2. According to the relevant data, Boyi, the leader of the ancient tribes who won the surname, became a scholar in Xiao Zhong, so he took Xiao as his surname, and later generations adopted Xiao.
3. According to the genealogy of continuing tongzhi, surname dictionary, dialectics of ancient and modern surname books and other relevant materials, ethnic minorities were named Xiao because they changed their surnames or were given surnames. Bali in Han Dynasty, Yizu Jile, Shulu surnamed Xiao, and Qidan Bali, Yizu Jile, renamed Xiao in Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties.
4、? The word "Zhao" in the bronze inscriptions is mostly written as "Xiao", so the ancient Xiao family is basically Zhao's, such as "Xiang Bang Zhao Ge" and "Xiang Bang Xiao Ge". Now Xiao, most of them are written by Xiao.
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Xiao and Xiao are two ancient surnames. Xiao appeared very early, according to Yuan He's Chronicle? According to genealogy, Guang Yun, dialectics of ancient and modern surnames and other books, Wei Yuan, an aristocrat in Yin and Shang Dynasties, was a son's surname. After the destruction of Shang Dynasty in Zhou Dynasty, Wei Zi was named Song State (now south of Shangqiu, Henan Province).
In the early Spring and Autumn Period, Sun Daxin, a descendant of Sun Daxin, was named Xiao (now northwest of Xiaoxian County, Anhui Province). Because Xiao is the surname, Xiao Shuxin is named in Zuo Zhuan? Twelve years of Zhuang Gong. Later generations of Xiao's celebrities include Xiao He, the founding prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty, Xiao, the Southern Dynasty's Prince Xiao Tong, the prime minister of the early Tang Dynasty, and Xiao Yu in the portrait of Lingyange.
Xiao surname is widely distributed and has a large population. Now it is one of the fifty most populous surnames in China. This "xiāo" and "Guang Yun" sound like the tune of Su Like, but today I read the tune of xi āo.
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