The origin of the surname "original"

1. Origin of the surname

The origin of the surname Yuán is simple, and it comes from one source:

It comes from the surname Ji, the sixteenth son of King Wen of Zhou, Uncle Yuan After his descendant Sun Yuanzhen, he took the name of his country (city). According to the "Surname Jiju Pian", at the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Yuan Bo, the sixteenth son of King Wen of Zhou, was granted the title of Yuan (ancient name is Zhiyi, northwest of Jiyuan City, Henan Province today). . During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yuan Kingdom was destroyed by the Jin Kingdom. Later, Yuan Bo was transferred to Xian Zhen, named Yuan Zhen, and his official title was Shangqing of the Jin Kingdom. His fiefdom was in Yuan Yi. "Shui Jing Zhu" says: "Huangya Mountain in the southwest of Liaoshan County is where Xian Zhen came from." In the 21st year of Duke Xian of Jin Dynasty, Prince Chong'er fled abroad for refuge and wandered for nineteen years. Xian Zhen, Hu Yan and other close ministers accompanied him and he was one of the Five Sages. The descendants of Yuan Zhen took the name of the country (town) "Yuan" as their surname and called them Yuan's surname, thus forming the Yuan surname.

The ancestor who got the surname: Xian Zhen (? - 627 BC). Because the fief was located in Yuan (now northwest of Jiyuan, Henan Province), it was also called Yuan Zhen. In the mid-Spring and Autumn Period, he was a senior official of the Jin State and an outstanding military general. At first he was a subordinate of the army, and later he was promoted to marshal of the central army and took control of the state affairs. Xian Zhen can be said to be the first famous commander-in-chief in Chinese history who has both the title of marshal and the performance of a marshal. In terms of talents, he has both the strategy of a military strategist and the mind of a politician; he is both good at planning and planning, and has the ability to command on the battlefield. And many of his strategies have universal significance or theoretical value. In terms of character, he is violent and rebellious, but upright and loyal. He is a husband who is not afraid of martyrdom. According to the "Biography of Yingxian", the son of King Wen of Zhou was granted the title of Yuan and established the Yuan Kingdom (the Yuan Kingdom was originally located in Qinshui County, Shanxi Province and later moved to Jiyuan City, Henan Province). The king was called Yuan Bo, and his descendants had the surname Yuan Bo. According to the "First Aid Chapter of Surnames", the original surname came from Ji, the sixteenth son of King Wen of Zhou Dynasty. He was granted the title of Yuanyi (now Jiyuan, Henan Province) and was called Yuanbo by the earl. Later, it was destroyed by the Jin Dynasty. Yuanbozi was granted the title of Xianbo. Zhen, known as the original Zhen, followed by the original surname. Therefore, the descendants of the Yuan family regard Xian Zhen as the ancestor who got the original surname.

2. Migration Distribution

(Missing) The Yuan surname comes from the surname Ji, and is named after the country. King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty and established the Western Zhou Dynasty. The sixteenth son of King Wen of Zhou was granted the title of Yuan Bo (Earl), known as Yuan Bo Guan in history, and was granted the title of Yuan Guo (called Zhiyi in ancient times, now Jiyuan City, Henan Province). Yuan Bo is his surname. The first official position is senior official. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yuan Kingdom was destroyed by the Jin State, and its descendants took Yuan as their surname. The ancient city of Jiyuan faces the Yellow River in the south and faces the ancient capital Luoyang, and borders the Jin Kingdom in the north by Taihang. It is the hometown of Yu Gong. "Shui Jing Zhu" says: "Jishui has two sources. The east source comes from the northeast of the original city." Yang Shoujing's "Shui Jing Zhu Shu" says: "Four miles northwest of this county, it is commonly known as the original village, and its ruins still exist." Jiyuan is now Temple Street, 2 kilometers northwest of the city, has the original site of the city. In the 1940s, the city wall still existed, and its cultural connotation was mainly based on Longshan culture, and there were also remains from the Zhou Dynasty. According to historical legend, Emperor Xia's Ning capital was in Yuan, and the Yuan Kingdom in the early Zhou Dynasty may have been built on the ruins of the original city of Xia's capital. "Zuo Zhuan: The Twenty-Fiveth Year of Duke Xi" records that Duke Wen of Jin besieged the original country in 635 BC. The people of Yuan were as tenacious and unyielding as Yu Gong, saying: "The Jin (Shanxi) people want to occupy us, but we won't do it." Duke Wen of Jin had no choice but to station troops to attack and agreed with the soldiers for three days. After three days, before they were defeated, Duke Wen of Jin ordered a retreat. The officers asked to wait, saying: "The original country is about to surrender." Duke Wen of Jin said: "Credit is the treasure of the country. I will not do it if I gain the treasure of the country and lose it." Finally left. Not far away, the people of the original country heard the news that Duke Wen was trustworthy and took the initiative to withdraw their troops. Where could they find such a good and trustworthy king? The original man was so moved that he hurried down to the city and brought Duke Wen of Jin into the city. After the fall of the original country, Duke Wen of Jin moved Yuan Boguan to Ji (Hejin City, Shanxi Province). Descendants of the Yuan family mainly live in Taihang and Wangwu Mountains and on both sides of Fanhe and Zhanghe rivers. They can also be found in other areas and major parts of the world. No matter where they are, they are working hard and struggling like Foolish Old Man moving mountains. Jiyuan City, Henan Province, 60 kilometers northwest of Wen County, has the names of ruins and villages such as Yuanshe and Yuanzhuang. According to "Jiyuan Zhi", it was the seat of the original country in the Spring and Autumn Period. "Wen County Chronicles" says that in the seventeenth year of King Xiang of Zhou Dynasty (635 BC), Duke Wen of Jin led his troops to King Qin. In April of summer, Taishu's leadership was defeated in Wen. King Xiang gave the four cities of Wen, Zhou, Yuan and Xiang to Jin. country, indicating that the original country was destroyed by Duke Wen of Jin at this time. "Wen" refers to the western part of today's Wen County and the eastern part of Mengzhou City, "zhou" refers to Zhaobao Town and Wude Town in today's Wen County, Xitao Town and Dahongqiao Township in Wuzhi County, "original" refers to the northern part of Jiyuan City, and "zhou" refers to the northern part of Jiyuan City. "Toward" means the south of Jiyuan City. According to "Jiyuan Zhi", King Wu of the Western Zhou Dynasty granted his younger brother Uncle Yuan the title of Yuan Kingdom, making him the city where Su Ang was born in the Kingdom of Su. In the first year of King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty (827 BC), King Xuan granted Zhongshanfu the title of Marquis of Fan, that is, the Kingdom of Fan. In the fifth year of King Zhou You (777 BC), the imperial father Kong Sheng made his capital in Xiangwei. This shows that in Jiyuan City, Henan Province today, in the early Zhou Dynasty, King Wu granted this place to his younger brother Uncle Yuan and called it Yuan Kingdom. King Xuan gave this place to Zhongshanfu as Fan Kingdom, and King You gave this place to his father Kong Sheng as Xiang Kingdom. Therefore, Jiyuan Zhou Dynasty was called Yuan, Fan and Xiang. In the Spring and Autumn Period, when Duke Wen of Jin destroyed the original city, he sealed the gate at Wangwu Mountain (called Zhiguan in ancient times). The Jin army fought with the original army for several days and nights, and then surrounded the city and surrendered to the Jin Dynasty. At this time, a large number of Yuan people fled to various places, and one group fled to Xingqiu in Wendi (today's Gao Village in Beiping). They did not forget their ancestors and country and took Yuan as their surname, and settled in the ancient land of Xingqiu (Xingqiu to the early Western Han Dynasty). Renamed Pinggao). It can be seen from this that although the people of the Yuan Dynasty took Guo (Yi) as their surname, they started to take the surname Yuan in Wendi. Xingqiu (now Beipinggao) in Wen County can be the ancestral place of the Yuan clan. Today, thousands of Yuan clan members live there. There is an ancestral hall of the Yuan clan. Many Yuan clans from home and abroad come here to find their roots (Yu Luo). His original surname was Wangju Jiyuanxuan (now Jiyuan County, Jiaozuo City, northwest Henan Province).

3. Historical celebrities

Yuan Zhen: Also known as Xian Zhen, he was the commander-in-chief of the Jinzhong Army in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was a standard scholar. It is said that he was studious and tireless. He was familiar with the "Book of Songs" and had the most brilliant achievements. He assisted Jin Wengong in the Battle of Chengpu, creating a famous example in the history of Chinese wars of winning more battles with less, and established Jin's dominance in the Central Plains in one fell swoop. Of course he was selected as one of the top ten Confucian generals.

Original Xian: Zisi, a native of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period and a disciple of Confucius. He was a sage among the Confucian sect and was famous for his ability to live in poverty and live in peace. He was thirty-six years younger than Confucius and had been the steward of Confucius's family, but he was not greedy for money and did not take material things too seriously. According to the "Analects of Confucius·Yong Ye": "Yuan Xian (Si) slaughtered him and gave him nine hundred grains and died. Confucius said: No! Do you want to be with your neighbor's village party?" According to "The Biography of Zhongni's Disciples", Confucius After his death, Yuan Xian lived in seclusion in a swamp, and Zigong rode with him to the remote place where Yuan Xian lived. Yuan Xian took pictures of his clothes and saw Zigong. Master, are you poor? "Yuan Xian said: "I heard that those who have no money are called poverty, and those who learn the Tao but cannot practice it are called diseases. If Xian is poor, it is not a disease." Zigong couldn't help but feel ashamed. He left in anger and was ashamed of his fault for the rest of his life. Obviously, Yuan Xian was unwilling to become an official and was willing to be poor, and he believed that this almost weird behavior was more in line with the true spirit of Confucius. Accordingly, Yuan Xian was not only in line with Han Fei. The principle of criticism can be attributed to its elimination and it became a very influential academic school at that time.

Yuan Rang: A native of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius had a lot of curses. How are today's politicians? Confucius said: "Hey, the bucket of rice" is a rice container, which means: "Those rice buckets, what are they! He scolded Yuan soil for being old and not dying, he is a thief". After scolding him for not being enough, he also raised his stick. , hit the leg of Yuan Rang who was squatting on the ground. "The Analects of Confucius: Xian Wen Chapter" records: Yuan Rang Yi Qi. The Master said: "When you are young and have no descendants, you are old and have no reputation, and when you are old and you are not dead, you are a thief." " He tapped his shin with his stick. Translation: Yuan Rangcai squatted like a barbarian. Confucius criticized him and said: "I didn't know how to be humble to my brothers when I was a child. I have no future when I grow up. Now that I am old, I will die to learn the squatting posture of those barbarian peoples. , What an old thief who corrupts etiquette and customs!" After that, he hit him on the calf with a cane. Old Man Kong hit Old Man Yuan, which was out of anger, not corporal punishment.

Original: A native of the Tang Dynasty, he was the governor of Jizhou during the Kaiyuan period, and his policies were strict. , the territory is peaceful.

4. County Wangtang No.

Jiyuan County: the original place of Zhi in the Zhou Dynasty, where the Han Dynasty established the three counties of Zhi, Bo and Qinshui, all belonging to Hanoi. County. Zhi was the seat of the present Jiyuan administration, Bo was in the east of Zhi, and Qinshui was in the north of Bo. The latter three counties were abolished one after another. During the reign of Emperor Kai of the Sui Dynasty, Zhi County was reorganized into Jiyuan County, which belonged to Huaizhou. The county was also born in Hanoi County. In the early Tang Dynasty, it was restored to Zhi County, and the province was transferred to Jiyuan. In the past, the three counties were separated and unified. Later, the affiliation of Jiyuan changed many times. In the early Yuan Dynasty, it was once changed to Yuanzhou and was renamed Jiyuan. , unchanged so far

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Universal couplets for the original surname ancestral hall

〖Four-character universal couplets for the original surname ancestral hall〗

A wise official in Jizhou;

A saint in Sishui

——Anonymous written couplet of the original ancestral hall

The first couplet refers to the original person of the Tang Dynasty. Fu, during the Kaiyuan period, he was the governor of Jizhou, and the government was strict and the territory was peaceful. Xia Lian Dian refers to Yuan Xian, a native of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period, named Zisi, a disciple of Confucius, who lived in poverty and kept himself clean. The belt broke when he wore his hat, and his elbows were exposed when he put on his shirt. Outside, when he was putting on his shoes, his heels came out. Zigong saw him and asked him, "Are you sick?" He replied, "Having no wealth is called poverty, and learning the Tao but not being able to practice it is called illness. Like me, I am just poor, not sick. "Zigong was greatly ashamed.

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〖Universal couplet of seven characters or more in the original ancestral hall〗

Though the saints in Sishui are poor, they are not ill;

The wise officials in Jizhou are all prosperous if they have political power.

——Anonymous written ancestral hall general couplet

The upper Lian Dian refers to Yuan Xian, a native of the Lu state in the Spring and Autumn Period, a disciple of Confucius, who was a native of Sishui, the Lu state.