Yan's surname was originally Ji's surname, which was the surname of Zhou Dynasty. The Zhou dynasty was destroyed by Qin Shihuang, and the king of Qin was Zhao, so it was a feud.
Yan surname
Yan is one of Chinese surnames. Yan, simplify the word "Yan". Yan is the 30th most popular surname in China, with a population of over 4.92 million, accounting for 0.64% of the national population. Now Yan clan people are widely distributed, especially in Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi and other places.
Historically, it has experienced the evolution of Yan-Yan-Yan-Yan. "Yan" is abbreviated as "door", Yan is a variant of Yan, and Yan is a simplified writing method, which has been widely used by Yan family.
They are all from Ji's surname and descended from Ji Chang. It is divided into two surnames, Yan and Yan, which are recorded in Contemporary Surnames Spectrum. Yan is a descendant of the royal family. In the contemporary hundred surnames, after being tampered with by later generations, especially after burning books and tampering with ancient books in the Qing Dynasty, the word Yan was interpreted as a simplified word called Yan.
In Shang Dynasty, Yan was deified as a nation beyond the ruling class. 17 generations of Yan clan chiefs gave five surnames, and the later owners gave five surnames to his five descendants, Zhao, Chen, Liu, Zhang and Wang, which were handed down to future generations.
1. It is said that Taibo Zengyi was sealed in Yan Township (Yishui area, Hebei Province), and later generations took Yan as their surname, hence the name Yan.
2. According to legend, when Wang's youngest son was born, he had a word Yan on his hand, so he was sealed in Yancheng, and later generations also took Yan as their surname and called him Yan.
3. Ji Fa's son Tang Shuyu, Zhou Wuwang, founded the State of Jin. Jin succeeded in becoming Qi Huangong, and named his son Yi in (now Xia County, Shaanxi Province). After the demise of the Jin Dynasty, some of his descendants took Yan as their surname, so they also took Yan as their surname.