What is the origin of the Xin family?

Xin surnamed Ji is a descendant of Xin Lingjun Wuji, the son of Wei State in the Warring States Period. The son of King Zhao of Wei, Wuji, was sealed in Xinling, known as Xinlingjun. Corporal Lixian once saved Zhao by stealing symbols from Hou's livelihood, and also led five kings to defeat Qin in Hanguguan, which shocked the world.

During the Warring States Period, Wuji, the son of King Zhao of Wei (the grandson of the twentieth generation of Bi Wan), was sealed in Xinling (now Ningling County, Henan Province) and was called Xinlingjun. He made a living from Hou, stole symbols to save Zhao, and led five kings to attack Qin in the valley, which shocked the world.

One of his descendants takes the letter of his title as his surname, that is, the alphabet family. The ancestor of Xin's surname is Wei Wuji of Xinling. The record of alphabetic surnames was first seen in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Its surname is derived from Wei Wuji, the king of Xinling.

The distribution of letters and surnames and the introduction of celebrities

In the Ming Dynasty, the ancestors of the immigrants of Sophora japonica in Hongdong were from Pingyang, Hongdong and Zhaocheng counties. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was ordered to relocate Sophora japonica in Hongdong. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, its descendants were distributed in Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Liaoning, Beijing, Tianjin, Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Shanxi.

Historical celebrities with loyal surnames had a period of loyalty during the Warring States Period. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there were faithful Du Fang in the Northern Qi Dynasty, Hejian people, mathematicians, faithful Shichang in the Song Dynasty, Dongping people, landscape painters, faithful and respectful in the Ming Dynasty, and served as principals.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Heart Stone.