Migration of Cui surname

The surname Cui originated from Shandong. Ji Zi's descendants have been serving as officials of the state of Qi.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Cui Yiru, a descendant of Ji Zi, was appointed as a senior official in the State of Qin (the capital is now Xianyang, Shaanxi Province) and was granted the title of Marquis of Donglai. The eldest son Cui Boji was the Marquis of Donglai in the Western Han Dynasty and lived in Wucheng in the east of Qinghe (now northeast of Qinghe County, Hebei Province, some say in the west of today's Wucheng County in Shandong Province). Later, he was divided into Yanling (now in Henan), Nanzu, Qinghe Dafang, and Qinghe Xiao. Fang, Qinghe Qingzhoufang and other tribes. The second son, Cui Zhongmo, lived in Anping, Boling (now part of Hebei Province), and later branched out into tribes such as Boling'an Bingfang, Boling Dafang, Boling Second Fang, and Boling Third Fang. The Cui family has a prominent family and a prosperous population, so it has two major counties: "Qinghe" and "Boling". In addition, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the warlords were fighting, Cui Ao, the governor of Pingzhou, led his people to escape to North Korea, and later developed into a large family in North Korea.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the surname Cui was still known for its noble family status and large family. According to historical records, during the Western Jin Dynasty, the Cui surname ranked first among the northern gentry, and was ranked first among the first-class surnames "Cui Lu Wang Xie". "New Tang Book: Genealogy List of Prime Ministers" contains: "Cui Yin (the eighth grandson of Cui Boji) had seven sons. The eldest son Cui Shuang was the east ancestor, the second son Cui Han was the west ancestor, and the third son Cui Yu was the south ancestor, also named Zhong. Ancestor. Cui Yu's fourth grandson Cui Lin, Wei Sikong, Anyang Xiaohou, great-grandson Cui Yue, former Zhao Situ, Zuo Chang'an, Guannei Hou, had three sons: Hun, Qian and Zhan. Cui Zhan's grandson Cui Wei, the governor of Yingzhou in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Xingyang (now part of Henan), named Cui of Zhengzhou."

There were as many as 27 official prime ministers named Cui in the Tang Dynasty ("New Tang Book: Prime Minister Genealogy List" lists 23 people. The book "Compilation Notes" added four more people), which shows the prominent status of the Cui surname in the Tang Dynasty. During this period, the Cui surname flourished mainly in the north, with Cui surnames all over Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Gansu.

During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, many people with the Cui surname moved south to Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, a man named Cui from Dahuaishu in Shanxi immigrated to a sparsely populated area.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of people with the Cui surname moved to the Liaodong area, and most of them lived together with the Koreans.

In the late Qing Dynasty, some people settled in Southeast Asian countries. In short, after the Tang Dynasty, although the Cui surname migrated one after another, it can still be regarded as a northern surname.

Today, the surname Cui is especially common in Shandong, Henan, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jiangsu and other provinces. Cui surnames in the above five provinces account for about 60% of the Han population in the country. The Cui surname is the 74th most common surname in China today. It has a large population, accounting for about 0.28% of the country's Han population.