Last name: Li
Origin: According to the data provided by the National Bureau of Statistics, Li is the largest surname in China, accounting for about 7.9% of the Han population, or more than 87 million people. Li is widely distributed in China, mostly in the north, and almost all over the world overseas. According to ancient records, Li is a descendant of Ying's biography (Xu), whose original name was Li (marble Li). Because he could not escape, he settled in Luyi County, Henan Province at the end of Shang Dynasty. 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, Dashun and so on. 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 Houzhu; 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 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, and they are world-class scientists. Lee Kuan Yew, a native of Guangdong, was once the Prime Minister of Singapore. Ten financial groups in modern Hong Kong, Guangdong, chaozhou people, Li Ka-shing, etc.
Rank: 2
Wang
Origin: According to expert research, Wang Xing accounts for about 7.4% of the Han population, that is, more than 80 million people, and is the second largest surname in China. There are many sources, but one thing is the same, that is, most descendants of emperors call themselves kings. Three of them are from King Ji. First, the descendants of the fifteenth son Gao were originally royalty, so they took Wang as their surname and mainly lived in Shaanxi and Hebei. Second, after Prince Dong was abolished as a civilian, the world called him "Wang Jia" because he was originally a royal family, and later took Wang as his surname, mainly living in Jiaonan County and Shanxi Province in Shandong Province. Third, the grandson of Ling Jun, the letter of the four sons of the Warring States, fled to Mount Tai after the defeat. Because he was originally a royal family, he also took Wang as his surname. Judging from his son's surname, he is a descendant of Prince Bigen. After Bigan was executed by a bad king by caesarean section, his descendants living in Weihui, Henan changed their surname to Wang, which later developed to Tianshui, Dongping, Xinye, Zhongshan, Zhangwu, Donglai and Hedong. Judging from the name of Tian Wang, Tian was the King of Qi in the Warring States Period. After being destroyed by Qin, the Qi people still called it the "Wang family", and later took Wang as their surname, mainly living in Changle, Shandong and Kaifeng, Henan. Others changed their surnames to Wang. Since then, Wang Xing has developed rapidly, and gradually moved to the south of the Yangtze River after the end of the Western Jin Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, Wang Xing mainly moved to Fujian, but also moved to Sichuan, Anhui and Jiangxi. During the Northern Song Dynasty, he mainly moved to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. At the end of Song Dynasty and the beginning of Yuan Dynasty, Wang Xing, who lived in Fujian, moved to Guangdong and other places. Since the late Ming Dynasty, Wang Xingren moved to Taiwan Province one after another. In the history of China, 14 people claimed to be the king and the emperor, and successively established the regimes of Xin, Han, Zheng, Yan, Min, Anyang and Blissful. The most prominent period of Wang Xing was the Six Dynasties. In these 300 years, He Xie's family has always been called a noble family. In other times, there were also talents, such as Wang Zhaojun of the Western Han Dynasty. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were Wang Chong, a materialist philosopher, and Wang Jie, a writer who was one of the "seven sons of Jian 'an". There was a medical scientist Wang Shuhe in Wei and Jin Dynasties. There was a time when General Wang Dun and his cousin Wang Dao were in power; Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, calligraphers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty; Writer Wang Bo, poets Wang Wei, Wang Changling, Wang Zhihuan, mathematician Wang Xiaotong, and physician Bing Wang, one of the "Four Masters of Early Tang Dynasty"; Wang Xing's most outstanding figure in Song Dynasty was Wang Anshi, who was also one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. There was a drama writer Wang Shifu in the Yuan Dynasty; Wang Shouren, a philosopher and educator in Ming Dynasty; In the Qing Dynasty, there were Wang Conger, a female leader of peasant uprising, and Wang Wenzhi, a writer. Wang Guowei, a modern scholar; Wang Ruofei, a proletarian revolutionary in modern China. Overseas Chinese also lack talents, such as "computer king" Wang An, who was once listed as one of the top ten richest people in the United States. Entrepreneur king; Wang Youzeng, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; "Astronaut" Wang Ganjun is a famous scientist.