The origin of the hundred family names "Jiang".

Jiang's surname comes from the surname of Emperor Yan in ancient times. According to historical records, Jiang is a descendant of Emperor Yan and one of the oldest surnames in China. Shuo Wen Jie Zi said: "Shennong lives in Jiang Shui and thinks his surname is his own." The legendary Emperor Yan, Shennong, is said to be one of the oldest "Huang San" in China history. A native (now Qishan County, Shaanxi Province) took Jiang as his surname. So the birthplace of Emperor Yan is also the birthplace of Chiang Kai-shek. Later, in the course of history, due to various reasons, many descendants of Emperor Yan changed their surnames. The descendants of Emperor Yan were either sealed in Shandong (now Nanyang County, Henan Province) or sealed in Shenyang in rainy summer. Qi was one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period, founded by Lu merchants. History records: "Lu Shang, surnamed Jiang Mingya." Lu Shang, a descendant of Shennong (also known as Jiang Taigong and Jiang Ziya), was named Lu Shang because his ancestors tasted four mountains and helped Dayu control water. His descendants inherited the monarch of the State of Qi and lived for the 29th time. Later, during the Warring States Period, Qi was destroyed by Tian He, and Qi became Tian's regime. His descendants are scattered all over the country, taking Jiang as their surname. In this way, the surname Jiang, who moved to various places, continued to multiply and develop, and by the Han Dynasty, it had developed into a big family. According to historical records, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Xirong also had a surname of Jiang, so it was called Jiang Rong, originally in Guazhou (now Dunhuang West, Gansu Province), and then gradually moved eastward. Around 638 BC, its leader moved to southern Shanxi and belonged to the State of Jin. Before the Western Han Dynasty, the Jiang family living in present-day Shandong and Henan Province had developed into a Kanto family (located in the east of Hanguguan in Lingbao County, Henan Province). In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, in order to enrich the population of Guanzhong, Jiang moved from Guandong to Guanzhong. This younger generation lived in Tianshui (now Gansu), so the people took "Tianshui" as the county name. By the Han Dynasty, Jiang's family had migrated to Jiangsu and Sichuan. However, until the Tang Dynasty, Tianshui was still the development and reproduction center of the Chiang family. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Chiang family was also distributed in Hebei, Henan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Shandong, Qiongshan, Guangdong and other places. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, some members of the Jiang family lived in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Hubei and other places. According to Jiang's genealogy, during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, a man named Jiang Shiliang moved to Hongdu Village, Longxi County, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, and made a fortune here. Its descendants multiplied, and the other branch moved to Yandun Township, Lufeng, Guangdong Province, and continued to prosper. Later, Jiang Shiliang's grandson 1 1 moved from the mainland to Taiwan Province Province during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Since then, people from Fujian and Guangdong have moved to Taiwan Province Province, and some people have spread overseas. Jiang's celebrity was Jiang Ziya of the Zhou Dynasty. Since then, many outstanding figures have appeared in the past dynasties. Jiang Kang, a hermit in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was called "a famous historical family". He is not only knowledgeable, but also famous for his filial piety with his second brothers Zhong Hai and Yoshioka. Brothers love each other and often sleep together. Later generations often use "Jiangbei" as a metaphor for brotherhood. There was the Jiang family in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was famous for its filial piety to his wife, and later developed into a more prosperous branch of the Jiang family. In the Three Kingdoms, there was a man named Jiang Wei, a native of Tianshui, who was originally a general of Wei, and later returned to Shu, winning the trust of Zhuge Liang. After Zhuge Liang, he led the army as a general. He is a famous minister. In the Tang Dynasty, there were two prime ministers named Jiang, besides Jiang Gongfu, there were other prime ministers named Jiang Ke. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a famous poet and musician, a white stone Taoist named Jiang Kui and a native of Poyang (now Boyang, Jiangxi), who was proficient in poetry, music and economy. Unfortunately, because Qin Gui was in power at that time, Jiang Kui spurned him and lived in seclusion. There was also a famous Jiang Cai in the Southern Song Dynasty. There was a painter Jiang Ligang in the Ming Dynasty; Jiang, a writer in Qing Dynasty, once participated in the compilation of Ming History. His criminal record exposed the harm of "factory guards" in the Ming Dynasty, and he was good at calligraphy and poetry, and was known as one of the "Three Cloth Clothes in the South of the Yangtze River". In modern times, there were the Red Army in northwest Anhui and Chiang Ching-tang, one of the founders of revolutionary base areas. Jiang's surname ranks 60th among the top 100 surnames in China.