Ancestor: Loretta Lee County: Longxi County.
Classification: official surname
Li nationality accounts for 7.4% of the Han population, or more than 96.2 million people. Li is widely distributed in China, mostly in the north, and almost all over the world overseas. According to ancient data, Li is a descendant of Ying, and Li is the first. Now, it is the first surname in China.
An official surnamed Yi could not escape from Henan at the end of Shang Dynasty and settled in Luyi County, Henan Province. In order to appreciate (the fruit of a woody plant) being there when he escaped and avoid Yin's pursuit, he changed his surname Li.
Li lived in Henan for more than 200 years from the end of Shang Dynasty to the beginning of Eastern Zhou Dynasty. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Li's surname developed to Gansu and Hebei. During the Western Han Dynasty, one of Li's surnames moved to today's Shandong. From about the Eastern Han Dynasty, Li moved to the southwest, distributed in Sichuan and Guangxi. Before the Tang Dynasty, the surname Li mainly developed in the north and only distributed in some areas south of the Yangtze River.
The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of China's feudal society, which ruled for nearly 300 years. As a "national surname", Li is the most prominent. There were many descendants of the Li family in the Tang Dynasty. In addition, all those who made meritorious deeds in the Tang Dynasty were given the surname Li, which greatly expanded the population of Li. After the great development of the Tang Dynasty, Li began to move south, mainly for three times. The first time was when Henan Li entered Fujian and opened Zhangzhou; The second time was the Anshi Rebellion, and many people surnamed Li moved south to escape the war. The third time from the Huang Chao Uprising in the late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, due to the long-term turmoil in the Central Plains, Li directly entered Fujian and Guangdong from Chang 'an and Henan.
In the history of China, more than 60 people took Li as the king and emperor, and successively established the regimes of Dacheng, Xiliang, Wu, Wei, Tang, Chu, Later Tang, Nantang, Dashu, Xixia and Dashun.
In addition, Li's talent is also passed down from generation to generation. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a famous thinker and founder of Taoism, Li Er (Laozi); In the Tang Dynasty, there were politicians Li Yuan and Li Shimin, and great poets Li Bai, Li He and Li Shangyin. Five pronouns Li Yu; Li Qingzhao, a poetess in the Northern Song Dynasty, was a famous Li Xianzhong. Li Shizhen, an outstanding physician in Ming Dynasty, Li Mengyang, a writer, and Li Zicheng, the leader of peasant uprising.
Li and Li Xiucheng, generals of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Qing Dynasty, and Li Yu, a drama theorist and writer; In modern times, there were China's earliest Marxists, Li Dazhao, one of the founders of China's * * * Production Party, geologist Li Siguang, patriotic democrat Li Gongpu and so on. Li Yeyong, who lives abroad, shows many outstanding talents. Chinese-Americans Li Zhengdao and Li Yuanzhe won the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry respectively. They are the first-class scientists in the world today. Lee Kuan Yew, a native of Guangdong, was once the Prime Minister of Singapore. Li (from Hunan), Li Huajian (from Hubei), the top ten most influential planning experts in Hong Kong, hipsters, Li Ka-shing, China, etc.
The origin of Li surname:
1, from the won surname, is a descendant of Zhuan Xu Di Levin. During Yao's reign, he was appointed as Dali Kingdom (prison), his son Bo Yi was yuanshi county, and his son Sun San inherited Dali Kingdom. According to the custom at that time, their descendants took Guan as their surname and called Li.
There are two ways to change Li's name to Li's. There is a saying: In the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Li Zheng, a descendant of Hao Tao, was an official in North Korea. He offended Shang Zhouwang by telling her and was executed. When his wife Qihe fled with her son Li Zhen, she survived by eating plums. She dared not say Li, so she changed her surname to Li. Another way of saying it is: According to the surname test, there was no Li before the week. Because there is a Lao Tzu named Li, his name is Er, and he is a descendant of Li Zhen, so he is also named Li, because his ancestor is an official of Li, and Li and Li have the same ancient sound. Apparently, Li began to call himself by his surname in Li Er. Li Yuan believed that Li's ancestor was, so he was honored as "Emperor Deming".
2. Change his surname from his home. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liangping gave his surname Zhao, Zhang, Yang, Li and other local ethnic minorities after his funeral. Xianbei people have a compound surname of Li, which was changed to Chinese character Li after sinicization. It's for Li in Luoyang.
3. From his surname to Li. According to relevant records, the founding fathers of the Tang Dynasty included generals (Xu, An, Du, Guo, Ma, Xian Ji, etc. 16), which was given to Li by Tang Guo for his meritorious service.
4. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the descendant of Wu Anjun, the general of Zhao State, was Li Zuoche, followed by Li Ming.
5. It was the Northern Wei Dynasty whose surname was changed. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, Li and other surnames were reprimanded on behalf of the North. After Emperor Xiaowen entered the Central Plains, he changed his surname to Li. See Wei's clan annals.
6. Existing surnames of ethnic minorities. Yanbian Koreans are generally surnamed Li.
Hope county:
1, Longxi County: established in the Warring States Period. The ancestor of this Li family is Li Chong, the eldest son of Li Tan, Qin Situ.
2. Zhao County: A county was established in the Han Dynasty. The ancestor of this Li family is Li Mu, the second son of Li Ji, a famous teacher in Qin Dynasty.
3. Zhongshan County: the hometown county of Emperor Henkel. This branch of Li is a branch of Zhao, and its ancestor is Ricky, the third word.
4. Guanghan County: A county was established in the Han Dynasty. This branch of Li is named after Li in Longxi, and its ancestor is Li Shang (Li Guang's father).