Who knows the origin of Guan surname?

Allusions 1: During the Spring and Autumn Period, doctor Yin worked as a customs officer in Hanguguan. According to legend, when I went abroad, I wrote a 5,000-word Tao Te Ching for Yin. Yin handed this book down to the world, and also became immortal with Lao Zi. Yin's descendants take his official name as his surname, also known as Guan.

Allusion 2: According to legend, in the "Guanyin" guarding Guan in ancient times, some people took Guan as their surname. For example, the book "Pass" records "After Yin was ordered"

According to the records in Guoyu, the so-called Guanyin, also known as Guan Ling, was an official position in the pre-Qin period. So this Guan family has a history of more than 2400 years, and it's a long time ago. It is said that this Guan family mainly thrives at the junction of Shandong and Jiangsu. Therefore, some people in Guanjia also watch the East China Sea.

Extended data

A branch of Guan surname has a characteristic, its name is three words, its complete cycle is 10 generation, and the gold, water, wood, fire and soil contained in it are in the third and second words respectively, such as Guan Tianpei (Tuzi School, in the third word) and Guan Hanqing (Shuizi School, in the second word), all of which are members of this branch. The genealogy of related surnames is preserved in Qixian County, Henan Province. This branch was founded by Shanxi people in the early Ming Dynasty.

Hundreds of Surnames is a work about China's surname. According to documents, it was written in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty. The original surname was 4 1 1, which was later supplemented to 504, including 444 single surnames and 60 compound surnames. Guan ranks 394th among the hundreds of surnames.

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