1, from "the emperor in history" Cang Xie, who created characters in the era of the Yellow Emperor. After that, Cang, Shi, Shi Hou, Hou Gang, Yimen, etc. were derived. Cang Xie is a historian, known as "Huang". Later, there was an official named Shi's family.
2. After Mrs. Zhou's history. His surname was Shi in the past dynasties, and he also took Shi as his surname. The earliest person with a surname in history belongs to Taishi in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, there was Taishi Gong, who was solemn and called the Four Saints with Taishi Gong, Zhou Gong and Zhao Gong. Because he was an official in the Zhou Dynasty all his life, all his descendants took the official name as their surname. During the Spring and Autumn Period, historians in many countries took officials as their surnames.
3. One of the "Nine Surnames of Zhaowu" in Sui and Tang Dynasties. The Guo Kang branch of the ancient western regions has a country with a long history and lives in a city with a long history. It is one of the "Zhaowu countries". In history, people from countries came to live in the Central Plains and took the country name as their surname.
4. It was changed by Ashina of the Turkic nationality. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, those who entered the Tang Dynasty changed their surname to Shi.
5. Shi is also of mixed birth. For example, there were Shi Siming in the Tang Dynasty, and there were Turkic species in Benning Yizhou.
Second, the current situation of Shi surname: the population of Shi surname has reached more than 2.5 million, ranking 85th in China, accounting for about 0.2 1% of the national population. At present, the distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Shandong, Henan and Hebei provinces, accounting for about 37% of the total population, followed by Shanxi, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Yunnan and Shaanxi, which account for 28%. Shandong is the largest province in contemporary history, with a population of 15%.
A celebrity surnamed Shi
1, Shi Kefa: a famous anti-Qing fighter. When the soldiers were trapped in Yangzhou, he refused to surrender and stuck to the end. Unfortunately, he died heroically.
2. Shi Menglin: Neo-Confucianism in Ming Dynasty. He advocated neo-Confucianism as the foundation of the country, encouraged by honors and festivals, and participated in giving lectures at Lindong College.
3. Shi Yu: A historian in the Spring and Autumn Period, noted for his integrity. When he died, he also suggested that Wei Linggong become a saint (Mi Apollo) and go to Zixia Mi. Later people called it "corpse remonstration". His books are very straight and are a model for historians.
4. The Book of Poetry: Zhou Xuanwang is a calligrapher. It is said that he created the seal script Da Zhuan. He put forward the materialistic proposition of "being in harmony with real creatures, the same is unsustainable".