."

4. Zhu surname. Zhu surnames mainly come from the changes of surnames of various ethnic groups. The earliest record of Zhu's surname in China literature is the ancient tribal leader, also known as Zhu, so Zhu is also known as the ancestor of Zhu. There are many people surnamed Zhu in the history of China, and two dynasties have been established. One is known to all-Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Dynasty; The other one, which is not very famous, may not be clear to you. It was Zhu Wen who built the back beam.

5. Xiao surname. Xiao is a surname with a long history in China, which has been immortal for thousands of years since his autobiography. Xiao's most admirable thing is that he founded "Daqi" and "Girder".

6. Zhao surname. There are altogether 18 emperors surnamed Zhao, and coincidentally, all these 18 emperors belonged to the Song Dynasty, so in the Song Dynasty, Zhao occupied the first place among hundreds of surnames.

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Wang Xing has too many sources, some of which are far away from each other. But after all, they share the same surname, so there are still some similarities, that is, most of them take Jue as their surname. Of course, it does not rule out that many people are given the surname Wang by the monarch. There have been more than one emperor in Wang Xing's history, such as Wang Mang, Wang, Wang Jipeng and Wang.

8. Chen surname.

Among many surnames in China, Chen is the fifth largest surname in China. Chen's surname comes from Gu Gui's surname, and you may be a little strange. Gui surname is also a descendant of Shun. After the battle of Makino in Zhou Wuwang defeated the Shang Dynasty and established the Zhou Dynasty, people were sent to find the descendants of Shun, sealed him in Chen (the local name at that time) and established a vassal state, namely Chen State. After the national subjugation, Chen Guo's subjects were very sad. In order to commemorate, they took the country name as their surname and continued to develop, so they got the surname Chen. Chen created what we call the Northern and Southern Dynasties Chen Dynasty.

9. Yuan surname.

Yuan's surname ranked 9 1 among the hundred surnames in the Song Dynasty, and now it is not even in the top 300. But this really doesn't mean anything except Yuan's small population. Yuan surname is also an ancient surname, which has produced many celebrities in the history of our country, such as, Yuan, Yuan Haowen, etc ... Of course, since there are many celebrities, there must be many emperors surnamed Yuan, totaling 16.

10, surnamed Yang. Yang and Bai ranked 16, with a population of 2 million in Song Dynasty. You know, when China was in the Song Dynasty, there were only 50 million people in China. In contrast, there were many people surnamed Yang in the Song Dynasty. Yang was the national surname of the Sui Dynasty. Although the Sui Dynasty was not famous in history and did not exist for a long time, after all, Yang was also a national surname, so the Sui Dynasty played a very important role in the status of Yang.