① Among the Hui people in China, there are many ancient books beginning with the sound of "A", which is the main source of surname formation.
② Since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the compound surnames and three-character surnames of Xianbei people have changed. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, A He and A Fu Gan, Xianbei people in the Northern Wei Dynasty, changed their customs to A He.
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It originated from Mongols, mostly in Qinghai Province, and its surname was taken from its ancestor A. It originally lived in Inner Mongolia grassland, then moved to Ningxia, Nanjing and other places, and finally moved to Xining Wei (now Datong County, Qinghai Province) with Chai in the Ming Wanli period. Because the two brothers were responsible for managing horses and hay for Chai, Chai asked them to be stationed in two places.
One is close to Chai Zongbing's resident (Chaijiabao Village, datong county) (Ajiatai Village, Huangjiazhai Town, datong county) and the other is relatively far away (Ajiabao Village, Shuobei Township, datong county). After more than 400 years of reproduction, the descendants of the two brothers have become two independent villages, namely Ajiabao Village in Shuobei Township, datong county and Ajiatai Village in Huangjiazhai Town, datong county.
Today, descendants of a surname can be found in many places in Qinghai Province, such as Xiatao Village in Huangjiazhai Town of Datong County and Shangwuzhuang Village in Huangzhong County.
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From the Hui nationality, taking Confucian classics as his surname. Among the Hui people in China, there are many Confucian classics that begin with the sound "A", which is one of the sources of surname formation. For example, in the Yuan Dynasty, there were dozens of officials, such as Qian, Wasi, Ali Han, Aslan, Apashi, Chi, Ci, Ali and Ahema. In the Ming Dynasty, there were Hui astronomers Adaudin and Aduji.
Some Hui people changed their names unrelated to A into surnames. For example, in the Qing Dynasty, the office of the Interior belonged to Ma Haili, and later it was renamed A, which became another surname of the Hui people. Hui nationality with surname A is mainly distributed in northwest China.
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Surnames are derived from Manchu surnames: among Manchu people in China, there are also many surnames beginning with the sound "A". When changing the Han surname (almost no Manchu people use Manchu surnames), most of them are directly changed to A. The old Manchu surnames that have been changed are: Balashi, Uzaku History, Ahajueluosh, Atamu History, Alashi, Albushi, Alai History, and those who have joined the Manchu.
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After Yi Yin in Shang Dynasty, the official name was taken as the surname. According to "Guan Shu", a Yin "is good at shifting weight, opening and closing, and blocking traffic, which makes it successful". He helped Shang Tang destroy Ge, Wei, Gu, Kunwu and other countries successively, and finally destroyed the summer in one fell swoop and established the Shang Dynasty. Yi Yin was honored by Shang Tang as "Aheng" (equivalent to the Prime Minister). Some of his grandchildren are proud of their ancestors' official positions, so they take Ah Zi as their surname and call it Ah Shi.
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From the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Xianbei people changed their compound surnames and three-character surnames. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Xianbei people in the Northern Wei Dynasty included Ahe and Afgan. After entering the Central Plains, he changed to Ahe with the customs of the Han nationality. According to the Records of Shu Wei Guanshi, "Afu Yu Shi was later changed to Ashi." This was after Emperor Xiaowen moved to Luoyang in the 19th year (495).
Before the official imperial edict of Emperor Xiaowen, the minority surname Afuyuan (or Afugan) was automatically simplified to Afugan in the 12th and 3rd year of Taihe (488-489). This simplification became the basis for Emperor Xiaowen to formally change his surname later.
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