Hakka surname---Zhao (zhao)
Zhao
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Origin of surname:
It comes from the surname Ying and was formed in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Its ancestor is Boyi, and its specific ancestor is Zaofu. Boyi was a grandson of Emperor Zhuanxu, and was given the surname Ying by Shun. Zaofu was the 9th generation grandson of Boyi. He was a famous carriage driver in the Western Zhou Dynasty. He got 8 horses in the Taolin area, trained them and presented them to King Mu of Zhou. King Zhou Mu equipped a fine carriage and asked Cepheus to drive it for him. He often went out to hunt and play. Once he went west to the Kunlun Mountains and saw the Queen Mother of the West. He was so happy that he forgot to return. At this time, he heard that King Xu Yan of the Xu Kingdom was rebelling. King Zhou Mu was very anxious about the news. At this critical moment, Cefu drove thousands of miles, allowing King Zhou Mu to quickly return to Haojing. He sent troops in time to defeat King Xu Yan and put down the rebellion. Because of Zaofu's great achievements, King Zhou Mu gave him the city of Zhao. From then on, the Zaofu family was called the Zhao family. When King Mu of Zhou passed the throne to King You of Zhou, because King You was immoral, the 7th generation uncle of Zaofu took him away from Zhou Shijin. From then on, the descendants of the Zhao family became the officials of Jin for generations. In the early years of the Warring States Period, Zhao Xiang, the 12th generation grandson of his uncle, united with the three families of Wei and Han to form the Jin Dynasty and established the State of Zhao. When his grandson Zhao Ji was born, he was officially recognized by King Lie of Zhou Dynasty and was listed as a prince together with the Han and Wei families. In 222 BC, the State of Zhao was destroyed by the State of Qin. The royal family, nobles and common people all called the Zhao family after the country's name.
Change the surname from another clan. For example, in the Han Dynasty, there was Zhao Anji, who was originally a Huns; during the Tang Dynasty, there was Zhao Yitian, who was a Bennan barbarian; during the Five Dynasties, there was Zhao Guozhen, who was originally a barbarian from Zangda (now Guangxi and Guizhou).
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Migration distribution
In the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo, a native of Zhending (now Zhengding, Hebei Province), served as the magistrate of Longchuan County, Nanhai County, and later Nanhai County. Wei, at the end of the Qin Dynasty, he annexed the three counties of Guilin, Nanhai and Xiang to establish the Nanyue Kingdom. He was named the King of Nanyue during the reign of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty. Since then, Zhao Tuo's descendants have multiplied in today's Guangdong and Guangxi areas. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the capital was invaded by Dong Zhuo, and Zhao Da from Luoyang fled to Jiangdong. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Duan, a native of the Central Plains, followed Chen Zheng, Chen Yuanguang and his son into Fujian to open up Zhangzhou. During the Five Dynasties, Liu Yan established the Southern Han Dynasty in Guangzhou, and the three brothers Zhao Guangyi, Guangfeng and Guangyin from Luoyang settled in Nanhai; Zhao Tingyin and Zhao Chongtao from Kaifeng settled in Chengdu, Sichuan because they served in Shu. At the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Yongxian from Kaifeng fled south with Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, and immigrated to Changshu, Jiangsu Province. Zhao Fan from Zhengzhou immigrated to Shangrao, Jiangxi Province. After the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Zhao family fled to Penghu, Chaoyang and other places, and later developed and multiplied in Fujian and Guangdong.
Zhao is a common surname in China. The same is true in Taiwan, where it is ranked the 47th most popular surname in Taiwan. The Zhao family moved to Taiwan in the 22nd year of Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1682 AD). At that time, Zheng Chenggong's son Zheng Jing assigned the five surnames Zhao, Huang, Dong, Ke, and Li. Later, the number of Zhao surnames increased in various parts of Taiwan. In the 60th year of Kangxi (AD 1721), Zhu Yigui revolted, and there was a nominal citizen named Zhao He in Xiatanshui Port. In the early years of Yongzheng, there was a Zhao named Zhao who recruited tenants from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou in Fujian. During the Qianlong period, there were Quanzhou natives Zhao Pu and Zhao Jin. Two people. Currently, Taichung, Tainan and Keelung have the largest number of people with the surname Zhao in all parts of the province. Later, many people immigrated overseas and were distributed in some countries and regions in Europe, America and Southeast Asia.
Tang name
"Banbu Tang": During the Later Zhou Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, Zhao Pu helped Zhao Kuangyin launch the "Chenqiao Mutiny" to establish the Song Dynasty. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin then appointed Zhao Pu as prime minister. He also proposed the method of "releasing military power through drinking wine" to reduce local armed forces, consolidate centralization of power, and try every means to govern the world well. Song Taizu asked: "My dear! How do you manage the country so well?" Zhao Pu replied: "I just relied on half of the Analects of Confucius!" After Zhao Pu's death, his family packed his book box, and what was really going on? There is no treasure, only "The Analects of Confucius" which he often read when he was alive.
"Qinhetang": During the Song Dynasty, the imperial censor Zhao Wei was a good official who was honest and caring for the people, and was known as the "iron-faced censor". When he was the prefect of Chengdu, he was as clear as water. When he saw the people living and working in peace and contentment, he happily played the piano for fun. He raised a crane and often used the whiteness of the crane's feathers to encourage him not to be corrupt; he used the red color on the crane's head to encourage himself to serve the country with all his heart.
He was so poor that he had nothing but a harp and a crane.
The Zhao family also used "Tianshui", "Xiaosi", "Guzhi", "Cuihuan" and so on as their hall names.
Historical Celebrities:
Zhao Kuangyin: Originally a general of the Later Zhou Dynasty, during the "Chenqiao Mutiny", he succeeded the Zhou Dynasty as emperor and established the Song Dynasty, which lasted for 320 years, making the clan with the surname Zhao famous. reached its most glorious period.
Zhao Wenyuan: A famous calligrapher in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, good at regular script and official script. At that time, many inscriptions were written by him, and he was ordered to compile a six-body calligraphy dictionary during the Western Wei Dynasty.
Zhao Sheng: Mr. Pingyuan, known as "thousands of diners", is the most famous figure in the history of the Zhao family.
Zhao Yong: King Wuling of Zhao. He advocated "Hufu cavalry and shooting" and created cavalry. This was a great progress in Chinese military history.
Zhao Zhixuan: one of the "Eight Xiling Schools" in the Qing Dynasty.
Zhao Zhilian: An outstanding calligrapher, painter and seal carver in the Qing Dynasty. His calligraphy, painting, and seal cutting had a certain influence on later generations. Together with Ren Bonian and Wu Changshuo, he was known as one of the "Three Great Painters of the Late Qing Dynasty".
Zhao Yi: historian and writer of Ming Dynasty. He is good at history and has thorough textual research. His poems are as famous as those of Yuan Mei and Jiang Shiquan, and are also known as "the three great masters of Jiangyou" or "the three great masters of Qianlong".
Zhao Mengfu: an outstanding calligrapher and painter of the Yuan Dynasty. He is good at regular script, running script and regular script, and his writing style is graceful and graceful, and he is known as "Zhao style".
Zhao Yun: A general of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period and one of the "Five Tiger Generals".
Zhao Gongming: It is said that the Qin Dynasty achieved Taoism in Zhongnan Mountain. People call him "Marshal Zhao Gong" and he is regarded as the "God of Wealth".