Regarding the origin of the surname "Ai", the writings on surnames in past dynasties are very vague. According to the data I have, there are roughly three possibilities: (1) The descendant of Nuwa's surname is Nuwa. Wa nationality should be the most powerful and prominent tribe in the ancient matriarchal clan period. Later, it gradually evolved into many tribes, large and small, and became the origin of all ethnic groups in China, including Huangdi tribe in the north, Chiyou tribe in the patriarchal clan period and Yan Di tribe in the south (later called "the third ancestor of Chinese humanities"). Therefore, there is a legend that Nu Wa was unearthed, that is, in the process of clan development and differentiation, there was always a clan tribe that kept the surname "Wan" until Wan's daughter was next to it. This is the same as the formation of Jiang's surname, Ji's surname, Won's surname and Xuanyuan's surname, and it is as rare as Yan's surname. Jiang, Ji and wang xing all have female surnames, leaving obvious traces of matrilineal clan society, while Xuanyuan is a paternal clan, taking the name of Xuanyuan Huangdi as the tribal name until it developed into a surname. (2) descendants of the country. In the Western Regions around the Han Dynasty, there was a small country called Guo Jian. Lettuce used to be called "one thousand cattails" now, but the Han Dynasty spent a lot of money to buy seeds from Guo Jian and plant them in the Central Plains. In Qing Yi Qing, Tao Gui of Song Dynasty said: "When the state envoy came to Han, the Sui people had to grow vegetables with rich salaries, so they were famous for their golden dishes." Golden cabbage is now lettuce, because at that time, in order to introduce this new variety, I did not hesitate to spend 1000 yuan, so I got this reputation. Ge Hong's "Elbow Queen" in Jin Dynasty has been called lettuce, which shows that it was officially included in the menu in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Therefore, lettuce was introduced into the Central Plains from Sui Dynasty before Jin Dynasty. Although the specific location and duration of the founding of the People's Republic of China have yet to be verified, the existence of the country provides an important clue to the origin of the country's surname. (3) The discoverer of He Shibi. The famous "He Shibi" in the Warring States Period is called "Sui Shibi" in Huainanzi, which shows that "Sui" was formed as a surname in the Warring States Period. However, some surname books list "I" as "He" (two sounds, the same as "He") as another surname, which is obviously influenced by "He's ratio". However, the origins of the above three surnames are not in conflict, and they may achieve the same goal through different routes, that is, the Sui State may have developed from the Nuwa tribe, and the discoverer of Heshibi was a China or a descendant of Sui. According to research, there were more than 3,000 countries in China in the early Shang Dynasty, and more than 1000 countries in the early Zhou Dynasty. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there were only 100 countries, and there were only a handful of Seven Heroes in the Warring States Period. So Qi may be a small country in the long pre-Qin period. However, due to the long history and vague folklore, the origin of surnames needs further research.

(4) The theory of changing surnames after committing crimes. It is said that ancestors changed their surnames to avoid disaster. The original surname was named "Gao" because of the crime of decapitation, but the emperor intended to pardon the capital crime, so he went to "Gao" and took the surname "Zi". This statement is not recorded in writing and needs to be tested. However, changing the surname is not uncommon. The surname of Gou's ancestor in Dengfeng, Henan Province is Jing. 1400 years ago, in the late Jin Dynasty, a minister named Jing changed his surname to Gou in order not to be copied. Today, more than a thousand years later, villagers with the surname of Gou in Tangzhuang Township of Dengfeng City collectively petitioned the Public Security Bureau, demanding that the surname of Jing be restored. The other is called "pot". Jun Jun: I heard from my father that our surnames were originally written in gold, but our ancestors who were officials in the imperial court broke the emperor's treasure, so the emperor cut off his arm and later changed the pot from gold to gold. There is another legend: one day, our ancestors got a piece of land with a small treasure, and they were not allowed to touch it for 100 days. But it was 1999, when the ancestors moved the land, and then the bamboo on the ground broke one by one, and many little people fell inside, and almost got on the horse. Someone died, too. I heard that those bamboo men and horses were civil servants and military commanders who assisted their ancestors. So later, the ancestors could only live a dull life. Choi's hometown is Taiping Township, our county, and there is a big bamboo garden village on the outskirts of our county, where all the people live. The legendary bamboo garden originated from which Dazhuyuan village the bamboo on it may belong. Taiping Township is about 10 li away from our county. (The family members of Jianjun did not provide the specific location of Taiping Township, nor did they provide contact information, so it is impossible to further research).

There are also sayings of changing the surname of Gao, Guo and Chen.

History and distribution

There were in the Southern Tang Dynasty (once the secretariat of Zhangzhou), in the Song Dynasty and in the Ming Dynasty. At present, surnames are distributed in various provinces and cities in China, including Taiwan Province Province and Hongkong. The main settlements are Hunan-Hubei Dongting Lake Basin, Shaoyang, Hunan, Nanzhang, Hubei, Suining, Sichuan and Nanjing, Jiangsu.

According to the information I searched and fed back from the Internet, the gathering of surnames is mainly concentrated in four areas: 1. Dongting Lake basin between Hubei and Hunan is distributed in police, Shishou and Jianli in Hubei, Huarong, Anxiang and Linli in Hunan. Words used in different eras: "Family members are in the same boat and are all in the process of promotion. Teachers in Henan are modest and beneficial and have rich prospects. " The word used by this generation comes from the sixty-four hexagrams in Zhouyi, in which "the teacher of Yu, Yu and Xiang" is often misspelled as "Lin, Yu and Si". Nanzhang County, Xiangfan City, Hubei Province. Its representative word is: "Guangzong Yaozu Deng Mingting" 3. Liuhe District, Nanjing, Jiangsu. Its generation characteristics are unknown. 4. Gaomi, Shandong. Its representative words are: "courage, faithfulness, purity, kindness and ambition" (others are unknown), and "having, virtue, intelligence and courage". 5. A branch of Shaoyang, Hunan Province, with generations of figures: "Shi Jingsi I, Deng Ting, raised thousands; Rong zong opened Wenchang to help the palace to be safe. New typesetting: good mood, full of books; Accumulate goodness and enjoy Qing Yu, cultivate self-cultivation and prolong life. " 6. Sichuan Branch. At present, surnames in Sichuan are mainly distributed in Anyue County, Suining, Tongliang and Hechuan in Chongqing. The story refused to pass is that when Huguang filled Sichuan in the late Ming Dynasty, two brothers surnamed Yan moved from Shaoyang, Hunan Province to Gongqiao Township, Anyue, and their ranking was initially "Ming". At present, there are about 10 thousand people, whose surnames were once officials in Sichuan and went to Chongqing magistrate. Suining, Sichuan, I heard from the old people that we moved here from Xiaogan, Hubei, and we only knew that "the imperial court has civilization" for generations.

At present, the most concentrated area of Dongting Lake basin pedigree is Dongting Lake basin, which is distributed in police, Shishou and Jianli in Hubei and Huarong, Anxiang and Linli in Hunan. During the turmoil in the Yuan Dynasty, the ancestor Rong's father-in-law moved from other places and settled here. After hundreds of years of reproduction, the descendants of Rong Gonggong were quite prominent in the public security and other places in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the representative of China's school of spiritual literature, Gong 'an Sanyuan, wrote a poem "Family String" for the Sui family, which is still found in Sanyuan's anthology. At present, there are about 20,000 to 30,000 people living in Dongting Lake Basin. After the Dali Temple, whose surname is Song Taizu, was appraised, the seventh generation grandson, that is, your husband, served as a soldier in Huaihai and settled in the public security, and the second son was awarded the honor of living in Huarong. The terms used in the ranking of surnames in Dongting Lake basin: Zupai: Zheng Congwen, Ke Shou Sun Rongcheng, Si Bi Zhong Hai Jing, and one should be named Nan; Sect: family members are in Thailand, and they are promoted, modest and rewarding; Continued delivery: chastity such as Heng Jize, Heng, Ji and Zhang; (This information is perfect for Jane Fei and others. )

The word "I" in the genealogy of Shaoyang, Hunan, is used to be pronounced "I" by Shaoyang people. According to the statistics of Shaoyang 1997, there are 3 144 people, and it is estimated that there are more than 4,000 people at present. Centered on Gao Qiao (belonging to Banqiao Township, Daxiang District, Shaoyang City), there is an ancestral temple at the junction of Shaoshui, Banqiao and Tangyan villages in Banqiao Township, Daxiang District. Others are scattered in Daxiang District, Shuangqing District, Beita District, Shaodong, Xinshao, Longhui, Wugang, Shaoyang, Chengbu and other counties and cities in Shaoyang City. Many people moved from Shaoyang to all parts of the country. At present, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan and Guangxi are known. Shaoyang's family was originally from Chubei Public Security Bureau, and later moved to Hongdu, Wuxi, which is now Nanchang, Jiangxi. The moving time should belong to the Yuan Dynasty.

According to genealogy records, in the fourth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 137 1), the Shaoyang family moved from Wuxi Hongdu to Shaodong (now Shaoyang) in Chun 'anbao County to work in Zheng Xie, and the family moved to Shaoyang in the west. It has been 635 years. The Shaoyang family began to live in Jianjiaqiao near the deep pit in the east of Shaoyang City, and later moved to Nanmenzhong's home, and then spread all over the city. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when "Huguang filled Sichuan", the Sui brothers moved from Shaoyang, Hunan Province to Anyue Gongqiao Town, Sichuan Province. The number one person is a Ming Dynasty figure.

Sect: Shi Jingsi I assisted Wan, Rong Zongkai Wenchang, and assisted the palace security. Supplement: Good mood, full of books, good for Qing Yu, self-cultivation, longevity and well-being.