Xiongshi origin

Xiong is one of the oldest surnames in China, which can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty. It is the surname of the nobles of Chu. Xiong has a long history, a huge family and many branches. Xiong's family once had 72 famous families, ranking 68th among hundreds of surnames. The ancestor of the surname is raccoon, which is the descendant of Zhu Rong's family.

Xiong has three obvious characteristics: first, his surname is early and his history is long; Second, the clan is huge and numerous, spreading all over the country, and there are bear clan people everywhere; Third, there are countless talents. Since ancient times, there have been outstanding figures of bears, especially in the Northern Song Dynasty. Among them, the bear surname of Miao and Yao was changed from Chinese to Chinese, which has nothing to do with the aristocratic family of Chu.

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Bear. At the end of Shang Dynasty, there was a gifted scholar who was once a teacher of Zhou Wenwang and was named lord protector. Its ancestor was the Yellow Emperor, and his son Changyi was born in Zhuan Xu. The sixth son of Zhuan Xu IV, Sun Luzhong, was named Ji Lian, and Xiong Ji was a descendant of Ji Lian. Xiong Yi, the great-grandson of Kuaixiong, took the word Wang Fu as his surname and called it Xiongshi. In the west, Xiong Yi was appointed as Jingchu, established Chu and made its capital Danyang (now southeast of Zigui, Hubei). During the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu was once powerful, and its influence extended to the Central Plains, becoming one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period. In 223 BC, Chu was destroyed by Qin, and later generations mostly took the bear as their surname, and respected the bear as their ancestor.