The origin and history of Liu's surname

The origin of Liu's surname, according to historical records such as Hanshu, Tongzhi's Brief and Chinese Surnames, mainly comes from Qi's surname, Ji's surname and the change of other surnames.

① From Qi: It is a descendant of Emperor Yao and was formed in the late Xia Dynasty. It is reported that Liu Lei was born in the late Xia Dynasty. He once studied the art of dragon training with the dragon master, and domesticated four dragons for Kong Jia, the 13th emperor of Xia Dynasty, so he was named Dragon Lion by Kong Jia. Liu Lei lived in the south of Yanshi County, Henan Province, when he was a Kongjia dragon. Later, due to poor reproduction, a female dragon died. Liu Lei was afraid that Kong Jia would be punished, so she secretly fled to Lu Xian County (now Lushan County, Henan Province) with her family. Liu Lei's descendants took Liu Lei's name as their surname, which was the earliest surname of Liu in China.

(2) Changing the surname from a foreign country: 1. In 202 BC, after Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, he accepted the advice of Lou Jing, the garrison, and decided to move the capital to Chang 'an, so he changed Lou Jing's surname to Liu. 2. Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang adopted a pro-family policy and married the eldest daughter of the royal family to Hun Khan Modu. Modu chanyu's surname is twins, but according to the custom that Huns take their mother's surname, the descendants of twins are all surnamed Liu.

③ From Ji surname: it was formed in the Spring and Autumn Period, taking Yi as the surname.

Second, the historical development:

Liu's early development was mainly in the north. The Han Dynasty was the heyday and development period of Liu's surname. After the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty by Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, his surname was enfeoffed in various places, and later tribes multiplied, so Pengcheng, Weishi, Linhuai, Nanyang, Guangping, Danyang and other places had Liu's surname.

According to the China Personal Names Dictionary, there are 1574 celebrities in past dynasties, accounting for 3.46% of the total number of celebrities in past dynasties, ranking fourth among celebrities with surnames. Liu's famous litterateurs account for 4.39% of all litterateurs in China, ranking fourth. Among them, in the records of emperors in past dynasties, Liu was the first of 66 emperors, ranking first among all surnames.

Liu Bang: Gao Zu, a native of Peifengyi, was the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, one of the great pioneers of the Han nationality and culture, and an outstanding politician, strategist and conductor in the history of China. He made outstanding contributions to the development of the Han nationality and the reunification of China.

Liu Heng: Liu Bang's fourth son, Ji Bo's mother, Liu Ying's younger brother, Han Huidi, and the fifth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty. /kloc-in 0/96, after Emperor Gaozu put down the rebellion in Chen Yi, he made Liu Heng the acting king. He is tolerant and peaceful and keeps a low profile politically. After the death of Emperor Gaozu, Lv Hou was in power, and Zhu Lu held the military and political power of the imperial court.

Liu: The hero who broke the city of Nanjun in the Jin Dynasty was once known as Shangqing, and was later demoted to Youhuaiwei by treacherous court officials. He is proficient in poetry and has written many poems. After being copied by Wang Yong, he had to keep it to this day. The rest of the poems are anti-Zhao Xinshu.

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