Zhang is a very old surname with a history of about 5000 years. The surname Ji, which originated from Huangdi, the ancestor of human beings, is an important part of Chinese descendants.
The Yellow Emperor is the Lord of the ancient Chinese nation and the head of the five emperors. He is regarded as China's "ancestor of mankind" and is Zhang's blood relative.
As the ancestor of Zhang surname, Zhang Hui has two different views on the relationship with the Yellow Emperor. One thinks that Zhang Hui is the son of the Yellow Emperor, and the other thinks that he is the grandson of the Yellow Emperor.
The son of the Yellow Emperor said. The Yellow Emperor had a son, Minghua, who was a great inventor. He invented the bow and arrow and the net. Tools for fishing and catching birds and animals). Bows and arrows and nets, as new production tools at that time, enabled people to hunt more birds and animals, catch more fish and shrimp, and reduce the harm of wild animals to themselves. The clans and tribes to which Hui belongs have produced bows, arrows and fishing nets for generations. The bow length is bound to be large, and the technique of making a big bow is definitely better than that of a small bow. The bow is long, so his descendants take "Zhang" as their surname. In a sense, the "Zhang" of the bow length is actually a display of one's bow-making skills.
The grandson of the Yellow Emperor said. The Yellow Emperor had a son named Qingyang, and Qingyang had a son named Hua. Smart since childhood, thinking. Once, he looked at the night sky and was inspired by the combination of stars. After research, he invented the bow. As Marx pointed out, the core carrier of the relationship between man and nature is production tools, and tools are the extension of human limbs. The invention of the bow was indeed a great event in an era when people basically lived by hunting. No less than the invention of aircraft, high-speed rail, guided weapons and high-quality guns, it has a great impact on social development. So the Yellow Emperor made him an official specializing in bow making, calling him "Gong Zheng", also known as "Gong Chang", and combined his official names into one, giving him the surname "Zhang".
Although there are different opinions about whether Zhang Hui is the son of the Yellow Emperor or the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, there is not much difference about Zhang Hui himself. They all admit the basic fact that he makes bows and arrows, is an official and worships arc stars. But remembering Zhang's lingering surname, some of them are slightly different, such as "watching bows and arrows, giving the surname Zhang", "making bows and arrows at the beginning, making the official bow stand, worshiping the arc star, taking charge of the world, giving the surname Zhang" and "having long bows and arrows, being good at Zhang Gang, being hereditary in his post, giving the surname Zhang". According to this, it can be said that lingering surnamed Zhang, that skill is a profession, that official is a surname, or that official is a surname.
Zhang's surname is widely distributed, with many celebrities, such as strategist Zhang Yi, strategist, valiant soldier Zhang Fei, Ke Heng, medical sage Zhang Zhongjing, diplomat Zhang Qian, calligrapher Zhang Xu, poet Zhang Jiuling, painter Zhang Zeduan, national hero Zhang Zizhong, modern famous industrialist Zhang Qian, revolutionary Zhang Wentian, etc.
(Zhang series)