What is the name of the person who always moves?

The surname Yi is a very old surname. One of its origins is He, which is at least 3,000 years old. Such an ancient surname has had its ups and downs. According to the 2013 edition of "China's Four Hundred Major Surnames" edited by Yuan Yida and Qiu Jiaru, the contemporary population of Yi surnames is 1.75 million, ranking 114th in the country. In Sichuan, the population with the surname Yi is close to 250,000.

The current Yi surname in Sichuan is basically descendants of the Yi surname who immigrated from Huguang since the early Ming Dynasty. Yi Zhengming, a native of Zizhong, has devoted himself to studying the Yi surname for many years. In this issue of "Hundred Family Surnames in Sichuan", Yi Zhengming tells everyone about the situation of the Yi surname in Sichuan.

The definition of the word "Yi": contains three meanings

"Shuowen Jiezi" says that Yi is a lizard, also known as a lizard, a four-legged snake, and is a kind of reptile. . In the bronze inscriptions, the word "Yi" looks like a crawling lizard. The ones on the wall are called geckos (generally referred to as geckos), and the ones in the grass are called lizards. The clan with the lizard as its original totem became the Yi clan. The place where the Yi people lived was called Yi, and the water next to it was called the Yi River.

"Yi" first appeared in oracle bone inscriptions, like the shape of pouring water from one vessel into another vessel with your hands. Later, it was extended to mean giving, exchange, replacement, and change, and it still has this meaning today.

In addition, Yi also has an explanation: it can be considered to be composed of "sun" and "moon", like the two sides of yin and yang. In ancient times, the phenomenon of disappearance and growth in the change of yin and yang was called "Yi". Later, the number of changes was introduced to discuss a series of things such as stars and fortune telling, divination and prophecy, dream interpretation, Feng Shui, etc. The most famous one is "Yi Xue". Origin of the surname Yi: There are three main branches

There are many opinions and disputes about the origin of the surname Yi. Generally speaking, there are three main branches of origin of the Yi surname.

The most recognized branch is derived from the Yi family and is named after the place. Yishui is in the northwest of Hebei Province. According to legend, during the Yellow Emperor's period, a nomadic tribe named Youshi was active in the Yishui River Basin. This tribe has lived through Yao, Shun, Yu, Xia and Shang, and is still active in North China. Later, some descendants of the Yi family took "Yi" as their surname. Looking back, this Yi family has a history of at least 3,000 years.

Another Yi surname is derived from the Jiang surname, with the famous Jiang Taigong Jiang Ziya as the ancestor. The Yandi clan's surname was Jiang. In the late Shang Dynasty, this clan produced a talented person named Jiang Shang, also known as Jiang Taigong. Jiang Taigong assisted King Wen of Zhou to destroy the Shang Dynasty and was granted the title of Qi, so Jiang Taigong was also called Qi Taigong.

There is a branch of the descendants of Duke Taigong of Qi called the Yong family. During the reign of Duke Huan of Qi, there was a senior official named Yong Wu with the courtesy name Yiya. Yi Ya was good at seasoning, and he was Duke Huan of Qi’s sect. What does simmering mean? Simply put, he is the chief chef and the official in charge of food. Lian and Yong were the same character in ancient times. Therefore, the Yong family name in Qi came from the official name, and the surname Yi came from the "zi" of Yong Wu. The history of the Jiang surname Yi is more than 2,600 years ago.

The third Yi surname, derived from the Ji surname, is a surname based on the name of a feudal town. The 15th son of King Wen of Zhou was named Bi Gonggao. Bi Wan, a descendant of Bi Gonggao, was granted a title in Wei and was the ancestor of Wei during the Warring States Period. Among Bi Wan's descendants, some of them harvested food from the Yishui River Basin in the eastern border of Jizhou. Their descendants took their surname from the water and called them the Yi family. In addition, during the Warring States Period, there was Yi Yi in the Yan State, and some of the Yan people with the surname Ji who lived here took the Yi as their surname.

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