The surname Chen originated in the Huaiyang, Pingyu, and Changge areas of present-day Henan Province. According to legend, King Wu of Zhou established the Zhou Dynasty. He found a man named Hu Gongman, granted him a title in Chen, and established the Chen Kingdom. Because Hu Gongman is a descendant of Emperor Shun. Hu Gongman worshiped his ancestor Emperor Shun in the Chen Kingdom. His children and grandchildren later took the country as their surname, and all were named Chen. Nowadays, there are many people with the surname Chen, and they are widely distributed, such as Taiwan, where the surname Chen is one of the four major surnames. People say: "Chen Lin is half the world, and Huang Zheng is all over the street." People named Chen such as [Chen Shou] were from the Jin Dynasty and were famous historians. He wrote "Three Kingdoms". The later chapter-length novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was written with reference to his history book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The surname Huang originated from the Huangchuan area in present-day Henan Province. According to legend, in ancient times, there was a Huang Kingdom, which was founded by the descendants of the ancient clan leader Lu Zhong. The Huang State was merged into the Chu State during the Zhou Dynasty, and the descendants of the Huang family were also separated, but they agreed to use their original country names. The other surname Huang originated slightly later, in the Spring and Autumn Period. In ancient times, the leader of the clan who was revered as the Fenshui Water God for his management of the Fen River was called Tai Ti. His descendants established several small kingdoms during the Spring and Autumn Period. One of them was called Huang Country, and the Chinese people later took Huang as their surname.
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[Huang Zhong] A general under Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms period. He was highly skilled in martial arts and became stronger with age. He accomplished great feats by killing enemy generals and was granted the title of Marquis of Guannei.
[Huang Chao] The leader of the peasant uprising army in the late Tang Dynasty, he once invaded Chang'an and proclaimed himself emperor, and the country was named Daqi.
[Huang Tingjian] A great poet and calligrapher of the Song Dynasty, he is as famous as Su Dongpo.
[Huang Yi] Qing Dynasty poet and painter, one of the local "Eight Great Masters of Xiling". The surname Li originated from the Luoyang and Luyi areas of present-day Henan Province. According to legend, at the end of the ancient Yin Dynasty, there was a nobleman named Li Lizhen. In order to escape the persecution of King Zhou, he fled with his mother, hid under a plum tree, and ate Plums satisfy my hunger and I will never forget it, so I change my surname to Li. Li Lizhen's eleventh grandson, Li Dan, is known as Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu was a thinker who was later revered as the founder of Taoism. In the Tang Dynasty, the emperor's surname was Li, and ministers with outstanding achievements were often given the surname Li.
People like Li
[Li Bing] served as a county guard in Sichuan during the Warring States Period and built Dujiangyan.
[Li Bai] A great poet of the Tang Dynasty, he had bold poems and liked to drink.
[Li Zicheng] The leader of the peasant uprising army in the Ming Dynasty.
[Li Shizhen] A medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty and the author of "Compendium of Materia Medica". The surname Cai originated from Minquan, Shangcai and Xincai in present-day Henan Province. According to legend, in ancient times, King Wu of Zhou conquered the world and established the Zhou Dynasty, and then enfeoffed a group of heroes, royal families and descendants of sages as princes and kings. Among them was a younger brother of King Wu of Zhou named Shudu, who was granted the title of Cai Yi and established the State of Cai. That place was in the present-day Shangcai County, Henan Province. Shudu's son was called Cai Zhong; he also had a descendant named Cai Pinghou; gradually, all descendants were named Cai.
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[Cai Ze] The prime minister of Qin during the Warring States Period was very resourceful.
[Cai Lun] A scientist in the Han Dynasty. Invented papermaking.
[Cai Yan] is the famous Cai Wenji, smart and beautiful, erudite and good at singing and playing the piano. She was married to the Xiongnu King Zuoxian during the war. Later, Cao Cao paid a lot of money to the Xiongnu in exchange for Cai Wenji, so there was another story of "Wenji returned to the Han". The surname Zhang originated near Puyang, present-day Henan Province. According to legend, there was a nobleman named Jie Zhang in the Jin Dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Period. Later, his descendants used his name as their surname, and their surname was Zhang for generations. There is another one with an earlier origin. It is the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, called Hui. He invented the bow and arrows. The official he served was also called the bow chief. Later, the two characters of the official name were combined into one character, which became the surname Zhang. There is also a branch named Long Youna during the Three Kingdoms period. Zhuge Liang gave him the surname Zhang. His descendants live in Yunnan.
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[Zhang Liang] was an outstanding figure in the Qin and Han Dynasties. He was both civil and military and helped Liu Bang conquer the world and establish the Han Dynasty.
[Zhang Xu] A calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, he wrote the best cursive script when he was drunk. At that time, he was called "Zhang Dian" and "Cao Sheng". No one in later generations has surpassed him in cursive writing.
[Zhang Zhidong] In the late Qing Dynasty, he was an outstanding reform figure. He studied Western society, philosophy, etc., and founded railways, coal mines, and weaving factories in China. He was reused by Emperor Guangxu as a Minister of Military and Aircraft. The surname Xu originated from the vicinity of Dengfeng and Xuchang in present-day Henan Province. According to legend, during the reign of King Wu of Zhou Dynasty, a man named Uncle Wen was granted the title of Xu Land, which is the area of ??present-day Xuchang in Henan Province.
Uncle Wen was originally a descendant of the ancient Yan Emperor. After King Wu of Zhou established the Zhou Dynasty, he respected the descendants of the ancient nobles and granted them titles. Uncle Wen founded the Xu State, which was merged into the Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period. The descendants of the original monarchs of the Xu State agreed to take Xu as their surname. The other branch of the surname Xu originated from the time of Emperor Yao in ancient times. There was a wise man named Xu You. Emperor Yao respected him very much and wanted to give up the world to him, so Xu You lived in seclusion.
People with names like Xu
[Xu Shen] A scholar from the Han Dynasty, he wrote a book called "Shuowen Jiezi", which is still regarded as a classic even today. Xu Shen is a Chinese scholar. The founder of literary linguistics.
[Xu Heng] A native of the Yuan Dynasty, he studied philosophy, astronomy, etc. The surname Zheng originated from Xingyang, Zhengzhou, Henan Province today. According to legend, Zheng is a descendant of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty. King Zhou Li's youngest son was granted the title of Zheng, and he established the State of Zheng and was called Zheng Henggong. The State of Zheng was a powerful country in the Spring and Autumn Period, but was later annexed by South Korea. People in the State of Zheng missed their homeland and all took the surname Zheng.
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[Zheng Guo] was a famous water conservancy engineer during the Warring States Period. He opened canals for the Qin State and irrigated more than 40,000 hectares of fertile land, making Guanzhong fertile and wild. It is recorded as "Zheng Guo Canal" in history.
[Zheng Ji] A great general of the Han Dynasty, he made great achievements in defending the frontier and was granted the title of Marquis of Anyuan.
[Zheng He] A navigator of the Ming Dynasty, his original name was Ma Sanbao. Folks called him the Sanbao eunuch. He was a great figure in the history of world navigation.
[Zheng Chenggong] A national hero in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, a famous general who regained Taiwan. The surname Lin originated from Weihui and Qi County, Xinxiang, Henan Province today. According to legend, during the ancient Shang Dynasty, a prince fled to Changlin Mountain for refuge. The prince and his descendants later took the surname Lin. Legend: At the end of the Shang Dynasty, King Zhou was in power and was debauched and cruel. A member of the royal family named Bigan persuaded King Zhou, but was killed instead. Bigan's son named Jian fled to Changlin Mountain for refuge. Then King Wu of Zhou defeated King Zhou and conquered the world, and everyone was happy. King Wu of Zhou respected Bigan's descendants very much. Because Jian fled to Changlin Mountain for refuge, he gave Bigan's descendants the surname Lin to commemorate this incident. Another branch of the surname Lin comes from the Zhou royal family. There is a prince named Lin Kai and his son named Lin Ying.
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[Lin Shihong] was a native of the Sui Dynasty. When the world was in chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he raised troops to occupy one side and called himself emperor.
[Lin Zexu] A national hero of the Qing Dynasty, he advocated trade with the West, but strictly prohibited opium. He was a great hero of the Chinese nation.