Wen is a famous surname in China. Among the hundreds of surnames in Song Dynasty, he ranked 32 1. According to the current population, the existing population is 1.9 million, accounting for 0. 16% of the national population, ranking 104 in the contemporary surname statistics. The Wen family and other surnames played a very important role in the origin and development of the Chinese nation and wrote a brilliant chapter in the history of the Chinese nation.
"Great trees must have roots; The water in Hu Aishan must have its source. " There were different versions and theories about the origin of Wen's family in the past. The most representative ones are "three-source theory" and "multi-source theory". The theory of "three sources" holds that the Wen family has three sources: one is to give his own surname, which is the descendant of Levin, and the son of Kunwu family takes the country as his surname after the establishment of Wen's country. The second is the descendant of Zhuan Xu Levin, the son of Kunwu after Su Guo, which is derived from Su Guo's own surname. Cutie, a Qing Dynasty man, said in "The Origin of Surnames": "In the Spring and Autumn Period, the male was ten years old, and the temperature was extinguished. Wen Zi Benway. Wen Zi is, Su's surname is his own, so there is no doubt that Wen Zi gave the surname. " This theory holds that Wen's ancestor was Su Fensheng, the first monarch of Soviet countries in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. Thirdly, it is considered that Wen's surname is Ji. In the Tang Dynasty's Collection of Yuanhe Surnames, it was recorded: "Wen, after that, was given to Kawachinofumi by the Duke of Jin because of his name. Also _ eat in the temperature, which is the so-called warm season. " The New Tang Book Prime Minister's Hereditary Table follows this theory. Wen's ancestors were Hezhi.
Multi-source theory is more complicated. In addition to the above three sources, Liu changed his surname to Wen, the second son of King Suludong of the Philippines changed his surname to Wen, and the ethnic minorities changed their surnames to Wen. A famous surname, despite all kinds of statements, can only have one origin, * * * to serve an ancestor. To study the surnames of China people, we must trace back to the source. According to this principle, after careful exploration, we think that Wen originated from Levin's family in Zhuan Xu, and its ancestor Wen Ping was the founder and founder of Wen's country. Before Wen's appearance, Wen people took the country as their surname. Now explain the problem from the following two aspects:
First, based on historical documents.
According to legend, "Tang Taichang Wencheng New North" says: "Wen, born in Zhuan Xu, is his surname." This Tai Changxin may be Moon Hee, which belongs to the misunderstanding of later generations. "Mandarin Zheng Yu" said: "My surname is Kunwu, Su, Gu, Wen and Dong". Zhao Wei's note: "The five countries are all Kunwu, don't seal it."
Tell us that Kunwu, Su, Gu and Dong are descendants of Kunwu, descendants of Zhuan Xu Levin, with the same surname. Wen was founded in the early summer, and the Shang clan rose in the late summer. This edition of the bamboo book chronicles: "In the twenty-sixth year of Guangxi, the Shang Dynasty died." In BC 1605, the Shang tribe destroyed the kingdom of Wen in the process of cutting summer. The literature records the history of Wen Guoxing's death, and the surname of Wen originated from Wen Guo. It is by no means groundless.
Second, the epitaph and other physical data as the basis.
Mr. Lu Huanan, a cadre of Jiyuan Cultural Relics Bureau, introduced the archaeological findings and cultural relics value of the epitaphs of Wenwa and Miao Wen in detail. This is of great reference value for exploring the family origin of Wen.
In the past, although most of us said that Wen was a descendant of Zhuan Xu Levin, the specific surname was unknown. Now it is clearly recorded on our two stone tablets that Wen started with the name Junping, found the ancestor of Wen, and solved the source of Wen.
Its important value is not only here, but also records the evolution of Wen's family, which means that the famous Taiyuan family is the descendant of Wen Ping. The tombstone of the doctor who gave advice to Wen Fujun (Wa) at the end of the Tang Dynasty said: "Zhuan Xu was born in Wen's family, and his surname is his own. Later, he was flat and poor in summer, and only used soil. His descendants are still waiting for him because they live in his city." The famous calligrapher Liu Gongquan's book list has high specifications and high historical value.
Another is the preface to the epitaph of Mr. Wen (Miao), who left the Tang Dynasty to make up for the deficiency of the monarch. It reads: "Mr. Wen is taboo, his word is smooth, his surname is himself, he has peace, he helps the summer to get rid of poverty, and he is sealed by Wen because of his name." From _ to _, the 26th generation, Zhou City was Sima, but it was not sealed in Qi, so it was from Taiyuan. "Visible wenshi began in early summer, the ancestor is flat. Because of the poor family's contribution to the demise of the Xia Dynasty, he was sealed in Wen (now wen county, Henan Province) and established Wen Guo. Don't seal it in the ground when the weather is warm until the 26th Sun Wen.
Wen Yi's epitaph says it is not sealed in the ground, while Wen Yi's epitaph says it is not sealed in Qi. Qi and Qi are similar in form and sound, but they are not far apart. It is possible that Wen _ Bie was sealed as a frontier. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, his descendant Wen Jia's Sun Wen and he moved to Qixian County, Taiyuan. There are many famous people in his descendants, including the loyal monarch in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wen Hui, the secretariat of Liangzhou in the Three Kingdoms, the document in situ in the Western Jin Dynasty, the official document bridge in Anxian County in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Yan-Wen Daya, Yan Bo,. Tracing back to the source, these people are all descendants of Ping. Moon Hee is the gentle fifth grandson, and Miao Wen is the gentle sixth grandson. Therefore, Taiyuan family is the mainstream county of Wen family composed of Wen Ping's descendants.
According to documents and inscriptions, we can know that China's Wen surname is a descendant of Zhuan Xu's Levin and his ancestor is Gong Ping.
Wen's branches and leaves are lush, and Yushu is facing the wind. From the Jin Dynasty, it spread from Henan, Shanxi and other central plains areas to all parts of the country. Since modern times, many Wen people have frequently migrated overseas, forming the Wen family distributed at home and abroad.
Wen Jia Tian Xia My ancestral home is wen county, and my ancestral name is Ping.
(Huaxia Surname Origin Research Center is a surname origin research institution with Mr. Yuan Yida as the director and the most experienced experts and scholars in family history, surnames and archaeology as the core team, which represents the highest academic level of surname origin research in China today. )