Family surnames seek their roots and worship their ancestors with the surname Fan

Looking for the roots

There are two origins of the surname Fan:

1. The surname Fan comes from the surname Qi. According to "Diagnosis of Ancient and Modern Surname Books" and "Compilation of Yuanhe Surnames", Liu Lei, the grandson of Emperor Yao, served King Kong Jia of Xia and gave his family dragon control. Later he moved to Lu County and became the Weishi of Shang Dynasty. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, the country was in the Tang Dynasty. King Cheng of Zhou destroyed the Tang Dynasty and moved to Du, where he was named Du Bo. Du Bo was executed when he was found innocent, and his son went to Jin Dynasty to become a scholar. His great-great-grandson Shihui was granted the title of Fan (now Fan County, Henan Province) due to his meritorious service, and his descendants took the surname of Fan in the city of Feng.

2. Other ethnic groups change their surnames. During the Jin Dynasty, the southern barbarians had Linyi (the name of an ancient country, also known as Champa, and its hometown is in the south-central part of today's Vietnam). Wang Fanwen changed his Chinese surname to Fan for the Vietnamese; during the Jin Dynasty, the Jurchen Polo Shu family had three Chinese surnames, one of which was Fan; other ethnic groups such as Manchu, Jing, Yi, Achang, Tujia, Mongolia, and Hui have this surname.

The surname is the ancestor

The Scholars Association. The surname Fan comes from the surname Qi. After Emperor Yao's descendant Liu Lei, he became the Du family of Tang Dynasty in Zhou Dynasty. During the reign of King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty, the doctor Du Bo was innocently killed. His son, Uncle Xi, fled to Jin and was appointed as a judge (judge). Uncle Xi's great-grandson Shihui served as the commander-in-chief of the Jin army. In 593 BC, he was promoted to marshal of the Chinese army due to his military exploits and took charge of the government. Shihui first received the title of Sui (today's Jiexiu, Shanxi), and later he was granted the title of Fan, so he was also called Suihui and Fanhui. After his death, he was given the posthumous title of Wuzi, so he was also called Fan Wuzi. Later, the descendants took the city as their surname and called it Fan surname. The surname Fan respects Fan Shihui as the ancestor of those with the surname Fan.

Proliferation and Migration

The surname Fan originated in Fan County, Henan Province. After Zhibo destroyed Fan, some people with the surname Fan moved to Shunyang, Nanyang. After the three families were divided into the Jin Dynasty, the surname Fan was adopted in Caidi He entered the Wei Dynasty and lived between present-day Henan, Hebei and Shanxi. During the Warring States Period, Fan Li from Nanyang joined the Chu officialdom and settled in Hubei. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, people with the surname Fan had moved to Anhui, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places. In the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, Fan Mingyou, a general who conquered the Liao Dynasty, was granted the title of Marquis of Pinling (today's Licheng, Shandong) because of his meritorious service in attacking Wuhuan in the north. Most of his descendants moved back to Nanyang. Sun Fan Fu, a descendant of Fan Ming Dynasty, moved to Qiantang in the late Eastern Han Dynasty to avoid Dong Zhuo's rebellion. During this period, two other major commanderies with the Fan surname were formed. Fan in Runan was after Shi Fan, the Marquis of Jinxiang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Fan in Hanoi was the commander of the Sili school in the Eastern Han Dynasty. After Fan Pang, Fan Pang first lived in Runan. Some of his descendants moved to Hanoi and some to Daijun (now Datong, Shanxi). The Yongjia Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty caused Fan Jian of Shunyang in Nanyang (youngest son of General Fan Di of the Left) to flee to the south of the Yangtze River. Fan Wang (grandson of Fan Di) crossed south. His descendants settled in Danyang (today's Dangtu, Anhui) and later branched out. He moved to Dunhuang, Gansu Province and derived his surname from Huaizhou Fan. Nanyang Fans living in the south of the Yangtze River were rich in talents during the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties, and they were glorious in the annals of history. During the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Fan Kun from Hanoi and his family of eighteen moved to Hangzhou, then to Nanjing, and then to Huangzhujing, Ninghua, Fujian. This was the first ancestor of the Fan surname to enter Fujian. Prime Minister Fan Lubing of the Tang Dynasty (descendant of Fan Pang in Runan) was the highest official with the surname Fan in the Tang Dynasty. His sixth grandson, Fan Sui, was transferred to the post of Prime Minister of Lishui County, Zhejiang during the reign of Emperor Yizong of the Tang Dynasty. Later, he was unable to return north due to the war, so he settled in Wuxian County, Suzhou. During the Song Dynasty, some people with the surname Fan who entered Fujian moved to Haiyang, Jiaying, Meizhou, Dabu, Changle, Lufeng, Raofeng and other places in Guangdong. During this period, a descendant of Fan Sui gave birth to the famous Fan Zhongyan. Fan Zhongyan was buried in Henan Prefecture after his death. At the foot of Wan'an Mountain in Yinfanli, Luoyang County (now north of Xuying Village, Pengpo Township, Yichuan, Henan), his descendants lived in Luoyang because they guarded the tomb. As the Jin soldiers marched southward and the Mongolian soldiers invaded the south, Fan Zhongyan's descendants moved out to seek refuge in large numbers. Fan Zhengguo, his direct grandson, founded Linchuan, Jiangxi Province. His grandson Fan Yueshan served as the ambassador to Longqingcang and was exiled to Shenyang for dereliction of duty. His third son Fan Xiaowen's family lived in Shenyang for generations and flourished in the Northeast. By the Qing Dynasty, Fan Wencheng, the seventh grandson of Fan Xiaowen, served as an official for the four emperors of the early Qing Dynasty, and his descendants lived in Beijing. Today, the surname Fan is widely distributed across the country, especially in Henan, Sichuan, Liaoning, Shandong, Jiangsu, Heilongjiang, Hunan and other provinces. The above seven provinces account for about 62% of the Han population with the surname Fan in the country.

County Wangtang No.

In the long-term process of reproduction and migration, the Fan surname has formed the following county names:

1. Nanyang County, the administrative seat is Wan County ( Today's Nanyang, Henan Province);

2. Gaoping County, whose administrative seat is now Guyuan, Ningxia;

3. Qiantang County, whose administrative seat is today's Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province;

4. Dunhuang County, the administrative seat is now Dunhuang, Gansu Province;

5. Runan County, the administrative seat is present-day Pingyu, Henan Province;

6. Hanoi County, the administrative seat is present-day Wuzhi, Henan Province;

7. Shanyang County, the administrative seat is now Jinxiang, Shandong;

8. Waihuang County, the administrative seat is today Minquan, Henan.

Tang name:

"Gaoping", "Hourle", "Zhiben", "Chicken Millet", etc.

Clan Characteristics

The lines of characters are arranged in an orderly manner and the branches are clear. For example, the generation genealogy of the Central Plains region compiled by Fan Zhongyan is: "Zhongchun is an upright man, a good scholar, Zong Wenbo, his uncle Xichangyan, friendly and safe." It continues: "The emperor's chapter is slightly useful, Xundi Guangqin revered it "It is advisable to keep the book thick, and follow the Jin and Long Dynasties." In the seventh year of the Republic of China, it was continued as: "Share the honor and glory of the ancestors, spread the genealogy of Suhe, the whole geography of pearls, and the ancient pines will be green for generations." Another example is compiled by Fan Zhongyan. The seniority of the people with the surname Fan in Suzhou is: "Zhongchun is an upright and upright person, helping the family of the country. Tianyuan starts from Ru, but if you allow it, it will prosper. Yi Dehong is learned, honors Maofang, and upholds filial piety." Standing, Gu Yu became famous. Tongfuzu has made great contributions, Xuanlin Su Jufeng, gold and jade spread all over the nine states, and the orchid is beautiful."

Famous people: Fan Li: Chu Guowan ( He was a native of Nanyang, Henan Province, and a politician of the Yue State in the late Spring and Autumn Period. He once proposed a plan to Gou Jian and destroyed Wu in one fell swoop. After the establishment of the Yue Kingdom, he retreated bravely and went into business in Dingtao, Shandong. He had assets worth tens of millions and was known as "Tao Zhugong". It can be said that "if you live in an official position, you will be a minister, and if you live at home, you will reach tens of millions." Fan Sui: A native of Wei (now Kaifeng, Henan) during the Warring States Period. He lobbied King Zhao of Qin, advocating distant relations and close attacks, and made great contributions to the First Emperor's unification of the world. Fan Zeng: A native of Tongcheng, Anhui today. He was Xiang Yu's counselor at the age of seventy and was revered as Yafu by him. He repeatedly urged Xiang Yu to kill Liu Bang, but Xiang Yu refused to listen. Later, Liu Bang acted against him and Fan Zeng was forced to leave. Fan Pang: The Runan Zhengqiang (now Yancheng, Henan) people, a famous scholar leader in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He restrained the powerful and opposed the eunuchs. Fan Ning: A native of Shunyang, Nanyang (now Xichuan, Henan Province), he was a classics scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He wrote the twelve volumes of "Collected Commentary on Guliang Biography in the Spring and Autumn Period", which is the earliest annotation on "Guliang Biography" in existence today. Fan Ye: a native of Shunyang, Nanyang, a famous historian in the Liu and Song Dynasties of the Southern Dynasties, his representative is the "Book of the Later Han". Fan Zhen: a native of Wuyin, Nanxiang (now Biyang, Henan), a materialist philosopher and atheist during the Qi and Liang Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties. He is the author of "The Theory of the Destruction of Gods". Someone once tempted him to change his views by offering promotion to an official position, but he did not "sell his theory to get an official position". Fan Lubing: A native of Hanoi (now Wuzhi, Henan), he was well-known to Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. After Empress Wu came to power, he served as prime minister and presided over the compilation of the history of the Tang Dynasty. Fan Zhongyan: a native of Wuxian County, Suzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province), a famous politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. As a direct bachelor of Longtuge, he visited Shaanxi and made the Xia and Qiang people leave. The line "Be anxious when the world is worried first, and be happy when the world is happy later" in his "Yueyang Tower" has become an eternal masterpiece and is preserved in "Fan Wenzhenggong Collection". Fan Zhongli: a native of Yaoxian County, Shaanxi Province, a painter of the Northern Song Dynasty. His paintings are vigorous and concise, unique in style, and have a great influence on later generations. There are "Travel in Streams and Mountains" and "Snowy Scenery in Cold Forest" handed down from generation to generation. Fan Chengda: A native of Wu County (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province), he was a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was famous for his pastoral poems. He was one of the four great poets of the Southern Song Dynasty, including "Collection of Poems of Shihu Laymen", "Shihu Ci", "Wu Chuanlu", etc. Fan Wencheng: A native of Shenyang, Liaoning Province, he successively held the positions of Taizu, Taizong, Shizu and Shengzu of the Qing Dynasty, from official to bachelor and tutor. Fan Wenlan: A native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, he is a famous historian and the author of "A Compendium of General History of China" and "An Examination of Official History".