There are not many people with the Xian surname, but they have many origins
1. The Xian surname of Jizi: comes from the surname Zi, who is a descendant of the Yin Shang Dynasty and is named after the place. At the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Jizi, the uncle of King Zhou of Yin, was granted the title of Xian, and his descendants took Xian as their surname. According to documents such as "Customs" and "Dialectics of Ancient and Modern Surname Books", they are descendants of the Yin and Shang dynasties. The ancestor of the surname was Xu Yu, the uncle of King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, Xu Yu, the uncle of King Zhou, was granted the title of Jizi (Ji is the place name, and his son is a viscount) in Ji (now northeast of Taigu County, Shanxi Province). Hou Jizi often gave advice on King Zhou's debauchery and immorality, but King Zhou not only refused to listen, but instead put him under surveillance. After King Wu of Zhou defeated Shang Zhou and established the Zhou Dynasty, the descendants of Jizi were granted the land of Xian, so they took the Xian character in the place name as their surname and became the "Xian family".
2. Dayu’s surname: (Chongqing, Guizhou and Sichuan genealogy) comes from the surname Si. King Wu gave me the surname Xian. I am originally the Si surname, a descendant of Xia Yu. I lived in Puzhou, Shanxi, and it was the beginning of Anbang and the establishment of the country.
3. From the Xianbei people: (Taiwan Net) Xian surname: According to the Kangxi Dictionary, it evolved from the Xianbei people. There was a Mr. Xianming in Gaoshi before. It is said that most Xian surnames on the mainland are in the Northeast. area. Xianbei is a tribe that split from Donghu. After the Donghu were defeated by the Xiongnu, part of them retreated to the Xianbei Mountains (today's mountains in the southern section of the Greater Khingan Mountains in the area of ??the Keyouzhong tribe of the Xing'an League in Inner Mongolia), hence their name. Tuoba Xianbei is the most famous branch of Xianbei. They have lived in the Daxianbei Mountains in the Gaxiandong area in the northern section of Daxing'an Territory. They founded the Wei Kingdom (historically known as the Northern Wei Dynasty) and were the first ethnic minority to enter the Central Plains and unify the north. The excellent culture he created had a great influence on the Sui and Tang Dynasties. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, China first recorded the Xianbei poem "Chile Song", which was translated into Chinese at that time:
Chile River, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain;
The sky is like a dome house , covering the four fields.
The sky is green and the fields are vast;
The wind blows the grass and you can see cattle and sheep.
4. From the Hui people:
The Xian surname among the Hui people, according to the Longxi "Xian Family Genealogy" written during the Kangxi period, the ancestors were Uighurs in the Western Regions and moved to the interior before the Song and Jin Dynasties. . His descendants lived in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and later moved to Gansu, Qingning and Ningxia. Today’s surnames in Beijing, Jiangsu, Gansu and Qingning have the same ancestry.
Xian (1) comes from the surname Zi, named after the place. At the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Jizi, the uncle of King Zhou of Yin, was granted a title in Korea, and his descendants took Xian as their surname. (2) The compound surname is Xianyu, and some are shortened to Xianshi. County Hope: Nan'an County (now the Wei River Basin in Longxi, Gansu Province). Integrity, Ming, sincerity, public forgiveness, and Xun Sheng's first couplet indicate that in the Qixia era, the people of Xian Yannian, the official was Shunqing's magistrate, they were honest and honest, and had few desires, and they governed the place out of sincerity. After he left, the people missed him. The second couplet says that Xian Danian, a native of Guanxian County in the Song Dynasty, was the magistrate of Mianzhu County. He was fair in doing things and was not afraid of powerful people. He dared to change any shortcomings that his predecessor did not dare to touch. He was called Xunli. Origin of the surname: Textual analysis of the surname: According to customs and general meaning, King Wu granted Jizi to North Korea because of his surname Yan. It is said that there is a Xian surname in Shu, which was changed by the Xianyu family. County Wangtang number: Nan'an County, surname genealogy: Fuling Xian family tree, historical celebrity: Xian Yiru. (3) King Wu gave me the surname Xian. I am originally Sishi, a descendant of Xia Yu. I lived in Puzhou, Shanxi Province and started from Anbang and Dingguo. (Genealogy of the Xian family in Chongqing, Guizhou and Sichuan)
Xia: Yu, Dayu. The founding monarch of the Xia Dynasty. The grandson of Zhuanxu, his surname was Si and his name was Yu. Because of his meritorious service in controlling floods, he was granted the title of Emperor by Shun and was known as Dayu in the world. After reigning for eight years, he died. According to legend, he was located in Ziqi, and the hereditary monarchy system was established. There is the Mausoleum of Dayu in Shaoxing, Zhejiang.
Shang: Shang tribe affiliated to Dongyi, Shang Tang, the founding emperor of the Shang Dynasty. Shang Tang, son's surname, given name Lu, was called Wu Tang after the destruction of Xia. Later generations established the Song Dynasty, and Confucius was born from this surname.
Zhou: In the 11th century BC, King Wu of Zhou destroyed Shang and King Zhou died. King Wu granted Jizi the title of "Xian" in North Korea.
The ancestor who got the surname: Xu Yu (Ji Zi). After King Wu of the ancient Zhou Dynasty established the Zhou Dynasty, he sent a nobleman named Jizi to North Korea to be the leader there. He took the Xian character in the place name as his surname and became the Xian family. When Jizi was in Korea, he granted one of his descendants, Xian Zhong, to the place "Yu". Zhong's descendants took the Xian character of Korea and the Yu character of the fiefdom, and combined them to form Xian Yu, as their surname. Xianyu's ancestor Jizi turned out to be the uncle of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty. King Zhou was tyrannical and unjust. Jizi tried to dissuade him many times, which angered King Zhou. So Jizi pretended to be crazy and escaped death. After King Wu of Zhou conquered the world, he felt that Jizi was a virtuous man and respected him very much. However, Jizi refused to call King Wu of Zhou king because he was from the royal family of the Shang Dynasty and felt that King Wu of Zhou should not take over the world of the Shang Dynasty. Despite this, King Wu of Zhou still sealed him. Some of the descendants of the Yu family of Hou Xian also changed their name to the Xian family in order to eliminate the complexity and simplify it. It can be seen that the Xian family and the Xianyu family are from the same family. Therefore, the ancestor of the Xian surname was Xu Yu (Ji Zi).
1: Origin According to the records of "General Meanings of Customs", "Dialectics of Ancient and Modern Surname Books", "Text of Surnames", "Dictionary of Chinese Surnames" and other documents: there are two origins of the Xian surname: (1) Fiefdom The surname is the surname. From the descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, it was obtained on July 8, 2005 that the ancestor of the surname was King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty and his uncle was named Xu Yu. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, Xu Yu, the uncle of King Zhou, was granted the title of Jizi (Ji is the place name, and his son is a viscount) in Ji (now northeast of Taigu County, Shanxi Province). Hou Jizi often gave advice on King Zhou's debauchery and immorality, but King Zhou not only refused to listen, but instead put him under surveillance.
After King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty defeated the Shang Dynasty and established the Zhou Dynasty, the descendants of Jizi were granted the land of Xian, so they took the Xian character in the place name as their surname and became the "Xian family". (2) From the Xianyu family. Among the descendants of the Xian clan in Korea, there is a descendant of the Xian clan named Zhong, who is called Xian Zhong, and his food gathering place is (name of place). His descendants then combined the two characters Xian and Yu into the surname Xianyu, which became the "Xianyu clan". Descendants of the Xianyu family also changed their name to the Xian family in order to eliminate complexity and simplify. For example, there was Xianlong in Sichuan during the Song Dynasty, and his original name was Xianyulong. It can be seen that the Xian family and the Xianyu family are from the same family.
2: According to the records of "A Survey of Surnames", the famous family was named Nan'an County (the county was established in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was equivalent to the Wei River Basin in Longxi, Gansu Province). In the southwest of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, the ancient city of Yingxi was the county commander of the Xian Yu clan.
The distribution of county commanders
Nan'an County was established in the Eastern Han Dynasty and unified the land of the old Gongchang Prefecture in Gansu Province, and governed the original road. (The old city is located in the northeast of present-day Longxi and north of the Wei River)
Taiyuan County was established during the Warring States Period and became the Taiyuan Kingdom in the Han Dynasty. It was still a county and governed Jinyang (today's Taiyuan, Shanxi). Yuyang County was established by Yan during the Warring States Period, and was followed by the Qin and Han Dynasties to govern Yuyang (today's southwest of Miyun, Beijing)
Migration:
3: Xian surnames have many origins, so they were distributed during the Qin and Han Dynasties. In the northwest, northeast and central plains of my country, prominent families with county surnames were formed in Gansu during the Han and Tang Dynasties, with Nan'an County as the county leader. Today, Xian surnames are widely distributed, especially in Sichuan, Chongqing, Beijing and other places. Did not enter the top 300 in the country
4: The family names of Xian and Xianyu returned to their homeland from Korea. Since the Han Dynasty, they have been using Yuyang County in Hebei as their breeding center, so they are called "Yuyang". "Yangtang" is the hall name. To this day, the hall name "Yuyang" is still used from generation to generation. In some places, "Dunhou" is the hall name.
Other hall names: ① Junwangtang number: Nan'an, Taiyuan ②Self-established hall name: Dunhou et al.
5: Generation:
Generation of the Xian family in Nanchuan, Chongqing: Since the time of Shao Dynasty, the rise of the great orthodox style and the prosperity of the country. Remembering the ancestors, benevolence and virtue show the imperial court.
The Xian family in Dazhou, Sichuan: In the Ming Dynasty, virtuous officials were respected, their articles glorified the clan, their benevolence was upright, and their virtue was prosperous.
The generation of the Xian family in Yingshan, Sichuan: a bachelor of the Zhong family in the Chao Dynasty, Wen Le Ke Shao Ting (Yu), Zhong Qi inherited the ancestors, Chang Huai Zong Guozhen, Shu De Zhao Pi continued, Xuan Cai Ying family reputation
The Xian family in Yidu, Hubei Province: upright and bright, with a prosperous future and a prosperous society.
1. Tracing the origins from the surname King Zhou of Shang Dynasty. Ji (located in the east of Taigu County, Shanxi) is called Jizi.
Not long after King Zhou came to the throne, Jizi sighed when he saw that he began to use ivory chopsticks: