1. Origin of the surname There are four origins of the surname Li: 1. Descendants of Jiuli.
According to "Customs and Customs" and other records, Jiuli was one of the huge races native to southern my country in ancient times. It is said that Jiuli was a descendant of Shaohao (the legendary leader of the ancient Dongyi clan) during the Jintian clan. princes.
Li Zeng was granted the title of Beizheng (some say Huozheng) official, in charge of civil affairs. His descendants have the surname Li.
2. Descendants from Li country.
According to "Yuanhe Surnames Compilation" and other records, there were vassal states in the Shang Dynasty - Li State. One was in the southwest of Changzhi County, Shanxi Province. It was destroyed by King Wen of Zhou Dynasty at the end of the Shang Dynasty; the other was in Yunzhou, Shandong Province today. West of the city and county.
These two descendants of Li State later took the country as their surname, with the surname Li.
According to "Customs and Customs", these two Li countries are both the "Queen of Jiuli" of ancient tribes.
3. Descendants of Emperor Yao.
According to "Yuanhe Surnames Compilation" and other records, the Li Kingdom, which was destroyed by King Wen of Zhou Dynasty at the end of Shang Dynasty, was granted to the descendants of Emperor Yao when King Wu of Zhou Dynasty divided the princes, and was given the title of marquis. The name of Li country is still used.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Li State moved its capital to Lihou City in the northeast of Licheng County, Shanxi. It was later destroyed by the Jin State (in today's southwest Shanxi), and its descendants later took the country as their surname and their surname was Li.
According to "Road History", the ancient Li Kingdom was leveled by King Wen of Zhou Dynasty. After King Wu defeated Shang, he granted the descendants of Shang Tang to the Li Kingdom. Later, there was Li Hou Fengshu, and his descendants included the Li family and the Li family. .
There is a family with the surname Li who are descendants of Emperor Yao, known as the Zhengzong surname of Li in history, and later became the most important part of the entire Li family.
It is the Li family of Shanxi.
4. Ethnic minorities changed their surname to Li.
According to "Book of Wei·Guan Shi Zhi", during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Northern Xianbei people in the Later Wei Dynasty had the compound surname Suli. After Emperor Xiaowen of Wei moved the capital to Luoyang, it was changed to the single surname Li in Chinese characters. The Li family in Luoyang, Henan.
The ancestor who got the surname: Fengshu.
Fengshu is a descendant of Shang Tang.
During the Shang Dynasty, there was a vassal state - the Li State. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, Xibo Jichang attacked the Li State. After King Wu defeated the Shang Dynasty, he created a great confederation for the world. He granted the descendants of Chengtang to the Li State and granted them the title of marquis. Later there was Lihou Fengshu.
After Fengshu, the descendants who took the country as their surname were called the Li family, and Fengshu was respected as the ancestor of the surname.
[Edit this paragraph] 2. Migration and distribution The early origin of the surname Li was in the northeastern area of ??Licheng County, Shanxi Province, where the capital of Li State was located in the Spring and Autumn Period.
As early as the Warring States Period, people with the Li surname were either working as officials or living as refugees. They moved to Shaanxi in the west, Shandong and Hebei in the east, and moved to Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guangxi and northern Vietnam in the south.
According to historical records, during this period, Li Zao, a native of Liang (now Hancheng, Shaanxi Province), moved to Jiangyou (now Jiangxi Province).
During the Han Dynasty, Li Zhucang served as Prime Minister of Changsha (now part of Hunan Province), and his descendants developed and multiplied in Hunan.
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, forced by wars in the north, a large number of people with the Li surname moved southward, and the Li surname in the south subsequently became more prosperous and continued to this period in subsequent generations.
According to the "Li Genealogy", there was a Li Qiao from Qi in the Southern Dynasties who was granted the title of Marquis of Yongle for his merits and was regarded as the founder of Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province).
From the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, the Li surname was more widely distributed in various regions in the north and south, and its development showed some new characteristics.
When the Li Qiao branch spread to Li Qian, it developed into a prominent family in Jingzhao (today's Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province), so the Li surname of this branch was named "Jing Zhao" as the county hall name, and Jing Zhao Yin Li Qian was respected. For the founding ancestor.
Li Du, the son of Li Qian, served as the county magistrate of Qianhua (now Ningdu, Jiangxi Province) and was the founder of Ningdu.
Li Zuo, the grandson of Li Du, served as the governor of Henan (now Luoyang, Henan Province) during the later Jin Dynasty.
During the Song Dynasty, some people with the surname Li migrated to Shanghang and Ninghua, Fujian.
At this time, the number of people with the Li name recorded in historical records gradually increased, indicating that the power of the Li surname reached a new level compared with previous generations, and the Li surname was more prosperous than in any previous period.
At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Tianlin moved from Fujian to Chengxiang, Meizhou, Guangdong (today's Meixian County), and he is regarded as the ancestor of Guangdong.
Later, some of his descendants moved to Fengshun, Lufeng and other places in Guangdong.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were people with the surname Li who lived in Shanxi Province and moved to Hubei, Hunan, Henan and other provinces.
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, people with the surname Li from Guangdong and Fujian settled in Taiwan and then moved overseas.
Today, the surname Li is especially common in Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangxi and other provinces. The people with the surname Li in the above three provinces account for about 67% of the Han population in the country.
The surname Li is the 92nd most common surname in China today. It has a large population, accounting for about 0.19% of the country's Han population.
[Edit this paragraph] 3. Historical celebrity Li Yi: A native of Mohuang County in Hejian (now Renqiu, Hebei Province), he was a general of the Northern Wei Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. He was awarded the title of Rongcheng County Male and an Eagle for his military exploits. General Young.
Li Qiao: A native of Mingzhou (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province) during the Qi Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. He was named Yongle Marquis for his military exploits.
Li Qian: A native of Rongzhou (now Yibin, Sichuan Province) in the Tang Dynasty, he was a former admonishment official and Jing Zhaoyin.
Good at Xingwei.
Li Chun: A native of Guang'an (now part of Sichuan Province), he was a Jinshi in Qingli in the Song Dynasty. Su Shi's "Yuanjinglou Ji" commented on him as: "Strong yet benevolent and bright, upright but not arrogant."
Liming: A native of Changsha (now part of Hunan Province) in the Song Dynasty, he was praised for his high character of filial piety and loyalty to friends.
Li Su: A native of Dongguan County in the Song Dynasty. He was an honest man and valued etiquette and justice.
His deeds of cutting off the stock to cure the illness of his relatives were commended by the court and praised by the world.
Li Guan: A native of Conghua in the Ming Dynasty, he was a Jinshi during the Zhengde period. He is the author of "Taichung Manuscript", "Western Tour Manuscript", "Jiu Fujian Manuscript" and other collections.
Li Chun: A native of Huarong, Hunan Province, he was the number one scholar in the Tianshun period of the Ming Dynasty and became the Minister of Rites in Nanjing.
Li Xun: A native of Zunyi, Guizhou, a writer of the Qing Dynasty.
He is pure and indifferent, studies with heart, and is especially good at poetry.
Li Jian: A native of Shunde County, Guangdong Province in the Qing Dynasty, he was a famous calligrapher and painter. He was good at painting landscapes, and his painting techniques were as good as those of the four masters of the Yuan Dynasty.
Li Jingxi: A native of Mohuang County, Hejian County (now Renqiu, Hebei Province) in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he was good at calligraphy and understood mystical phenomena. He was known for his elegance and good reading, and was not lazy in writing. He was a general on horseback.
Li Jingde: A native of Yongjia County (now part of Zhejiang Province) in the Song Dynasty, he once served as the chief registrar of Shayang.
He was erudite and capable of writing. He presided over the editing of "Shayang County Chronicles" and authored "Zhu Xi Yulei".
Li Ziyun: A native of Danzhou (now Danxian County, Guangdong Province) in the Song Dynasty, his family was poor and eager to learn. He often met Su Shi with his younger brother Zhaijiu. Shizhi named his villa: "Zaijiutang".
Li Gongzhen: During the Yuan Dynasty, he served as the Ganquan Order. He had benevolent policies and was deeply supported by the people. At that time, the people painted his portrait in the school to express their memory.
Li Suiqiu: A native of Panyu (now Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province), he was a poet of the Ming Dynasty and was also good at painting landscapes.
Li Minhuai: A native of Conghua (now part of Guangdong Province), he was a famous poet and painter in the Ming Dynasty. He was good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, and was known as the "Three Wonders" at that time.
Li Shuchang: a native of Zunyi, Guizhou Province, a diplomat and essayist in the late Qing Dynasty.
He has served as counselor to Britain, France, Germany and Japan, and as minister of envoy to Japan.
He is the author of "Zhuozunyuan Collection" and editor of "Compilation of Continuation of Ancient Chinese Ci".
Li Yuanhong: A native of Huangpi, Hubei Province, he has served successively as Hubei Army Commander, Hubei Army Commander-in-Chief, Nanjing Provisional Army Vice President, and Beiyang Warlord *** President.
Li Jinhui: A native of Xiangtan, Hunan Province, he is a famous modern musician. He pioneered two new art forms: children's song and dance and children's song and dance performance. He once founded the "Chinese Song and Dance School".
His main works include children's music "A Good Friend Is Here", "The Tiger Calls the Door", etc.
Li Jinxi: Linguist, member of the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Zi Shaoxi (1890-1978).
A native of Xiangtan, Changsha Prefecture.
Graduated from Hunan Excellent Normal School in 1911, and later served as the editor-in-chief of Changsha Daily and the first normal teacher in the province.
Since 1920, she has been a professor at Beijing Women's Normal University, Hunan University and other universities, teaching Chinese grammar and conducting in-depth research on language science.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as director of the Chinese Department of Beijing Normal University, member of the Chinese Character Reform Committee, and member of the Central Standing Committee of the Jiusan Society.
He is the author of "New Chinese Grammar", "New Chinese Rhythm", "New Theory of Chinese Characters", etc.
[Edit this paragraph] 4. County Wangtang No. 1. County Wangjingzhao County: In the first year of Taichu in the Han Dynasty (104 BC), the right internal history was changed to Jingzhao Yin, and the position was equivalent to the county prefect. It is one of the three auxiliaries, and its administrative seat is Chang'an (now northwest of Xi'an City), which is equivalent to the area north of Qinling Mountains, east of Xi'an City, and south of the Wei River in today's Shaanxi Province.
The area under the jurisdiction of Wei in the Three Kingdoms was renamed Jingzhao Yin, and the official name was changed to Taishou.
The founding ancestor of this branch of the Li clan is Yin Liqian, Jingzhao of the Tang Dynasty.
Jiuzhen County: At the end of the third century BC, Zhao Tuo of South Vietnam established a county.
Entering the Han Dynasty in 111 BC, it is equivalent to the eastern areas of Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh and Nghe An Province in present-day Vietnam.
Songcheng County: In the Sui Dynasty, this place was called Juyang, which was the administrative seat of the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, Juyang was renamed Songcheng, which is now the south of Shangqiu County, Henan Province.
2. Hall number: Zaijiu Hall.
During the Song Dynasty, the Li Ziyun brothers were poor and eager to learn.
Su Dongpo once visited his brothers, and Ziyun and his younger brother often visited Su Shi and asked him for advice.
Su Shi inscribed a plaque on their brother's door called "Zaijiu Hall".
In addition, the main church names of Li surname include: "Jingzhao Hall", "Jiuzhen Hall", "Songcheng Hall", "Zaijiu Hall", "Xin'an Hall", "Dunben Hall", " Lixu Hall" and so on.