The origin and history of Zhang's surname

1, from Nie surname. Zhang Liao, the great general of the Three Kingdoms, was originally a descendant of Nie Yi (the initiator of Mayi's plan). In order to avoid resentment, his family changed his surname to Zhang, and his children took Zhang as their surname.

2, from the surname. Dragon, the leader of Nanman, lived in Yunnan. Zhuge Liang of Shu gave him the surname Zhang in the Three Kingdoms, and later generations took Zhang as their surname.

3. The surname changed from his family, belonging to the China family. In ancient times, Wuhuan, Jurchen, Xianbei, Xiongnu, Qidan and other ethnic groups changed their Han surname to Zhang. Today, Achang, Naxi, Wa, Yao, Zhuang, Li, Gaoshan, Tibetan and other ethnic minorities are all surnamed Zhang.

Zhang's migration:

The Qin and Han dynasties were an important period for the development and reproduction of Zhang's surname. Zhang entered Sichuan in the early Qin Dynasty, and most of them were descendants of Sanjin nobles. In the anti-Qin war and the subsequent dispute between Chu and Han, his political inclination was obvious, he made achievements in the war and was awarded a title.

Then go west to Ningxia, Gansu. Zhang's crowd activity area quickly developed to the whole north, northwest and Sichuan, becoming the first surname in the northern region at that time. At the same time, the descendants of Sean who stayed in the Western Han Dynasty set out from Shaanxi, moved to Hebei and entered Jiangsu, and crossed the Yangtze River and entered Jiangnan. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang arrived in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and other places.

After entering the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, due to the war in the north, a large number of ethnic minorities entered the Central Plains, and people surnamed Zhang migrated to the south and southeast and continued to develop to the northwest. At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Zhang people set foot in the northeast, and Bohai Bay became an important gathering place for the Zhang people. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Zhang began to emigrate to Huguang and Yungui areas. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, it began to enter Taiwan Province Province from Guangdong.