The origin of the hundred surnames Chang

(1) You Xiong's

Is the direct line of the Yellow Emperor. After Zu Changyi, he took Zu Zi as his surname. According to Customs Tong and Historical Records of Five Emperors, the Yellow Emperor married Lei Zuchang (in 2839 BC, in the 29th year of the Yellow Emperor). In 77, the Yellow Emperor ordered Changyi to live in Ruoshui, Sichuan, marry a waitress in Shushan and give birth to Zhuan Xu. Hou Changyi moved north to the Central Plains with his family and built Yicheng (now Le Northwest of Henan Province). His son Zhuan Xu is a tribal leader, and his capital Diqiu (now Puyang, Henan) belongs to Levin. Levin was named after his grandfather Changyi, so he became Chang's.

(2) Family name from pregnancy.

After the twenty-five sons and twelve births of the Yellow Emperor, there was a constant. According to "A Brief History of Clans", the Yellow Emperor had 25 sons, born of four mothers, divided into 12 phratries, named Ji, You, Qi, Ji, Teng, Zhen, Xun, Pregnancy, Nuo, Yi and Yi respectively.

(3) From the Yellow Emperor, there was a minister named Chang Yu.

His son and grandson take Chang as their surname.

Ancestor: Changyi. According to Customs Tong, Chang's surname is a descendant of Changyi, the son of the Yellow Emperor. According to the Records of the Yellow Emperor, Changyi is the son of Leizu, the princess of the Yellow Emperor. Later, he married the daughter of Shushan, gave birth to Emperor Levin of Zhuan Xu, and became one of the ancient emperors who led the Chinese nation after the Yellow Emperor. Zhuan Xu's mother, the daughter of Shu Mountain who was married by Chang Yi, was also named Chang as the surname according to Records of Five Emperors, also known as Chang Servant and Female Ghost. About her giving birth to the great ancient national leader Zhuan Xu. According to River Map, when Zhuan Xu was born, Tian Rui was born. It can be seen that Chang Yi and Chang Shi do exist, which also provides the most powerful historical proof for the origin of Chang surname in China. In addition, the Examination of Surnames also provides another source of frequent surnames. The book thinks that there are descendants of Chang's pregnant surname, looking out at Runan and Donghai. It started with the surname Chang, and later flourished mainly in the East China Sea area at the junction of Runan, Henan, Shandong and Jiangsu. However, according to the records in the genealogy of Wan's surname, China has the most common surname in Lingnan, which is now the Guangdong and Guangxi regions. Noble families lived in runan county (now southeast of runan county). Therefore, Chang's descendants take Chang as their ancestor.