Now let's talk about the surname of Qin Shihuang. Qin Shihuang's surname won, which originated from Boyi (also called Daye) in Shun period, was given the surname won by Shun. Boyi's best skills are domestication of birds and animals, animal husbandry and hunting, and these ancestral skills have become the help for his descendants to get rich. In Shang Dynasty, Boyi people became dignitaries. By the time of Bo Yi X's Lian, Fei Lian and his eldest son, E Lai, had become important ministers of Shang Dynasty. When King Wu of Zhou attacked Zhou, Elei was killed. Fei Lian's second son, Yue Sheng, should have defected to work for the newly established Zhou regime.
Zhao Fu, the great-grandson of Ji Sheng, is good at driving a carriage. Zhao Fu once took King Miao of Zhou in Xu Yanwang and drove back to the Zhou Dynasty. He traveled thousands of miles every day to quell the rebellion and made great contributions, which was favored by King Miao of Zhou. King Miao of Zhou named Zhao Cheng as the father's land of jujube, and Cephed took Zhao as his surname, the son of heaven Jiande, and was born with Qian's surname.
After talking about Ji Sheng's family, let's talk about Ji Sheng's brother, Hubei, who was killed. The descendants of Hubei had to attach themselves to Zhao Fu, who was favored by the Zhou royal family, because Hubei had a hard time under the new regime. According to historical records, Fei Zi was affiliated with Zhao Fu, so they followed Zhao Fu. When the fifth granddaughter from Hubei arrived, the concubine was favored by Zhou because she was good at raising horses, and the horses multiplied rapidly. Zhou Wangxiao gave the concubine the status of a vassal, and let her take over the sacrifice of the Won family in Qin State. The so-called King of Qin, the concubine became the founding monarch of Qin State. Because Qin is a descendant of Hubei and Zhao is a descendant of Ji Sheng, both of them are from the famous company, so this is the origin of Qin and Zhao.
As mentioned earlier, surnames are derived from the tests of their ancestors. In other words, from Boyi, all his descendants got surnames. When I arrived at Zaofu, I still won the surname. This surname cannot be changed, only the surname can be changed. In layman's terms, it is the difference between big and small cases, and surnames cannot be divided by their descendants.
Because Zhao Fu was sealed in Zhao Cheng and took Zhao as his surname, Zhao Fu was surnamed Zhao. According to Historical Records, Fei Zi's family was attached to the Zhao family, so he followed Zhao's family. The non-heir family is attached to the favored Zao Fu family because of losing power and influence, and takes Scott of the rich family as his surname. This should be possible. People have to bow their heads under the eaves. According to the patriarchal clan system, among the most famous and cheapest families, Elai is a big family and Jisheng is a small family. Now the small family is above the big family, and the non-sub-family is attached to Zao Fu. Zhao is a last resort. Who made himself fall out of favor and Zhao Fu was in favor? But Fatty lived up to expectations, and his horse was well kept. Being favored by Zhou, he became a vassal directly, and was granted the right of compound surname and sacrifice, which suddenly surpassed Cephed.
Think about the fact that Feizi's first line was generous, but he was attached to filial piety for a long time because of his loss of power. Now its status has surpassed the front line of Cephed, and it has the right to sacrifice its surname and a feudal city. So is it necessary to keep Zhao, who is attached to Xiaozong? If we continue to retain the Scott family, then we can't talk about the role of the Scott family, and directly admit that the Feizi family has been directly reduced from a large family to a small family, a small family named Zhao and a small family named Zao Fu, but it is obvious that he is the big family. Therefore, after the concubine surpassed Zao Fu in status, she should have another surname to distinguish between the noble and the humble. Then, according to the tradition that Emperor Jiande was born with the surname of Qin, Qin, a feudal city that was not his son, was taken as the new surname, that is, Qin was the surname of Qin, so Qin's family should be the surname of Qin. However, it is clearly recorded in Historical Records that Qin Shihuang's name is Zhao Zheng. Does the concubine continue to use Zhao without changing her surname?
Actually, it is not. According to historical records, after Fei Zi, there was no second Zhao except Qin Shihuang, which was suspicious. If you continue to use Fei Zi Zhao, then Fei Zi family, as the monarch of Qin Dynasty, is hardly used in the imperial clan of Qin State after Fei Zi, especially among the monarchs. It is simply unreasonable to inherit the title of ancestors without using their surnames, which is inconceivable in the patriarchal clan system in the pre-Qin period. Only a large number can inherit the title of ancestor, a large number will not change their surnames, and a large number of small families will inherit it. Zhao has a small clan in Handan, and Handan is not qualified to replace Zhao under normal circumstances unless Zhao's big head is completely dead.
Then why did Qin Shihuang have a record of Zhao Zheng? I'm afraid this has something to do with his birth in Zhao, or Tai Shigong always thought Qin was Zhao's surname. This should be related to the combination of surnames in Qin and Han dynasties, which has always been confusing. When Qin Shihuang was born, it was no problem to take Zhao as his surname. However, it is obviously inappropriate to use Zhao after inheriting the position of monarch, so it can only be changed back to Qin, so many documents are also called Qin Wei Zheng. So to sum up, Qin Shihuang's surname won, which can be Zhao or Qin. Personally, I think Qin is more realistic, because it is similar to Qin's surname. At the confluence of surnames in Qin and Han Dynasties, it should be correct to call Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng, and Qin Zheng is also feasible. Zhao Zheng can also be called Zheng Lu in some documents, because Qin Shihuang is the son of Lv Buwei. But in the final analysis, Qin Shihuang, a descendant of Boyi, can only be named Won.