First, it originated from the surname Jiang, from the fief of the eldest son of the monarch of Qi State in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and belongs to the fief name. According to historical records such as the Book of the Tang Dynasty, the Prime Minister's genealogy, Yuan He's Compilation, etc., Ji Zi, a descendant of Yan Shennong and the eldest son of Jun Ding of the State of Qi in the Western Zhou Dynasty, once ate in (now Cuiba Village, Weiqiao Town, zouping county City, Shandong Province), and later took the city as his surname, which was Cui Shi, Shandong Province. Ding, his son, was the second generation monarch of Qi in the Western Zhou Dynasty. He had a younger son named Ji Zi, who was supposed to inherit the throne of Qi according to etiquette, but gave way to his younger brother Jiang (the second son), who lived in Cuicheng (now Cuiba Village, Weiqiao Town, Zouping, Shandong Province) and lived a happy life. Among the descendants and residents of Jiang, Cui Shi, whose surname is the feudal city of our ancestors, has been handed down from generation to generation for more than 3,000 years and is known as the authentic Cui Shi. Now there is a national Cui Shi Grand Ancestral Hall in Cuiba Village, Weiqiao Town, zouping county.
In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Yan Sun was named King of Qi for assisting Wen and establishing Zhou. When Qi Dinggong arrived, Jiang, the eldest son, wanted to attack Qi Huangong. He refused to accept it and gave way to his younger brother Uncle B. After Uncle B succeeded to the throne, he gave him the area (now Cuiba Village, Weiqiao Town, Zouping, Shandong Province) as a food city. From then on, our descendants lived in and later became Cui Shi under the name of Cuiwei, a food city.
After Cui Shi's surname, he held an important position in the State of Qi, and was one of the official families at that time. For example, Ji Zi's eighth son, Sun, was a very powerful minister in the State of Qi, who monopolized state affairs for many years. Later, due to the failure of political struggle, Cui lost power in Qi and moved south to Lu (now Qufu, Shandong). In the Qin Dynasty, Cui Yi, the grandson of Cui Yao, was named as the Donglai Hou. After entering the Han Dynasty, Cui Ye, Cui's eldest son, took the title and settled in Wucheng (now the northeast of Qinghe, Hebei) on the east bank of Qinghe. Cui Yedi and Cui Zhongmou lived in Anping, Boling (now Hebei). Their descendants developed into a powerful clan in the Han, Wei, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, and celebrities came forth in large numbers. They are known as Cui Shi in Qinghe and Cui Shi in Boling in history, ranking first among the "seven cases and five surnames". Due to the multiplication of Cui Shi and the migration of officials, Cui Shi was further divided into Zhengzhou Cui Shi, Yanling Cui Shi, qi zhou Cui Shi and Qingzhou Cui Shi, as well as Qinghe Cui Shi, Qinghe Cui, Boling Cui, Boling two-bedroom Cui, Boling three-bedroom Cui and Nanzu Cui. In the Tang Dynasty alone, Cui Shi separated from Qinghe and Boling 10 Cui Shi, with a total of 29 prime ministers. At that time, there was an international saying that "people who say your surname are better than Wang Li arguing for Cui Lu". Cui surname is regarded as one of the most famous surnames in the world, and is recognized as "the highest hall in the world and the head of the northern nobility".
Second, from the Korean nationality, from the Tang Dynasty students in Silla, the Korean peninsula, they belong to Chinese culture and changed their surnames to surname. According to the New Tang Book, during the Tang Dynasty, Cui Shi was owned by Silla State on the Korean Peninsula. Silla Kingdom was founded by Chen Han Lu Si of the Three Han Dynasties in the 4th century A.D., with Jincheng as its capital (now Gyeongju, Gyeongsangdo, South Korea). From the end of the 4th century, Silla interacted with the former Qin, Southern Qi, Liang, Northern Qi, Chen, Sui and Tang Dynasties, and absorbed the Han culture in China. During this period, he used Chinese characters and created the official reading text with pinyin Chinese characters. Since the first year of Tang Yongchun (A.D. 682), Silla has started Chinese studies and read China classics such as The Analects of Confucius and The Book of Rites. At that time, there were many students studying the Tang Dynasty in Silla, including monks. Many of them were successful in middle schools and made great contributions to the cultural development of the Korean nation. During the Tang Dynasty, a large number of Silla students studied in the Tang Dynasty. Because all the prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty belonged to Cui Shi except the royal Li (6 1 person), with the largest number of 36, they took their surname as the Han surname and became the later Han surname Cui Shi. South Korean Cui Shi has different origins, including Gyeongju, Jeonju, Dongzhou, Haizhou, Shuoning, Longjiang, Heshun, Jianghua, Yongchuan, then, Jilin, Shui Yuan, Suicheng, Niufeng Zhongzhou, Tongchuan, Yangchuan, Kaicheng, Jishan, Longzhou, Xinghai, Yangzhou and Hannan. [2] During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of Korean Cui Shi entered the Central Plains and gradually became the present Korean Cui Shi.
Third, it originated from Mongols and belongs to the Han surname. According to the historical records "Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, Clan Bamboo Slips and Family Names of the Eight Banners of Mongolia", Cui, also known as Chimutuo, is a Mongolian, with a ancestral home in Chahar, Mongolia, and lives in Chahar (now Zhangjiakou, Hebei, including Hebei, Inner Mongolia Wulanchabu League, Xilingol League, and parts of Shanxi). Later, the Han people took Cuizhuhala as their surname. After the middle of Qing Dynasty, Cui changed his surname to Cui Shi.
Four, from other ethnic minorities, belonging to the surname of China. Among the Yi, Hui, Tu and other ethnic minorities, Cui clan people are distributed, and most of their sources are Cui Shi, the Han family name passed down from generation to generation in the policy of staying in the people and the movement of changing the land to the stream promoted by the central government in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.