In the Western Zhou Dynasty
Tracing back to the source (1) from his style. According to the records of Records of Yuanhe Family, Genealogy of Wanxing Family, Genealogy of Tongzhi Family and other materials, the son of posthumous title was Qi, and later generations took posthumous title as their surname and called Ding Shi. (2) according to the surname research, Ding Hou was a vassal state of Shang Dynasty, and after his tribe was destroyed by Zhou, his descendants took Ding as their surname. (3) from the surname. The Zhou Dynasty established Wei Zi as a merchant in the Song State (now between eastern Henan and Jiangsu and Anhui), and the descendants of the Song Dynasty took posthumous title as their surname. 4 change the surname, give the surname or something else. According to the Biography of the Three Kingdoms, during the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan of the State of Wu was "burned by Sun Kuang, so he lacked the relieving power and his home was Shi Ding"; According to the wind window Xiao family, Yu Qing of Song Dynasty wanted to attach herself to the powerful Song Dynasty, so she changed her surname to Ding, and the result was satisfactory. In the Ming Dynasty, the geographical names of the western regions (most parts of Xinjiang today) with "Ding" as the last word entered the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains.
After the transformation, the surname changed to Ding; Dan Zhuer, a native of Yuan Dynasty in Ming Dynasty, was given the surname Ding; Yi people have Ding surnames such as Nizhi, Yao, Oroqen, Dongxiang, Hui and Mongolian.
This surname is the ancestor Ding. Shennong, Yandi, son of Shaodian. Because I live along the coast, I take Jiang as my surname. After the Xia and Shang Dynasties, the descendants of Jiang had the Shandong merchants of Jiang at the weekend, commonly known as Jiang. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, he served as Zhou Taishi, and was named Qiu of Qi (now Lubei) for his meritorious service in helping to destroy the merchants. His son, named Ji, was an important official of the imperial court and also a minister of life. After his death, posthumous title was named Qi Huangong, and later generations took posthumous title as their surname, called Ding, and Zunding was the ancestor of Ding.