I want to know the origin and ancestor of the surname Zhao. Who are the famous people with the surname Zhao in history?

There are three main origins:

① Comes from the surname Ying, which was formed in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The distant ancestor is Boyi, and the surname is Zaofu. Boyi was a grandson of Emperor Zhuanxu, and was given the surname Ying by Shun. Zaofu was the ninth grandson of Boyi. He was a famous horse-drawn carriage expert during the reign of King Mu of Zhou Dynasty. Because of his merits, he was given the city of Zhao by King Mu of Zhou Dynasty. The Zaofu clan was called the Zhao family. Later, the State of Zhao was established in the early years of the Warring States Period. It was destroyed by the State of Qin in 222 BC. The royal family, nobles and common people all took the name of the country and called them Zhao.

②The emperor gave the surname. For example, during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Jipeng and Li Jiqian, the leaders of the Tuoba tribe of the Dangxiang tribe, surrendered one after another, and the court gave them the names Zhao Baozhong and Zhao Baoji respectively; during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, Mu Rong was given the name Zhao Sizhong; during the reign of Emperor Zhezong of the Song Dynasty, the name of Longzan of the Hehuang Qiang tribe was given to Longzan of the Qingtang Dynasty. Zhao Huaide; his younger brother Bangpa Wuding was given the name Zhao Huaiyi; Ma Zhi, Guanglu Qing of the Liao Dynasty, had contributed to the Song Dynasty, so Song Huizong gave him the surname Zhao and the name Liangsi; in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yu Wenxuzhong, a Xianbei tribesman, attempted to rescue him and was rescued by the Jin Dynasty The captured Song Huizong and Song Qinzong were outnumbered and killed, so the Southern Song Dynasty court gave him the surname Zhao. In addition, since the Tang Dynasty, a large number of Jews have entered China, especially in the Song Dynasty. The surnames of the Jewish immigrants were personally given by the emperor. According to the inscription in the second year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty (1489), the Jews at that time included Li, An, Ai, Gao, There are seventeen surnames, including Mu, Zhao, and Jin. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, a Jewish doctor named An Cheng, who became a Chinese citizen, was given the surname Zhao because of his "accomplishments and merits." During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Yangcheng, the inspector of Zhangnan Road in Fujian, was also a Jew. Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, treated the Mongolian nobles who surrendered leniently and favorably, and gave Han Chinese names to each of them as a sign of praise. There was a Mongolian noble named Qi Batu, who was given the name Zhao Zhongmei, and their descendants also took the surname Zhao. In ancient times, when a person was given the national surname, the entire clan considered it an honor, and all members of the clan changed their surname to the national surname. This greatly expanded the population with the Zhao surname.

③Ethnic minorities changed their surname to Zhao. With the development of history, the surname Zhao, originally a Han surname, has been replaced by Manchu, Mongolian, Hui, Buyi, Miao, Tibetan, Achang, Tujia, Korean, Yao, Zhuang, Hani, Deang, Wa, Jingpo, Oroqen, Xibo, Yi, Bai The surname Zhao is also found among the , Dai and other ethnic groups. The surname Zhao was also found among the Huns in ancient times, the Baiman tribe in Yunnan during the Tang Dynasty, and the Fat Keman tribe during the Tang Dynasty. For example, Zhao Anji from the Xiongnu in the Western Han Dynasty, Zhao Guang from the Yue people; Zhao Shanzheng from the Bai people in the Five Dynasties; Zhao Guobao from the Mongolian people in the Yuan Dynasty, Zhao Agechang from the Tibetan people; Zhao Ruifeng from the Yao people in the Southern Song Dynasty; Zhao Keguang, Zhao Rongzheng, Zhao Rongzhang from the Zhuang people in the Qing Dynasty, etc. After the Revolution of 1911, the Manchu Aixinjueluo family, Xitala family, Ayanjueluo family, Juercha family, Ergenjueluo family, Atajueluo family, Zhaojia family, Ezhuo family, Meng'eluo family, etc. Some people changed their surname to Zhao. In addition, many people in history changed their surname to Zhao due to reasons such as avoiding trouble, in-laws, adoption, or marrying into another family.

Ancestor: Cepheus.