The origin and history of Liang surname

The origin and history of Liang surname are as follows:

I. Sources

Liang is a typical southern surname in China. There are many origins, either from the surname won, from the surname Ji, or from the country, the land and the city. Ranked 128 in the Song Edition of Hundred Surnames. In 20 13, according to the list of "100 surnames" in China released by China Surnames Origin Research Center of Fuxi Cultural Research Institute, Liang's population ranked 22nd.

Second, history.

1, derived from the won surname.

It comes from Liangshan and xia yang, and it is the fief of Boyi, the descendant of Zhuan Xu, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and belongs to the country name.

2. Originated from Ji surname

Nanliang, the fief of Tang, the son of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, belongs to the name of fief.

Judging from the descendants of Wei Guowen and Hou Shaozi in the Warring States Period, they belong to Juyi.

Yang Liang, a soldier from Muzheng, Zhou Xuanwang, belongs to the name of the fief.

3. Originated from ethnic minorities

Originated from the Hui nationality, it belongs to the emperor who changed his surname. Liang, Hui nationality, Chinese, surname.

Originated from Xianbei nationality, it belongs to Han culture and changed its surname to surname. According to the historical book Shu Wei, there is a fierce department among Xianbei people in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty called Liang when he changed the Han surname graphically.

Liang Guoer, a general of the post-Qin Dynasty who originated from Xiongnu and lived in the Sixteen Kingdoms period, was given the surname by the emperor and changed to surname.

Liang Yue, which originated from the Qiang people in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, is recorded as "Liang Chong" in the historical book "Northern History".

It originated from the Di nationality, from the Dangchang Qiang in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and it belongs to the sinicization and surname change.

Originated from Mongols, it belongs to Chinese culture and changed its surname to surname.

Originated from the Korean nationality, it belongs to the local clan and changed its surname. It originated from Liang, the founder of Gudanluo (the ancient name of Jeju Island in the south of the Korean Peninsula), and later changed his surname to Liang.

4. From the profession

Liang's surname comes from fishermen who surround Liang and Yu in two States, and belongs to the title surname. Therefore, in ancient times, among the fishermen who lived by fishing near rivers, lakes, rivers and bays, many people took "Liang" as their surname, and the number of their clans was far more than that of Liang, who took Yuan and Ji as their surnames.

The migration and development of Liang surname;

Liang's surname originated in Shaanxi and Henan in the early Spring and Autumn Period, and soon spread to Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Liang crossed the river and entered the south of the Yangtze River. At the end of Jin Dynasty, Liang moved to Fujian and Guangdong. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Liang was mainly distributed in Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi and other places.

After the war in the northern region of the Eastern Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Liang suffered heavy losses, and the Liang people left their homes with the people of the Central Plains and migrated to the south and southeast. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Liang's surname flourished in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places, and developed steadily in the south, eventually forming a typical southern surname today. In the early Qing Dynasty, Liang entered Taiwan.