Who is the ancestor of Xie?

Shen Bo. There are two opinions about the origin of Xie's family: after Huangdi and after Yandi, but after Huangdi, he lost his surname at the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty (according to the patriarchal clan system in slavery society, only nobles can have surnames). Shen Bo, the ancestor of the modern Xie family, not only has literature to study, but also has been recognized by all Xie clan associations.

After Emperor Yan, Shen Bo's ancestor "April Boyi" was born in Yaoshun, surnamed Jiang, the fourteenth grandson of Emperor Yan Shennong and the great-grandson of * * * workers, living around 2300 BC. Because Shen Bo is Zhou Xuanwang's mother-in-law, Shen Bo's treatment is extremely generous. When he was named Xie Yi, he sent minister Zhao Gong to prepare for the founding of the People's Republic of China and presented many cultural relics.

In the Song Dynasty, Deng said in Dialectics of Ancient and Modern Surnames: "Xie originated from the Yellow Emperor, and three generations have died." It shows that the Xie surname after the Yellow Emperor was almost wiped out in the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Shen Bozi's grandson takes Xie as his surname, so modern people with Xie's surname respect him as their ancestor.

In the early Spring and Autumn Period, Chu went north, and Shen Guo at the crossroads became one of the goals. In the ninth year of King Zhouzhuang (688 BC), Shen Nan was destroyed by the army led by King Chu Wen, and a county was established. According to the custom of "taking the feudal city as the surname" at that time, the descendants of Shen Bo named the new capital Xieyi Xie Shi.

Extended data

Population distribution of Xie surname: Xie surname is the 24th most popular surname in China, which has the greatest influence in Guangdong, Jiangxi and Hunan. The population surnamed Xie accounts for about 0.72% of the contemporary population, that is, at least 72 people in China are surnamed Xie, with a total population of about 8.7 million.

Xie was first active in southern Henan. The Chu people destroyed Shen and moved the Xie clan to the upper reaches of Huaihe River. Since then, the Xie clan began the process of moving south. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Xie had moved to Shandong, Hubei, Hunan and other places. During the Warring States Period, Xie Jia immigrated to Sichuan. During the Han and Jin Dynasties, Xie's family had spread to Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places.

From the Three Kingdoms to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Xie family became one of the most famous families in the world. In the Tang Dynasty, Xie began to enter Fujian and Guangdong and became a famous surname in the southeast. I entered Taiwan Province Province in the early Ming Dynasty. Because Xie's main force had moved northward as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, although it experienced the war in the northern region during the Eastern Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties, the damage suffered was relatively light.

During several great migrations in China's history, Xie moved south, southwest and southeast, which developed steadily and rapidly in the south. Especially in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Xie Xingsheng was born in Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangsu provinces, and finally formed a typical southern surname today.

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