1, according to "Han Zong in the North" and "Yuan He Xing Bian", the ancient emperor attached importance to Li, the fourth son of He, followed by the vassal in April, which was called April in history, and was the head of the courtiers, equivalent to the prime minister of later generations, so it was called Zong, and there was a surname of Zong after April. This branch is the origin of clan surnames, and the oldest surname is obtained, which is in the initial stage of surnames.
2. From the surname. In the early Spring and Autumn Period, Song Guojun's disciple Ao was sent to the State of Jin on the orders of his brother. Gongzi ao gave birth to a son in the state of Jin, and changed his surname to Boming Bohu. Zhou Li, the son of Bo Zong, fled to Chu, became the great ancestor of Chu, and was named Li Zhong's food city. His descendants took the name of the ancestor Bozong as their surname and passed it down from generation to generation.
3. Originated from Yan surname, it came from Zongguo in the Spring and Autumn Period and belongs to the country name. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a clan country named Yan, which was called the viscount, so it was called the clan country. According to "Twelve Years of Zuo Zhuan Gong", "Confucius' uncle and son surrounded the nest".
4. It originated in Guangxi, from Sun Zonglai, the descendant of Chen in the Spring and Autumn Period, and belongs to the name of the ancestor. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu Jiu's sixth grandson was called Zonglai, and his descendants took his ancestor Minzi as their surname, which was simplified to a single surname Zongshi in later provincial documents and passed down from generation to generation.
5. Originated from the official position, from the official school in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, belonging to the official title. Among the descendants of Zhezong, there are those who take their ancestors' official titles as surnames, which are called Zhezong's. Later, the provincial language was simplified to a single surname Zongshi, which was passed down from generation to generation.
6. Originated from Mi surname, he is the half-brother of Liu Bang in Han Dynasty and belongs to the official surname. Liu De, the great-grandson of Liu Jiao, is an official in Zong Zheng and one of the nine ministers, that is, the official in charge of palace affairs. Among Liu De's descendants, some took their ancestors' official titles as surnames, which were called Zong Zheng's and later renamed Zong Zheng's. Now it has been simplified to a single surname guru.
7. It originated from the Jurchen nationality and came from the Jurchen Wanyan Department in the late Jin Dynasty. Belong to the sinicization, change the surname to the surname. With the establishment of the Jin State by Jin Taizu Yan Hong Akuta, Jurchen Yan Hong became the national name and produced many famous historical figures. Among their descendants, some took their ancestors' names as surnames, and the Han province called Zongshi, which was gradually merged into the Han nationality and passed down from generation to generation.
8. It originated from Manchu, belongs to Chinese, and changed its surname to surname. According to the historical book Tongzhi of Qing Dynasty, A Brief History of Clans and Manchu Eight Banners' Surnames, Manchu Zongjia, also known as Zhou Jia, was originally from the Han nationality, and was taken by the Wuhuan Department of Xianbei in Liaodong at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and merged into the Xianbei nationality. Later, it gradually evolved into a jurchen in Liaodong, who lived in Uighur. Later, many crowned Han surnames were Zong, Zhou Shi and Zhong Shi.