What is the origin of surnames?

The Yi family began in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Zhou Wuwang won the world, and was transferred to Zhou Kangwang, so he named Lv Heng as the doctor of Weiguo and Nie Bei as a fief. He took the name "Nie" in the fief name "Nie Bei" as his surname, indicating that the fief was in Nie Bei and the city was built. Later, some people took "Nie" as their surname, and his descendants took "Mao" as their surname in order to distinguish their lineage.

Extended data:

Three surnames come from four sources:

1, the original surname of ethnic minorities;

2. From Ji's surname: According to Yuanhe's records, during the Spring and Autumn Period, the doctor of Weiguo took food from Yucheng and took the land as his surname;

3. From Fan, a descendant of Mongolia: According to Tongzhi Imperial Clan and Shanzuo Poetry Collection, "Fan, you can see Jinchang, Zhaojun." The leader of Mongolian Vara Department in Ming Dynasty was Ye Xian. He attacked the Ming Dynasty in the 15th year of the Ming Dynasty, and made peace with the Zhu Ming Dynasty after his failure. Some of his descendants entered the Central Plains and settled in Shandong. In the Ming Dynasty, someone mistakenly wrote "Xian Ye" as "Xian Ye", and the descendants of Xian Ye merged with the Han people and changed their surname to Xian Ye.

4. The Mongols also changed their surnames: In the Ming Dynasty, the leaders of the Mongwa Priests also attacked Beijing first, and some of their descendants lived in the Central Plains and changed their surnames to San.

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