"Xiao" and "Xiao" are very old surnames, and the two surnames have been parallel in the Spring and Autumn Period. But the difference between them is that the surname Xiao has been used for more than two thousand years, and it is difficult to find it after the Han Dynasty, which can be proved by the surname spectrum of each era. It can be said that 99% of all people surnamed Xiao in China are originally surnamed Xiao.
Second, historical celebrities:
1, ho,? Politician and prime minister in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, one of the founding heroes of the Western Han Dynasty.
2. Xiao guangjin? Proletarian revolutionist and strategist. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he successively served as commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, vice minister of national defense and vice chairman of the fifth the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), and made outstanding contributions to the construction and development of the People's Navy.
3. By 20 10, Xiao ranked 99th among the hundred surnames in Song Dynasty, with a population of about 9.36 million, accounting for 0.59% of the total population in China.
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First, about the origin of Xiao.
1, from Won surname.
Bo Yi, a wise man in history, made good use of fire, and Xia was responsible for igniting it. He led the people to burn thorns, make animals escape, open up farmland, dredge rivers and benefit the people. Because of his achievements, Sun Du was rewarded. One of them, Meng Kui, was enfeoffed to (now northwest of Xiaoxian County, Anhui Province) and established, taking the country as the surname, and all the descendants were surnamed Xiao.
2. From the child's surname
Daxin, the descendant of Song Guowei in the Zhou Dynasty, was appointed as the public, was enfeoffed in Xiao, and was promoted to the vassal state. Daxin was named Xiao Guojun. In the twelfth year, Xiao was destroyed by Chu, and the restoration of Daxin descendants failed. The country was named Xiao.
3. Change your surname or give it to foreigners in Chinese.
During the Han Dynasty, the three tribes of Bali, Yizuzile and Shulu all took Xiao as their surname. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the north was in war for years, and foreigners fled south to the Central Plains, including those surnamed Xiao. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, all the five Qidan ethnic groups in Liao country, such as Bali and Uighur, were changed to Xiao surnames, and many Xiao surnames were added in the whole north and even the Central Plains. Among the ethnic minorities are Manchu, Wa, Dai and Pumi. Under the influence of the policy and the movement of changing the soil into the stream, the surname was also changed to Xiao.
4. The foreign surname has been changed.
In the Song Dynasty, there was a general named Zhong Da who was killed by a traitor. He had seven sons, three of whom survived and changed their surnames to Xiao and Ye to avoid harm. During the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, in the Taiyi religion which spread in northern China, some non-believers changed their surnames to Xiao because of the founder's surname.
Second, Xiao and Xiao now.
Half a century ago, there were many Xiao's, but few Xiao's. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), China began to simplify Chinese characters. After the promulgation of the First List of Variant Characters and the Simplified Scheme of Chinese Characters, many people think that Xiao is a variant of Xiao, or that Xiao is a simplified character of Xiao. Therefore, many people with the surname "Xiao" write "Xiao" for simplicity; The staff of some departments often write Xiao as Xiao when they go through the formalities of identity card, household registration and admission for people surnamed Xiao.
The reform of simplified Chinese characters directly led to the integration of Xiao and Xiao, but in other parts of the world, such as Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province, Southeast Asia and other places that were not impacted by the reform of Chinese characters after the founding of the People's Republic of China, all members of Xiao's family were surnamed Xiao, and no one wrote Xiao.
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