The origin of hundreds of surnames, are there any historical celebrities?

The origin of Zhang's surname can be verified from three documents. First, according to A Brief History of Clans, Zhang's surname is based on characters. Zhang's descendants served as officials in Jin, and after the three countries divided Jin, they worked for North Korea. The ancestor of Zhang's surname was the fifth son of Qingyang, who held a bow and arrow and gave his surname to Zhang. Secondly, according to the Preface to Zhang's Genealogy, Zhang's surname originated from Ji's surname, which consists of twelve counties, namely Xiangyang, Luoyang, Hedong, Shixing, Fengyi, Pingyuan, Qinghe, Hejian, Zhongshan and Hehe. Thirdly, according to Tongzhi, Zhang, Wang, Li and Zhao Si were all given by the Yellow Emperor. Noble families lived in Taiyuan County (now Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province). "Hundreds of Surnames" is noted in Qinghe County (now the east of Qinghe County, Hebei Province).

Zhang origin:

The origin of Zhang's surname is as follows: wielding a bow and arrow, the surname originated from the Yellow Emperor.

0 1: Huangdi swings back. According to the New Tang Book. The genealogy of the Prime Minister says, "The fifth son of Qingyang's brother wielded a bow and arrow, and later generations gave him the surname Zhang." Therefore, it can be seen that he was once the inventor of an important weapon bow, and later took Zhang Wei as his surname. It belongs to the Zhang family in Hebei.

02; It comes from the surname Ji, a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, and is called Tongzhi. According to "A Brief History of Clans", in the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a doctor named Zhang Jie in the State of Jin, and his grandson took him as his surname, also called Zhang. In addition, Zhang was an official in the Jin Dynasty. After Korea, Zhao and Wei carved up the State of Jin in 403 BC, most of them moved away with the capitals of the three countries except some. It's for the Zhang family in Shanxi, Hebei and Henan.

03: Give the family name or his family name, and the family will change it. Dragon, the leader of the southern barbarians, lived in Yunnan. Zhuge Liang of Shu gave him the surname Zhang in the Three Kingdoms, and later generations took Zhang as their surname. Wei general Zhang Liao, formerly known as Nie, was later changed to Zhang. There are also some ethnic minorities who change their surnames to Zhang.

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Hebei: Zhang genealogy in Nanpi of Dongmen, Zhang genealogy in Nanpi of Ximen, Zhang genealogy in Nanpi of Ximen and 18 Zhang genealogies in Nanpi of Ximen.

Shaanxi: Zhang genealogy is not divided into volumes, Zhang genealogy has one volume, Zongyang Zhang genealogy has four volumes, and Zhang genealogy has four volumes.

Liaoning: the genealogy is not divided into volumes, the genealogy of Zhang in Shuntian is not divided into volumes, and the genealogy of Zhang is one volume.

Shanghai: six volumes of Zhang genealogy in Xinpu, one volume of Zhang genealogy in Fengxian, one volume of Zhang genealogy, one volume of Zhang genealogy and eight volumes of Zhang genealogy in Nantang.

Jiangsu: Zhang's genealogy in ten volumes, Zhang's genealogy in Tongshan in two volumes, Zhang's genealogy in six volumes, and Zhang's genealogy in Huaiyin in in nine volumes.

Zhejiang: genealogy is not divided into volumes, Zhang genealogy is one volume and Zhang genealogy is twenty-two volumes.

Zhang's historical celebrity

Zhang (surname)

Liang: Counselor of the Western Han Dynasty, from Hao County, Anhui Province. Liu bang called him "a thousand miles away from strategic planning." Zhang Qian: A diplomat of the Western Han Dynasty, a native of Chenggu, Shaanxi. Two missions to the Western Regions established friendly exchanges between China and Central Asian countries.

Zhang (surname)

Heng: A scientist and writer in the Eastern Han Dynasty, from Nanyang, Henan. In astronomy, he changed the theory of "covering the sky", put forward the theory of "Huntian", drew a star map and invented "Huntian Instrument" and "Seismograph".

Zhang Ling: A native of Fengxian County, Jiangsu Province, founded the "Five Mi Dou" (Taoism) religion in guanxian, Sichuan Province at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was called Zhang Tianshi.

Zhang Zhongjing: A physician in the Eastern Han Dynasty, a native of Zhenping, Henan. Diligently seeking the ancient method, learning from others' strengths, and writing Treatise on Febrile Diseases, which benefited the people, was respected as a medical sage by later generations.

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Sui: An astronomer in the Tang Dynasty, a native of Nanle, Henan. He is the first person in the world to measure the meridian. Zhang Xu: A great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, a native of Suzhou, Jiangsu. He was a heavy drinker. Every time he got drunk, he shouted "Go crazy" and then he wrote. His escape was amazing and he was called "Cao Sheng".

Zhang Jingyue, a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, was a Chinese medicine theorist in the Ming Dynasty. He expounded the theory of TCM, which played an important role in the development of TCM theory. Zhang Decheng: At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the people of China fought against the Boxer leaders in the Eight-Nation Alliance.