First, Zhao's surname originated from the won surname, which appeared because (Yao's surname was taken by later generations) gave his son-in-law Boyi (Zhuan Xu's grandson) a surname of "Won" and married his daughter Yao. Although the ancestor who used the won surname was Boyi, the specific ancestor of Zhao surname was Zhao Fu.
Second, when Wang Xiao of Zhou arrived, due to the king's lack of knowledge, the seventh grandson of Zaofu was taken away from Zhou. Since then, Zhao's descendants have been doctors of the State of Jin for generations, holding the power of the State of Jin. In the early years of the Warring States, Zhao defeated Zhizhi with Han and Wei, and carved up Zhizhi's fief. Then Zhao, Zhao, Zhao, Zhao, Zhao, Zhao, Zhao, Zhao, Zhao, Zhao. By the time his grandson was born in Zhao, he was officially recognized by King Wei Lie of Zhou and ranked as a vassal with Han and Wei Dynasties.
In 222 BC, Zhao was destroyed by Qin, and the royal family of Zhao was scattered among the people. Because Zhao Fu is the ancestor of Qin people and Zhao people, and since Zhao Fu, his surname is Zhao, so the Duke of Qin is also named Zhao, such as Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng, also known as Zhao. Qin Gong also takes Zhao as his surname, and has the saying of "all Zhao".
Third, it originated from the fact that the emperor gave his surname or changed it to a foreign nationality. Historical figures of Xiongnu, Nuzhen, Tangut and Xianbei were all given Zhao's surname, such as Zhao Anji (Hun) in Han Dynasty, Zhao Tufu ("Naman") and Zhao Guozhen (county _ _) in Five Dynasties. Genghis Khan's third brother, a descendant of Mongolians, fled the chaos in Gansu and Shaanxi and changed his surname to Zhao. After the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, Manchu officials and their children were in danger. Fearing retaliation from other nationalities who have been oppressed for many years, Ilgen Jueluo, Aisin Jueluo and other people with full surnames were forced to change their names, and many people changed their Han surnames to "Zhao".
Famous figures surnamed Zhao in history are:
Zhao Heng 1
Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng, whose real name was Zhao Dechang, was later renamed Zhao Xiuyuan and Zhao Yuankan. The third emperor of the Song Dynasty, his third son, his mother named Li, was the queen of Yuan De.
2. Zhao Kuangyin
Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was born in Jiamaying, Luoyang. From the Five Dynasties to the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, he was a strategist, politician, strategist and reformer, and the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty. The second son of Zhao, the commander of the capital of the Hou Zhou Dynasty, was named Du Shi.
3. Zhao Meng _
Zhao Meng _, a Taoist from Crystal Palace in Ou Bo, is a middle-aged Mengfu native and Wuxing native, and his ancestral home is Lanxi, Wuzhou. From the late Southern Song Dynasty to the early Yuan Dynasty, he was an official, calligrapher, painter and poet, his grandson, the direct descendant of Zhao, and the king of Qin.
4. Zhao
Zhao, Han nationality, from Huiji, Zhejiang. The first word is Yi Fu, whose name is Leng Jun; Later, the word _ uncle was changed, and the number was sad, Meian and Wumen. Famous painters and seal engravers in Qing Dynasty, three "New Zhejiang School" represented by Wu Changshuo and Li Liangyu, and "Three Great Painters in Late Qing Dynasty" represented by Ren Bonian and Wu Changshuo.
5. Zhao Pu
Zhao Pu worked in Liu Ci in his early years, and later served as the palm secretary of Zhao Kuangyin. In the seventh year of Xiande, he and Zhao Kuangyin launched a mutiny in Chen Qiao, overthrew the Later Zhou Dynasty and established the Song Dynasty. Two years later, Gander helped Zhao Kuangyin cut off the buffer region, banned the military power of the old generals, implemented more defense laws, reformed the official system, and formulated many important measures to defend the Liao Dynasty. In the third year of Chunhua, Zhao Pu died at the age of 7 1 year.