1, from Jiang's surname, with his ancestral name as his surname. According to Shang Yang and Records of Famous Men's Words and Actions, during the Spring and Autumn Period, the favorite minister took food from Yi, and Yi Ya was killed for insurrection. His grandson was named Yi after his ancestors. I changed my surname for Shandong.
2. Descendants from Jiang Taigong take the name of the fief as their surname. According to the research of surnames, some descendants of Jiang Taigong were sealed in Yizhou (now Yixian County, Hebei Province), taking the fief as their surname, which was called Yi's. It's for Hebei to change her surname.
3. From the place name. According to Tongzhi? According to "Introduction to Clans", there was Yizhou in ancient times (now Yixian County, Hebei Province), and people took the land as their surname and called it Yi.
4, from the origin of ethnic minorities, there is a change of surname. Yi, Shui, Miao, Tujia, Naxi and other ethnic groups all have Yi surnames.
Ancestor: Lu Shang. Lu Shang, whose real name is Ziya, was later called Jiang Ziya. In the early years of the Zhou Dynasty, he was a tribal leader named Jiang. When attacking Zhou, Lu merchants defeated Shang and Zhou in the battle of Mu Ye (now southwest of Qixian County in Henan Province). He was the first hero to wipe out the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, was honored as the "father of the country" by King Wu, and was granted the privilege of conquering five princes and nine uncles, ranking above other countries. Some of Lu Shang's descendants were sealed in other places and took feudal cities as their surnames, so they changed their surnames. Lu Shang was revered by later generations as the ancestor of Yi surname and was highly respected.
Migration and distribution of Yi nationality
The birthplace of Yi surname is Yixian County, Hebei Province, between Shandong and Henan. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Yi surnames mainly took Shandong and Henan as breeding centers, and spread to surrounding areas sporadically. From the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were many rumors. Yi surname migrated more frequently from the north to the south, and celebrities with Yi surname appeared in history books.
For example, in the Three Kingdoms, Wei understood that Liuyang (now Hunan) was born in Shandong in the Western Jin Dynasty. In addition, Yi Ting, the general of Qianliang (now Wuwei, Gansu Province), was also famous for some time. In the Tang dynasty, there was an unprecedented situation of stability and prosperity, and Yi surname was able to recuperate, multiply and grow, and its power became stronger and stronger. According to records, there was a man in Dali who settled in Shanggao (now Jiangxi) in Huan Yun.
During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, more and more people changed their surnames in history, especially in Hubei and Hunan provinces. For example, Yi Yuanji, a painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, lived in Changsha, Hunan. Yi Jian, Minister of Southern Song Dynasty, was born in Ningxiang (now Hunan). There is Yi Bingwen, a famous person in Xiangyang (now Hubei) in Yuan Dynasty. It can be seen that the Yi family at this time is more prosperous and powerful than the previous generation, and after a long period of development, the south is the main settlement.
In addition, the people who fled to the south because of the Jin-Yuan War further consolidated the prosperity of the Yi surname in the south. During the Ming Dynasty, people with Yi surname lived in Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Fujian and other provinces. If there is Yi Jie, there will be one person for thousands of years (now Jiangxi); Yi Yuanzhen is a native of Guilin, Guangxi; Yi Shizhong is a native of Jinjiang (now Quanzhou, Fujian).
In the Qing Dynasty, Yi people still took Jiangnan as the main breeding center, and some people moved from the coast to Taiwan Province Province and then to Singapore and other places. Today, Yi surnames are flourishing, especially in Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi and other provinces, which account for about 90% of the Han population. Yi surname is the 93rd surname in China, with a large population, accounting for about 0. 19% of the Han population in China.