One is to take the official position as the surname. There was a doctor named Xin You in the Zhou Dynasty. His second son worked in the State of Jin, and Du Dong was an official of the State of Jin. His descendants took Dongshi as the official name. The second is to give a surname, which comes from your own surname. It is said that during the reign of Shundi, Dong's father was very good at feeding dragons, so he was very appreciated. So Dong's father was given Dong Shi, and his descendants also took Dong Shi as their surname. Third, descendants from Zhuan Xu. Zhuan Xu's descendants are named Dong He, and they have been living together.
Dong surname history:
Dong Shi's ancestral home is in the north of Dingtao, the south of Shanxi and the plain county of Shandong. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Dong Shi was mainly concentrated in Shanxi, Gansu, Hebei, Henan and other places. In addition, there are Dong surnames scattered in Shaanxi, Shandong, Guangdong, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Hubei, Fujian, Henan and other places. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Dong migrated from Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Hubei and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Dong moved to Taiwan Province Province, Nanyang Islands and some countries and regions in Europe and America. Today, Dong's surname is mainly concentrated in Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Yunnan, Liaoning, Zhejiang and other provinces.
Historical figures of Dong surname
Dong Zhongshu, a philosopher in the Western Han Dynasty, a master of Confucian classics and a historical figure named Dong. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty recommended a man with good literature. He put forward "Three Strategies for Heaven and Man" and advocated "ousting a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone", which was adopted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and was the forerunner of Confucianism as orthodoxy in feudal society for more than 2,000 years. His theory is centered on the patriarchal clan system of Confucianism, mixed with the theory of yin and yang and five elements, and integrates theocracy, monarchical power, patriarchal clan system and husband power to form a feudal Confucian system.
Dong Qichang was a famous painter in Ming Dynasty, represented by Hua Tingpai, which had a great influence on landscape painting. It is also a master in the collection and appreciation of calligraphy and painting. His paintings have their own style: strength in weakness, agility in turning, clear hierarchy and elegance in simplicity. He also has high attainments in seal cutting and calligraphy.