The second is the descendants of Ziji. During the Spring and Autumn Period, in the Jin State established by the descendants of Ji's surname, there was a doctor who explained Zhang's name, and later generations thought it was Shi. The third is whether to give the surname or his surname, and his family changed his surname. According to Records of the Historian, Zhuge Liang, the leader of the southern barbarians, was named Zhang in the Three Kingdoms period. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolian general Bo Yan Timur was brave and good at fighting. After returning to the Ming Dynasty, he was given the surname by Ming Taizu. Otherwise, Jurchen accused Bu and was given the surname Zhang.
According to the Records of Wei Jiang in the Later Han Dynasty, Liao from Jinyang, whose real name was Ruichang, was later renamed Zhang, who lived in Mayi, Yanmen (now Shuoxian County, Shanxi Province) and was the most prosperous in the dynasty. There are also some ethnic minorities who change their surnames to Zhang. For example, in the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang was your surname; During the Sixteen Kingdoms period, there were also many Jie people named Zhang in the post-Zhao regime. In addition, among the Jurchen people, Yan Zhanshi and Chi Zhanshi also changed their surnames in the Ming Dynasty.
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Zhang was first active in Qingyang, and his hometown was in Puyang, Henan and Qinghe, Hebei. In 403 BC, after Korea, Zhao and Wei carved up the state of Jin, most of them moved with the capital of the three countries, forming many aristocratic families in Shanxi, Hebei and Henan, among which Zhang, who moved to South Korea, had a great influence.
From its birth to the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties, Zhang's reproduction and development were mainly in most areas north and south of the Yellow River. At this time, some people named Zhang entered Shu County as the prefect. In the Han Dynasty, the number of people surnamed Zhang in Bashu increased, and the ancestors of Zhang also moved to Wu County. At the end of the Han Dynasty, due to Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the Central Plains was severely damaged, and Zhang in the north was forced to move south for the first time. Soon, the Zhang family rose first, and later became the breeding center of Zhang in the southeast coast of China. During this period, Zhang also moved to Liaoning and Jilin in the northeast and Gansu, Qinghai and Xinjiang in the northwest. The southernmost tip is Sheng in Shaoguan, Guangdong.
Zhang moved to the south several times, and since the Song Dynasty, it has spread all over the country and distributed in various regions of China. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Zhang people crossed the ocean to seek development. So far, among the Chinese who have emigrated overseas, the number of Zhang is in the forefront.
Reference materials? Baidu encyclopedia-Zhang surname