The historical development of the surname Yao

Origin 1

Originated from Emperor Shun Yao Chonghua. "Tongzhi Clan Brief" records: "Shun had two surnames, Yao and Gui. Because he was born in Yao Xu, his surname was Yao. , named Gui because he lived in Guishui. "It has been passed down from generation to generation and is known as the Yao family in history.

Origin 2

It comes from "Gui" (the name of Shun's wife), female + Gui = Yao.

During the ancient tribal alliance period, the ancestors of Yan and Huang climbed Mount Tai to pray, and the sky descended on them for ten days (A, B, B, D, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Rengui). According to God's will, China merged two by two, named the five major clans, and cast ten tripods to forever inscribe Heaven's virtue. Among them, the emperor's mark is "Guiwu". Emperor (Guiwu). The son of the royal family, Wu, became the imperial family. Ren, the leader of the royal family, married Ding and gave birth to a son, Wu, and a daughter, Ji. The prince Wu married Gui and gave birth to the imperial clan. The characters of Emperor (Xi and Shun) were the combined text of Wu and Gui. Gui + Wu = Emperor (or the characters "Xi" or "Shun"). Wu holds an ax and ax, showing his might in all directions. Gui means compass. Gui holds an open compass. The Wu tribe is very interesting. The Wu people call themselves "I" (a variant of Wu) and "Wu" (the same pronunciation of Wu). Their leader calls himself "Xi", "Shun" or "Emperor", and the characters for Xi and Shun are also the combination of Gui + Wu. The descendants of Gui sacrificed to Gui Nu and never forgot it, and an important surname - Jiang was born. Ginger = Gui + female. The descendants of Gui Nu call themselves Jiang. Because Shun married a pair of sisters (two Yao), he married two Gui (Ehuang and Huangying). One of the descendants of Gui Nu added "Nv" to the mother's "Gui" to form the surname Jiang. Another descendant of Gui Nu added the word "女" to the left of "Gui" to form the surname Yao. Therefore, the surnames Jiang and Yao are the descendants of two emperors with the same father and mother. They are both descendants of emperors. Because their mothers are different, they have different surnames. Yao and Jiang both got their surnames from their mothers, and they were both descended from Guinv. Yao Shi was the queen of Shun and Guinu. Yao's pronunciation is the same as "Yao", the father of Gui Nu. Father marries mother, son, daughter, mother + father = combined text, other combined text, Huang Ren marries Ding Wu, Ji Ding + Ren = Huang Ding + Ren = Zhongdi Wu marries Gui Jia Yi Gui + Wu = Di Gui + Wu = Xi/Shun; female + Gui = Yao/ Jiang Yin Geng married Yi, Bing, Ding Yi + Geng = Yin Shang Bing married Xin Ren Guixin + B = Shang Gaoxin) Zhou Jia married Ji Geng Xin Ji + A = Zhou Nu + Ji + Ding = Ji Yuanliu San

< p>Historical records: In the early Spring and Autumn Period, there was the state of Yao, and the descendants of Yu and Shun took the state as their surname and were called the Yao family.

Fourth Origin

It originated from the Qiang people and came from Yao Yizhong, the leader of the Qiang tribe in the Western Qiang Shao Dynasty in the Later Han Dynasty. According to the historical book "Book of Jin", Yi Zhong, the leader of the Qiang people in Chiting District of Nan'an County (now southeast of Longxi, Gansu Province), was originally a descendant of the Shaodang clan of Xiqiang in the Han Dynasty. He claimed to be a descendant of Emperor Shun, so he changed his surname to Yao, and called him Yao Yizhong. Among the descendants of Yao Yizhong, they all took the surname changed by the leader and were called the Yao family, which has been passed down from generation to generation to this day.

Fifth Origin

It originated from the Mongolian people and came from the Yuer tribe of the Mongolian people during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. According to the "General Chronicles of the Qing Dynasty, Clan Profile, Eight Mongolian Banner Surnames", during the Ming Dynasty, a Mongolian named Rao Fifty was given the surname Yao because of his service to the court, and was called "Yao Mingzhi". His descendants were called Yao from generation to generation. I have been waiting till now.

Original Six

It originated from the Manchu people and came from the Jurchen Yuejia tribe during the Jin Kingdom. According to the historical record "General Chronicles of the Qing Dynasty· Clan Brief· Surnames of the Eight Banners of Manchuria", the Manchu Yaojia surname originated from the Jurchen Yuejia Tribe during the Jin Kingdom. The Manchu language was Yaogiya Hala. The ancestors were originally Han nationality. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, they were taken over by the Wuhuan Tribe of Xianbei, Liaodong. After being brought by the captives, they integrated into the Xianbei people and gradually evolved into the Jurchens of Liaodong. They lived in Yehe (today's Yehe Township of Liyehe, Jilin) ??for a long time. Later, they were given the Han surname of Yao.

Original Seven

It originated from the De'ang ethnic group and came from the Lanai clan of the De'ang ethnic group during the Ming Dynasty. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, when the central government vigorously promoted the land-return movement, they were classified as Yao camp troops under the jurisdiction of Yunnan Deputy General Deng Zilong and were stationed in Yao'an, so they took the Han surname Yao.

Eight Origins

It originates from other ethnic minorities and is a Chinese-style change of surname to surname. Today, Yao people are distributed among the Miao, Shui, Qiang, Lahu, Yi, Tujia, Zhuang, Bai, Russian and other ethnic minorities. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, when the central dynasty carried out the land-return movement in the central, southwestern, and northwest regions, the Han surnames were given by the highest local administrators of the Han people. There were also Han surnames brought in by Han soldiers who were stationed at the border and married into various ethnic groups. Han surname.

Others

The "Great Wilderness Southern Classic" says, "Ehuang Ehuang, the wife of Emperor Jun, was born in this country of three bodies. Her surname is Yao, she eats millet and makes four birds." etc., " "The Book of Mountains and Seas·Overseas Western Classic": "The Three Body Kingdom started from the north after Xia, and the Three Body Kingdom began with three bodies." The Three Body Kingdom should be in today's southwest region, that is, Sichuan and Guizhou. The Yao family is a multi-ethnic and multi-origin surname group. In the pre-Qin period, the main areas of activity of the Yao family were in Henan and Shandong. During the Qin, Han and Jin Dynasties, the main branch of the Yao surname moved to Wuxing County, and the rest moved to the north and southeastern provinces. The rise of the Yao surname of the northwest Qiang people and their entry into the Central Plains greatly expanded the number of people with the Yao surname. At the same time, the Yao surname in the Taoshui area of ??Gansu moved south. Sichuan and Southwest China. During the Tang Dynasty's two migrations southward to the southeast, the Yao surname began to enter Fujian and Guangdong. In the early Ming Dynasty, the surname Yao entered Taiwan.

During the Song Dynasty, there were approximately 320,000 people with the surname Yao, accounting for approximately 0.41% of the country’s population, ranking 56th among common surnames.

The province with the largest number of people with the surname Yao is Hebei, accounting for about 25% of the total population with the surname Yao in the country. The distribution in the country is mainly concentrated in Hebei, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, and Jiangsu. These four provinces account for about 60% of the total population of Yao surname in the country, followed by Sichuan, Shanxi, Guangxi, Anhui, Henan, and Jiangxi provinces. At that time, Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shaanxi were the three major gathering centers of the Yao surname.

During the Ming Dynasty, there were approximately 560,000 people with the surname Yao, accounting for approximately 0.62% of the country’s population. It was the 33rd most common surname in the Ming Dynasty. The distribution in the country is mainly concentrated in Zhejiang and Jiangsu. These two provinces with Yao surname account for about 48% of the total population of Yao surname, followed by Guangdong, Jiangxi, Anhui and Shanxi. Zhejiang is the province with the largest number of Yao surnames, accounting for approximately 33% of the total population of Yao surnames. During the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties for more than 600 years, the population of Yao people mainly migrated to the southeast. The center of gravity of the population with the Yao surname drifted from north to southeast. Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Anhui are the areas where the Yao surname is densely populated.