Root-seeking

Zhao is the seventh surname in China today, with a large population, accounting for about 2.3% of the Han population in China.

Trace the source

There are three sources:

1, starting from Jin. Sima Zhen's Historical Records? Suoyin pointed out: "Zuo Zhuan is the later country, the surname is Gaiqi, and the Qin and Zhao families are Shao Hao." In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhao Fu, a descendant of Shao Hao, was sealed in Zhao Cheng for meritorious service. Later, the State of Zhao was established during the Warring States Period. After Zhao's death, his grandson took the country as his surname.

2. I changed my surname to Zhao for ethnic minorities. For example, there were Zhao Anji (Xiongnu) and Zhao Tufu ("Na Man") in the Han Dynasty, and Zhao Guozhen (descendant of the county king) in the Five Dynasties.

3. Zhao Song gave his surname. Historical figures with Li, Mu, Long and Yuwen surnames were given the surname Zhao.

Get a surname ancestor

Zhao Fu. Shao Hao was a famous horse trainer in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Fortunately for Zhou Muwang, it is said that he once took eight good horses to the king and went west to Kunlun, where he met the Queen Mother and forgot to come back. It's said that after the rebellion in Xuzhou, he rode a chariot in person, carrying the King Mu for thousands of miles a day, and returned at the right time, which was able to put down the chaos and was sealed in Zhao Cheng (now Zhaocheng Town, Hongtong County, Shanxi Province) as a hero. After it spread to Zhao Xiangzi, it was divided into three parts with Korea and Wei, and established Zhao, which was destroyed by Qin in 222 BC. Later generations took the country name as their surname, called Zhao, and respected Zhao Fu as their ancestor.

Reproduction and migration

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhao Ji's seventh generation of descendants led some clans to enter Jin from Zhou. When the Three Kingdoms were divided into Jin, Zhao was established, which is known in history as "going to Zhou Rujin, and Zhao's surname began to flourish". By the time the state of Zhao perished, Zhao's surname had been distributed in Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Shandong and other places. After Qin Shihuang destroyed Zhao, Wang Jia was moved to Tianshui, Gansu, and Zhao was exiled to Fangxian County, Hubei Province. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo, a calm man (now Zhengding, Hebei Province), established the Southern State of Zhao, expanding Zhao's activities to Guangdong, Guangxi and northern Vietnam. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Zhao's sister was killed and the people were forced to move to Liaoxi County, which was also the beginning of Zhao's activities in Northeast China. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to escape Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Zhao Da, a native of Luoyang, took refuge and moved to Jiangdong. Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong were appointed generals in the middle of Shu. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Tianshui-Zhao moved to Luoyang, and his descendant Sun Zhaogui guarded it and moved to Wuchuan (now Inner Mongolia). At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, a group of soldiers named Zhao arrived in Fujian and settled in the "wild chaos". In the Five Dynasties, a man named Zhao settled in Guangzhou with the regime of Liu Gong and Nan Han. "Song history according to? Imperial clan table: Imperial clan in Song Dynasty was divided into three tribes: Taizu (Zhao Kuangyin), Taizong (Zhao Guangyi) and Wang Wei (Zhao Tingmei). Taizu tribe is divided into Rebecca (Zhao Dezhao) tribe and Wang Qin (Zhaofangde) tribe. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Rebecca tribe moved to the following areas: Yingzhou, Zhou Shu, Sichuan (now Chongqing), Taizhou, Zhenjiang, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Ji 'an, Jiangling, Jiangxi, Nanxiong, Hubei, and Wang Qin tribe moved to Shaoxing, Huzhou and Taizhou, Zhejiang. Wang Wei was moved to Zhoufang (now Fangxian County, Hubei Province), and his descendants successively moved to Kaifeng and Luoyang in Henan, Yizhou and Jeju in Shandong, Tingzhou in Fujian, Kunshan and Licheng in Jiangsu and Xiushui in Zhejiang. After the shame of Jingkang, two cases of Qin Hui were exiled to Wu Guocheng (now the mouth of Songhua River in Heilongjiang Province), so Taizong tribe spread and multiplied in the vast area of Northeast China. At the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, Kang Wang moved south to Hangzhou and south to Zhao, some moved to Changshu, Jiangsu, and some moved to Shangrao, Jiangxi. After the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, the imperial clan of the Southern Song Dynasty fled to Penghu and Chaoyang, and then propagated in Fujian and Guangdong. Since the Song Dynasty, the surname Zhao has spread all over the country. What is worth pointing out is the spread of Zhao's surname overseas. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a man named Zhao who went overseas. His ethnic composition is diverse, and he lives in Southeast Asia and the United States. For example, the Zhao surname of Yao nationality is distributed in Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, the United States, France, Canada and other countries; Zhao of Zhuang nationality lives in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and other places.

Wang Jun Tang Hao

In the long process of reproduction, Zhao has formed many counties, mainly the following. 1, Tianshui County, located in Pingxiang (now northwest of Tongwei, Gansu); 2. Zhuo Jun (now Zhuozhou, Hebei Province) where the government is located; 3. Nanyang County, today's Nanyang City, Henan Province; 4. Xiapi County (now Suining, Jiangsu Province) where the government is located; 5. Yingchuan County, today's Yuxian County, Henan Province; 6. Pingyuan County, located in Pingyuan County, Shandong Province; 7. Hanyang County is located in Jixian County (now Gangu, Gansu Province).

Hall number:

Banbu, Qinhe River, Tianshui, Filial Piety, Ancient Records, Cui Huan, Zunyi and Jiye.

Clan characteristics

1, Zhao generation has a large number of talents, each leading the way for hundreds of years. Zhao has a king, a prime minister, a capable minister and a valiant soldier, all of whom have made great achievements in their respective fields.

2. The family pedigree is complex and clear.

3. Family rules teach future generations. For example, Zhao's brief account of family rules in Zhang Cun wrote: "Men enter school at the age of eight, at the rate of thirty, ... and return to the fields at the end of the busy farming season, and then return to school after the busy farming season. After 30, those who become famous either do as the Romans do or are Chinese-style, and all camps are the same; Each can do any position according to his ability, or lead agriculture and industry or manage gardens, or cook or keep the living room. I study book history in my spare time, and my career is ambiguous. My parents don't ask, but I can't play my career well. ..... Nothing idle people, people don't have time. People who don't obey family rules will be reprimanded by their parents. If you are humble or negligent, you will sue the owner and bind him. "