How did the surname "Ma" come from among hundreds of surnames?

1, from the won surname, from the fief horse clothing of Zhao She after Emperor Wu transferred to Boyi, Sun Xu, which belongs to the name of Juyi. Now, Boyi helps Yu control water and tames birds and animals for Shun. Shun named him a winner and married his daughter Yao. Yao and Shun all took Yao as their surname, and their descendants also took Yao as their surname.

2, from the official position. Ma Su, an official in the Western Zhou Dynasty, was an official. Wu Ma, an official of the State of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, was an official title. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, officials in the state of Lu have been embarrassed and belong to official titles. From two weeks to Qin and Han dynasties, officials were named after their official positions.

3. Start with changing your surname. It comes from Maya family of Da Situ in Han Dynasty, and belongs to a province where the surname is simplified and changed. From his surname to Ma surname. For example, in the Han Dynasty, there was a Han Gong, whose real name was Ma Ya, who went to learn from the official and changed his surname to Ma;

4. Originated from ethnic minorities. Originated from the Hui nationality, it belongs to the cultural sinicization of changing surnames into surnames; Since the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Ma Jiashi changed his surname to Ma.

Extended data

A celebrity surnamed Ma.

Ma Yuan 1

Ma Yuan (formerly 14-49), the word Yuan Wen. Fufeng County Maoling County (now Xingping, Shaanxi Province) people. From the late Western Han Dynasty to the early Eastern Han Dynasty, he was a famous strategist and one of the founding heroes of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

At the end of the New Dynasty, Ma Yuan took refuge in Longyou warlord Xiao Wei. Later, he surrendered to Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and made great contributions to Liu Xiu's unification of the world. After reunification, Ma Yuan, despite his advanced age, volunteered to make the Western Expedition, breaking Gansu and Qiang nationalities in the west, crossing the toes in the south and attacking Wuhuan in the north, becoming a general, and was hailed as the first horse in the world. Its spirit of being healthy, energetic and resting in the grave is revered by future generations.

2. Ma Rong

Ma Rong (79- 166) has a long ci season. Maoling County, Fufeng County (now northeast of Xingping City, Shaanxi Province). Famous Confucian scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty, grandson of Ma Yuan, a famous scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Ma Rong, who is "eloquent and brilliant", traveled with Confucian scholars in his early years and became famous by rejecting the imperial court several times.

During the reign of Emperor Han 'an, Ma Rong became the shogunate general of Deng Zhi. He has served as a school official, county official and negotiator, as well as a general engaged in the positions of corps commander and Wudu, and a satrap of Nanjun. Later, he was shaved and exiled for offending General Liang Ji, and attempted suicide on the way, so he was pardoned and recalled. He was re-appointed as a negotiator and arranged Confucian classics in Dongguan, and then left due to illness. Yan Xi nine years (166), Ma Rong died at the age of 88. In the Tang Dynasty, he was named Confucius, and in the Song Dynasty, posthumous title helped Feng Bo.

3. Ma Palace

The birth and death year is unknown, and the name is Qing. The original surname is Maya, and later it was changed to Ma, a native of Qixian County in the East China Sea and an official in the Western Han Dynasty. Ma Gong was an assistant minister at first, and later served as Chu Changshi, Ting Weiping, Qingzhou secretariat, Jiujiang satrap and so on. Wherever he went, he was qualified for the official position and was praised.

Later, he went to work in the DPRK, and successively served as Zhan Shi, Guang Luxun and General You, replacing Kong Guang as Da Situ and sealing the post of Lord Dehou. After Kong Guang's death, Ma Gong inherited Kong Guang as his surname and concurrently served as Stuart. Later he resigned and returned to his hometown. After Wang Mang usurped the throne, he was reinstated as a suspect (Prince Division) and eventually died in office.

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