Origin
1. Origin of the surname Ji. King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty and established its capital in Hao, which was known as the Western Zhou Dynasty in history. The twenty-first generation was passed down to King Ling of Zhou, and the capital of the country became Zhou, which is today's Luoyang, Henan Province. It was the Dongzhou era. Prince Jin, the son of King Ling of Zhou, also known as Prince Jin and Prince Qiao, was deposed as a commoner because of his admonition. His son Zong Jing was still serving as a Situ in the court. People at that time called him the "Wang family" because he was a descendant of the royal family. From then on, this family took Wang as their surname. By the eighth generation, King Sun mistakenly worshiped the general of Wei State, and this surname became prominent again. During the pre-Qin period, the Wang family had been active in Luoyang, Henan. At the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Wang Yuan and Wang Wei, the sons of Wang Li, the Marquis of Wucheng in the Qin Dynasty, moved to Langya, Shandong and Taiyuan, Shanxi, respectively, to avoid war, and eventually developed into the most famous family in the world. The two prominent families with the Wang surname in Langya and Taiyuan are the largest groups among the Wang surnames. The Ji surname Wang has a history of at least 2,600 years.
There are three branches of the king with the surname Ji
① Bi Gonggao, the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou Dynasty, was granted the title of Bi Guo. In the Spring and Autumn Period, his grandson Bi Wan was granted the title of Situ of the Jin State. Wei, during the Warring States Period, the three families of Wei, Han, and Zhao divided the Jin Kingdom. The most famous among the descendants is Wei Wuji, Lord Xinling, one of the "Four Gentlemen" of the Warring States Period. After Qin destroyed Wei, Wei Wuji's grandson Wei Beizi fled to Mount Tai, Shandong. In the early Han Dynasty, Wei Beizi was ordered to become an official in Beijing and was granted the title of For Lanling County. At that time, because he was the descendant of the Wang family, he called his family the "Wang family" and took Wang as his surname from then on. This Ji surnamed Wang family has a history of about 2,200 years.
②The other branch originated after King Ping of Zhou in the early Spring and Autumn Period. King Zhou Ping reigned for 51 years. The prince died young. After King Zhou Ping's death, his grandson Ji Chi succeeded to the throne. However, Ji Chi's younger brother Ji Lin took the throne and was known as King Huan of Zhou in history. Ji Chi fled to Jin, and his descendants changed their surname to Wang because they had been kings. Until the Tang Dynasty, this group of Wang surnamed Ji lived in Linyi, Shanxi. Historically known as the Wang surname of the Yi family in Hedong, it has a history of 2,700 years.
③ After another branch was revealed by Huan Gong, the brother of King Kao of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Huan Gong was unveiled in the royal city. The ancient city is located in today's Royal City Park in Luoyang. Although its fiefdom was small, it was located in the west of the royal city of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. It was called Duke Huan of the Western Zhou Dynasty in history. After the fall of the country, the descendants moved to Yichuan and Zhaoru in Henan, where they lived in Wangcheng and changed their surname to Wang. Later they were called the Wang family in Wangcheng. This surname Wang also has a history of 2,400 years.
2. Source of the surname. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, King Zhou's uncle Bigan, together with Jizi and Weizi, were known as the "three benevolences" of Shang Dynasty. King Zhou was dissolute and immoral. Bigan violated Yan Qiang's advice many times and was killed. His descendants took Wang as their surname because Bigan was originally a prince. The surname Wang has a history of 3100 years. From the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Han and Tang Dynasties, the surnamed Wang family has always lived in Henan, forming the famous Wang family in Jijun, which later spread. To Gansu, Shandong, Hebei and Shanxi and other places.
3. Derived from the surname Gui. The Gui surname Wang, which has Yu Shun as its ancestor, is an important branch of the Wang surname. One of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, Qi State, was destroyed by Qin. At the end of Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu made Tian An, the eldest grandson of Qi King Tian Jian, the king of Jibei. Later, Xiang Yu was destroyed by Liu Bang, and Tian An also lost the throne. His descendants changed their surname from Tian to Wang. This Wang surname has Beihai and Qingzhou as its county commanders, and has always used the land of the original Qi State in Shandong as its active territory. It also has a history of 2,300 years.
4. Comes from the surname Tian. In 368 BC, Tian He replaced the surname Jiang as the monarch of Qi. It was called "Tian's generation of Qi" in history. It was passed down to eight kings and was destroyed by Qin. His descendants were deposed as common people. One of them considered themselves the royal family of Qi, so they Take Wang as the surname.
5. After Wei Xianzi. The three families of Han, Zhao and Wei were divided into Jin and each became king. The later Wei Dynasty died in Qin, and its royal family took refuge in various places. Because many of them were descendants of the king of Wei, they changed their surname to Wang. For example, Wei Wuji, Lord of Xinling, took refuge in Mount Tai, entered the Western Han Dynasty, and was named Lord of Lanling. Later, he claimed that he came from a noble family and changed his surname to Wang.
6. Coming from Prince Dan of Yan State. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and established himself as the emperor. Prince Dan's great-great-grandson named Jia presented a talisman and was favored by Wang Mang. He was given the surname Wang, the same as the emperor. In history, many people were given the surname Wang, and their descendants also took Wang as their surname.
7. Those who changed their surname to Wang for reasons. Wang Sengbian, a general of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, was originally from the Xianbei tribe and his surname was Wuwan. Later he changed his surname to Wang. Wang Shichong of the Sui Dynasty was originally from the Hu branch of the Western Regions. After entering the Central Plains, he also changed his surname to Wang. During the Five Dynasties, Liu Qufei changed his name to Wang Baoyi, and his descendants adopted the surname Wang.
8. From ethnic minorities.
The large family with the surname Wang has incorporated a large amount of blood from foreign races. The main foreigners who used the surname Wang include: the Huns in the Han Dynasty, the Xian'er clan of Xiqiang, the Tuowang clan of Gaoli in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Wuwan people of the Xianbei clan, and the Yuezhi Kingdom of the Western Regions in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Hu people, the Uighurs of the Tang Dynasty, the Absi clan, the Khitans, the Jurchens Wanyan, Yelu, and Jiagu in the Jin Dynasty, Xiang people of the Western Xia Kingdom in the Northern Song Dynasty, Mongolians in the Yuan Dynasty, and the Wanyan and Yi clans of the Eight Banners of Manchuria in the Qing Dynasty. La clan and other clans. Over time, most of these foreign royal surnames were assimilated into the Han royal surnames in northern China. The large number of Wang surnames in northern my country is closely related to the fact that northern ethnic groups gave priority to using Wang surnames when they switched to Han surnames.
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