1. The Li family in Longxi
The Li family in Longxi originated from Zhuanxu and Gaotao. In the Qin and Han dynasties, they were a family of famous generals and soldiers. This family has produced famous generals such as Li Guang, the flying general of the Western Han Dynasty, and Li Xin, the famous general of the Qin Dynasty.
By the Sui Dynasty, the Li family in Longxi was already a powerful family. Li Yuan of the Li family in Longxi destroyed the Sui Dynasty and created the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
2. The Li family in Zhaojun
The founding ancestor was Li Mu, the second son of Qin Taifu Li Ji. Li Ji was the younger brother of Li Chong, the ancestor of the Li family in Longxi. Li Mu was a famous general during the Warring States Period. He was the prime minister of the State of Zhao and was granted the title of Lord Wu'an. He first lived in Bairen, Zhaojun (now Longyao, Xingtai), and was the ancestor of the Li family in Zhaojun.
In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, among the seven top five surnames in the country, the surname Li accounted for two, namely the Li family in Zhaojun and the Li family in Longxi. Li "went out of Zhaojun and looked at Longxi".
3. The Hongnong Yang family
The Hongnong Yang family is the Huayin Yang family. The Yang family is a county magistrate with the surname Yang. He is the great-great-grandson of Yang Chang, the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty.
Yang Zhen’s fourteenth generation grandson Yang Jian established the Sui Dynasty, which was powerful for a while. The generals of the Yang family in the Northern Song Dynasty were descendants of Yang Feng, the fifth son of Yang Zhen, and their names went down in history. Celebrities of the Yang family include Yang Xiu, Yang Jiong, Yang Wanli and others.
4. Taiyuan Wang Clan
The surname of Taiyuan Wang Clan is the ancestor Prince Jin, who is the crown prince of Zhou Ling. Descendants of talented people emerged in large numbers and became famous in Taiyuan. The Wang family, which originated in Taiyuan, Shanxi, was very prominent from the Wei and Jin Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty. There is a saying in history that "all the Wang family in the world came from Taiyuan".
There are numerous celebrities from the Wang family in Taiyuan, including Wang Jian, Wang Anshi, Wang Yangming, Wang Shizhen, and Qing Dynasty thinkers Wang Fuzhi, Wang Niansun and others, who are all descendants of the Wang family in Taiyuan. The famous poets Wang Han, Wang Changling and Wang Zhihuan of the Tang Dynasty were born and raised in Taiyuan.
5. The Langya Wang Family
The ancestor of the Langya Wang Family, Wang Yuan, moved from the Taiyuan Wang Family and also developed into a large family.
A total of 104 people from the Langya Wang family served as prime ministers during the Han and Tang Dynasties. "The princes were born in the same age, and the prime ministers and ministers were the same", which became the characteristic of their family. The famous calligrapher Wang Xizhi was born in the Wang family of Langya.