Yan surname is one of the surnames in China, and the ancestor of Yan surname is Yan Hui. There are three sources of Yan's surname, namely Cao Shi, Ji's surname and Shi's surname change.
One of the sources of Yan surname is Cao surname: Lv Hou. According to Liu Chen Custom Biography, Yuan He Shi Bian and Tongzhi Genealogy, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor is Zhuan Xu, and the great-grandson of Zhuan Xu is Lv Zhong. Lu Yisheng had six sons, and the fifth sons were Yue An and Cao Shi. With the help of Ansheng's grandson, he was appointed as a vassal of Lu and established Zhu. After Yan, as for, the word Yan is also called. After the state of Chu destroyed Guo, some descendants took their grandfather's words as their surnames and called them Yan surnames.
One of the sources of Yan surname, Ji surname, originated from Lu Gong in the Spring and Autumn Period, after the eldest son Boqin. According to the genealogy, the eldest son of Duke Zhou was sealed in Lu. Some descendants of these birds were sealed in Yi Yan, so they took the sealed city as their surname and called it Yanshi. Zheng, the mother of Confucius, is the daughter of Lu Guoyan.
One of the sources of Yan family comes from other nationalities: Jin Nvzhen changed her surname Yan after completing Yan family; Manchu surname in Qing Dynasty, living in Daling River; Today, the aborigines, Maonan and Bai nationalities in Taiwan Province Province all have this surname.
Historical celebrities with Yan surname: Yan Hui, Yan Zhenqing, Yan, Yan Deming, Yan Yanzhi, Yan Zhaofu, Yan Fu, Yan Zong, Yan Hui, Yan Shigu, Yan, Yan Guangmin, etc.