Mao MA0, a brief study of the surname;
The origin of the surname; Rugao adopted the surname in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the surname Mao of Chu State was changed to "Bao", but not to "Mao". (See a brief review of the Wan family surname "Bao").
In the Song Dynasty, the pseudo-surname was changed to "Mao". (See a brief review of the Wan family surname "Mao").
Historically, the pseudo-surnames before the Song Dynasty were obliterated, so the "Hundred Family Surnames" compiled at the end of the Song Dynasty did not include the pseudo-surnames. Don't believe other explanations for the descendants of Rugao taking the surname.
The surname Mao in Rugao was adopted from the "Mao Family Genealogy" compiled by Mao Yu, the fifth ancestor of the Mao family in the Ming Dynasty (this is the first genealogy of the Mao family) at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. It is recorded in the "Youheng Gongxu" of the genealogy: "It is neither possible to examine in detail the reason why my husband received his surname, nor to fully record the actual facts of my husband's hidden appearance."
"Shou surname" means that the surname "Mao" is the "surname received", not the surname passed down from the father.
"Yinxian" means to hide the obvious identity.
So the founder of the genealogy, Mao Jun, decided to "put the name of Donglin Gong (Mao Zhizhong) at the beginning" ".
Mao Zhizhong is the ancestor of the surname "Mao". Mao Yu "hides" the identity of Mao Zhizhong's father. What is the identity of Mao Zhizhong's father? Yu Maozheng (Maochang's cousin lived in Taizhou) explained it in the "Preface to the Genealogy of the Mao Family in Hailing". The preface says: Mao Zhizhong's father's name was Dexin, and he received concurrent sacrifices at the Mao family temple in Taizhou (not in the Rugao family temple), which concealed Dexin's surname and excluded him from the Mao family name. In the Ming Dynasty, the only identity that needed to be concealed was Mongolian. People,
Dexin is the ancestor who did not have a surname. He is a Mongolian, and this is what needs to be "hidden and revealed."
>Dexin is the "ancestor of the clan". Maozhizhong is the "ancestor of the surname". These are two different concepts.
For more than 600 years, the descendants of the Rugao surname Mao have abided by this rule, respected Mao Zhizhong as their ancestor, and worshiped him. The ancestors with the surname Rugao were Mongolian. Impersonators include Maozhizhong and Maoji in the Yuan Dynasty. Mao Yu, Mao Zheng, Mao Luan in the Ming Dynasty, Mao Xiang and Mao Yuwen in the Qing Dynasty. Contemporary figures such as Mao Guangsheng and Mao Shuxun.