The origin of the surname "Liao"

The surname Liao (Liào Xian) has many ancient branches, with six origins:

Origin 1

According to "Zuo Zhuan·Zhao Gong 29th Year" and " According to "Customs" and other materials, it is said that Emperor Zhuanxu had a descendant named Shu'an. In the Xia Dynasty, because he was granted the title of "Shu'an" in the State of Sian (also known as Liao State, south of Tanghe County in present-day Henan Province), he was called "Shu'an" (ancient word "Liao"). An, his descendants took the country's name as their surname, Liao, and became the Henan Liao surname.

Origin 2

According to "Guangyun", "Text of Surnames" and other materials, King Wen of Zhou had a son named Bo Liao. Because he was granted the title of Liao Yi, his descendants There are also people who take the town name Liao as their surname and call them Liao family. This Liao family looks out at the giant deer.

Three Origins

According to "Qianfu Lun": "After Gao Tao Tingjian, he was granted the title of Liao (now Gushi County, Henan), and his descendants took the country as their surname." Yao and Shun In the Xia Dynasty, the descendants of the virtuous minister Gao Tao were granted the title of Liao, and in the Spring and Autumn Period, small countries such as Ying and Li were built by the descendants of Gao Tao. In the fourth year of King Chu Mu's reign, he destroyed the British and established two kingdoms. Later, some of his descendants took the country as their surname, or took their surname as their surname, which was the Liao family.

Four Origins

According to the "Xiaoxi Liao Ancestral Hall Genealogy of the Liao Surname", the surnames Miao and Yan were both given by the emperor. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, King Zhou of Yin When he was in power, he was cruel and unruly. The two surnames Miao and Yan lived in seclusion in the northwest of the Yellow River (the section of the Yellow River at the junction of today's Shaanxi and Shanxi) and changed their surnames to Liao.

Fifth Origin

According to the "Genealogy of the Liao Family", Zhang Yuan, a native of Fujian in the Ming Dynasty, entered the Liao family and changed his surname to Liao, and his descendants took the surname Liao.

Origin Six

It comes from the surname given or other minority ethnic groups with the surname Liao. In the 23rd year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty, seven surnames were given to Taiwan's indigenous people, one of which was Liao; the Mulao, Yao, Shui, Miao and other ethnic groups all had the surname Liao.