There are four sources of Zhào's surname:
1, judging from the surname, the ancestor is Zhao Fu.
According to legend, Zhao Fu once got eight swift horses in Huashan and presented them to King Mu.
King Mu went hunting in these eight carriages and went to Kunlun Mountain. The Queen Mother of the West gave a banquet in Yaochi.
At this time, Xu Yanwang in the southeast rebelled.
Zhao Fu drove thousands of miles every day, got back to the Imperial City in time, and led troops to defeat Xu Yanwang.
Because of Zhao Fu's rebellion, Mu Wang made him Zhao Cheng (now the north of Hongdong County, Shanxi Province).
From then on, Zhao Fu and his descendants took the fief as their surname and became Zhao.
2. Take the country as the surname.
Zhao Fu's descendants elected their father to serve Zhou Xuanwang.
My father gave birth to my uncle. Because Zhou Youwang had no choice, he left the Zhou royal family and went to Jin as the royal family.
In this way, Zhao entered the state of Jin and later became a doctor.
When Zhou Weilie was king, he was listed as a vassal. The founding monarch, Zhao Liehou, was a descendant of Zhao Shuai, a doctor of the Jin Dynasty, and was one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.
After being destroyed by Qin, the Duke of Zhao was named after the original country and became Zhao.
3. It is the surname of ethnic minorities.
There are also ethnic minorities named Zhao in history, such as Zhao Anji (Xiongnu) in the Han Dynasty, Zhao Tufu (Naman) in the Tang Dynasty, and so on.
Their descendants all take the surname Zhao.
In addition, the Mongols want to change their surname to Zhao.
4. Zhao Song gave his surname.
There were historical figures with the surnames of Li, Mu, Long and Yuwen, who were given the surname Zhao.
Ancestor: jujube father.
Shao Hao was a famous horse trainer in the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Fortunately for Zhou Muwang, it is said that he once took eight good horses to the king and went west to Kunlun, where he met the Queen Mother and forgot to come back.
After hearing the news of the rebellion in Xuzhou, he personally rode in a royal chariot, carrying the King Mu thousands of miles a day, and returned at the right time, putting down the chaos and being sealed in Zhao Cheng (now Zhaocheng Town, Hongtong County, Shanxi Province) as a hero.
After it spread to Zhao Xiangzi, it was divided into three parts with Korea and Wei, and established Zhao, which was destroyed by Qin in 222 BC.
Later generations took the country name as their surname, called Zhao, and respected Zhao Fu as their ancestor.
Second, migration distribution.
Zhao was born in today's Shanxi Province.
At the beginning of Qin dynasty, the first emperor appointed Zhao Gongfu as the chief executive of Xirong area and lived in Tianshui.
Their descendants settled in Tianshui, and soon they became a prominent local family.
At the same time, Wang Zhao Zhao Qian was exiled to Fangxian County, Hubei Province, where his descendants were born. After the establishment of Nanyue State in Zhao Tuo, Zhao was promoted to Guangdong and Guangxi today.
Zhao's southward migration began in the Three Kingdoms period, and the Northern Song Dynasty established by Zhao in the county made Zhao's population develop unprecedentedly. The Southern Song Dynasty established by Zhao made the Zhao family flourish in the south of the Yangtze River.
At the same time, Ye Zhao in the north was moved to three northeastern provinces.
Since the Song Dynasty, the surname Zhao has spread all over the country.
Third, historical celebrities.
Zhao Sheng: During the Warring States period, the nobles of Zhao State, also known as one of the four sons of the Warring States, were called "thousands of diners".
Zhao She: During the Warring States Period, there was a famous soldier in the State of Zhao who was good at using troops. He won the title of horse for meritorious service and served the king.
Zhao Yun: During the Three Kingdoms period, a famous Shu-Han soldier was born in Zhengding, Hebei Province. He once rejected Cao Cao's army by dozens of riders and was known as a "brave man".
Zhao Yi, a historian and writer in Ming Dynasty.
He is good at history, and his poems are as famous as Yuan Mei and Jiang Shiquan, and he is also called "Three Masters of Jiangyou" or "Three Masters of Qianlong".
Zhao Gongming: According to legend, in the Qin Dynasty, Tao arrived in Zhong Nanshan.
People call him "Marshal Zhao Gong" and regard him as "God of Wealth".
Zhao: Emperor Han Chengdi can sing and dance well. Because of its light posture, it is said that it can "dance on the palm", so it is called "flying swallow"
In the third year of Han Jiahong's reign, Emperor Cheng went on a tour incognito. When he saw Zhao Yanli, the singer, he was summoned to the palace and admired her.
Soon after, Emperor Cheng called his sister Zhao Hede into the palace and named his sister Zhao his mother-in-law. Since then, the Zhao sisters have been in the harem.
In order to further consolidate his position, Zhao falsely accused Queen Xu and pointed out that Ban Jieyu had a set of vicious flattery. So he became emperor, abolished Queen Xu, and later established Zhao Yanfei, making Zhao Hede Zhao Yi. Both of them are very popular.
After Emperor Zhiping ascended the throne, Zhao was demoted and committed suicide.
The word "Yan", later called "Yan is thin and fat", is Zhao, which means a kind of thin and light beauty.
Zhao Kuangyin: A famous soldier in the later Zhou Dynasty, after the "Chen Qiao mutiny", he proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of Zhou Dynasty and established the Song Dynasty for 320 years, which made the reputation of Zhao family reach its most glorious period.
Zhao: A famous calligrapher in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he was good at opening letters and official scripts.
At that time, there were many inscriptions, and he was ordered to compile a six-body calligraphy dictionary in the Western Wei Dynasty.
Zhao Mengfu: An outstanding painter in Yuan Dynasty, from Wuxing, Zhejiang.
He is good at calligraphy, running script and small letters, and his brushwork is round and beautiful, so he is called "Zhao Ti".
Zhao Zhiwei: One of the Eight Schools of Xiling in Qing Dynasty.
Zhao: An outstanding painter and seal engraver in the Qing Dynasty, whose books, paintings and seal engravings have a certain influence on later generations, and he is also known as the three great painters in the late Qing Dynasty together with Ren Bonian and Wu Changshuo.
Fourth, the county hall number
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Tianshui County: Zhiping Township of Tianshui County in Han Dynasty (now northwest of Tongwei, Gansu Province).
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hanyang County was changed to Jixian County (now southeast of Gangu).
Wei restored Tianshui to its original name.
The Western Jin Dynasty moved its capital to Shangbang (now Shuicheng, Gansu Province).
This branch of Zhao family originated from the prince and the acting king.
Zhuo Jun: The county where Emperor Gao Han lived.
This branch of Zhao is a branch of Yingchuan Zhao, whose ancestor is the descendant of Zhao Guanghan, the satrap of Yingchuan in the Western Han Dynasty.
Nanyang County: ① During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were many areas called Nanyang.
Southern Shandong refers to the land south of Mount Tai and north of Wenshui.
Nanyang in Shanxi refers to the land south of Taihang Mountain and north of Yellow River. The warring States period was Wei Nanyang, and part of it belonged to Korea (according to 263 BC, Qin Baiqi attacked Korea, took Nanyang, and the headquarters of Korea left Shangdang County).
South of Funiu Mountain and north of Hanshui River are also called Nanyang, which belongs to the Han and Chu Dynasties.
(2) the qin dynasty to wan for governance, governance nanyang county.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Nanyang County, Dengzhou, was improved into a governing place (now Dengxian County, Henan Province).
During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Nanyang County ruled Nanyang, namely Hanwan County and Nanyang City today.
This branch of Zhao is a branch of Tianshui Zhao, whose ancestor was Zhao Jia, a teacher of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Xiapi County: ① the name of the ancient county.
Qin is in the northwest of Suining County, Jiangsu Province.
Jin moved to Gupi Town, northwest of Suining.
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② Ancient county names.
The Eastern Han Dynasty established the country, and the Southern Song Dynasty changed the county to govern Pi, which governed parts of Jiangsu and northern Anhui.
Yingchuan County: Qin destroyed Korea and set up Yingchuan County with the acquired Korean land to rule Yangzhai in central Henan (now Yuxian, Henan).
The Eastern Wei Dynasty moved to Yin Ying (later