Niu's family, edited by Yuan He in Tang Dynasty, said: "After that, Sikao was the father of cattle, and later generations took the word Wang Fu as their surname." During the Warring States period, Zhao Youniu, Qin Youniu and other celebrities were present. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Han Niu was a captain protecting Qiang, and his surname became a famous family in Longxi. After the Sixteen Kingdoms, Keelung "shared the surname of Niu Liang and Qi Hua Yi, and was not in the last days." During the Northern Dynasties, due to the official broadcast, a large number of cattle surnames in Longxi moved to Shanxi, Henan and other places. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, Shanxi cattle family has grown stronger and stronger, especially in the southeast of Shanxi.

Jin Niu, a general after Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms, was poisoned by Sima Yi because of the prediction that "cattle and horses will be prostitutes", and his descendants fled. The Book of Ancient and Modern Surnames in Song Dynasty records that Niu Yuan, the son of Niu Jin, fled to stability and changed his surname to Lao. According to some historical books and inscriptions, the surname of Niu in Tang Dynasty was mostly recorded later, such as Niu Hong, Niu Su and Niu in Shangdang area. In recent years, due to poaching in Shaku Village, Huguan County, Shanxi Province, many epitaphs of Niu surname in Tang Dynasty have been unearthed. Most of these epitaphs record that their ancestors were Taurus, officials to Shangdang governors. It is said that the tombs and tombstones of Jinniu were discovered when a villager named Shaku Village was building a house in the 1980s. After the tombstones were used for other purposes by the villagers, their whereabouts were unknown. Judging from the fact that the surnames of cows who moved out of Shanxi in the early Ming Dynasty were basically pot cows, the legend of pot cows in the Song and Yuan Dynasties has been widely circulated in Shanxi. Today, there is still a story in Shaku village that the Prime Minister Niu was beaten by the greedy family because of the emperor's parade. According to the fact that the surname of cattle in this village is the ancestor, the legend of beating the pot may be related to the death of the family.

At the end of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Liao, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, allowed him to be surnamed Niu, and his son Niu Hong served as the minister of the Sui official department, making him a strange bow, which was called "elegant gentleman" in history. In the second year of Tang Zhenguan, Yu Fang, the second son of Niu Hong, was exiled to Lingbiao for his participation in the killing of Yang Di. In the seventh year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong wrote a letter to these guilty ministers who killed the king, saying that "their children should not be talked about as prisoners", and the Niu Hong family was once again in trouble. During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, the prime minister Niu Xianke was disintegrated by Zhou Zi because of the prediction that "the surname of Niu was dry in the Tang Dynasty" that appeared during Huang Wu's period. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was furious and killed Zhou Zibang. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Niu Hong and Niu Sengru became prime ministers again. Due to the "Party struggle between Niu and Li", Li Deyu intentionally compiled articles such as Travel Notes of Zhou Qin and Calendar of Cattle and Sheep to denigrate Niu Monk and Confucianism, and this prediction was raised again.

The prediction of "the cow's surname is Gan Tang Zuo" is "from beginning to end for thirty years, the horns of the calf jumped wildly, and the dragon and snake fought for blood." At this time, a nosy person explained, "A calf has two horns, and so does a cow. There must be a Niu Jiao Gan Tang." So dare to hit Niu Xianke, and Li Deyu vilified Niu Sengru, all of which were written back. But under the word "Zhu" and "Niu", there is an "eight", which is also the image of a horn. Judging from the historical truth, this prediction indicates the chaos in Juba and Zhu Wen in the late Tang Dynasty. In 907 AD, Zhu Wen destroyed the Tang Dynasty and established Hou Liang, which was the test of prophecy.

In addition to the legend that the prime minister of the ox beat the pot in Huguan, there are legends in Henan and Shanxi that "the fierce ox pounced on the emperor" and "nine cows hit the Golden Palace". "The fierce cow pounces on the emperor" is described as "a cow with two ribs" or "a cow with two tails", which is also related to the word "Zhu". At the end of the Qing Dynasty, many cattle people, represented by Niu Fengshan, regarded Niu Chuan as the ancestor of the pot-beating cattle, and it was logical to explain that the word "Zhu" should represent Zhu Yuanzhang, from which many new allusions and legends were derived. However, in fact, the legends of "a fierce cow pouncing on the emperor" and "nine cows crashing into the Golden Palace" are more prophetic words of "the cow's surname is Gan Tang left", and the legend of the cow's prime minister beating the pot may be a folk story version of "the cow's surname is Gan Tang left" in addition to the modification and deduction of the death stories of Jinniu and Niu Hong's family. Due to the difference of time, place and narrator, many versions have evolved, which is the common feature of folklore. Nowadays, legends of "octagonal cow", "double-horned calf" and "octagonal cow" are circulating in Jia Cun, Lucheng, Shanxi. This may be another folk version of the prediction that "the cow's surname is Gan Tang Zuo", which is similar to the legend of the cow's prime minister beating the pot.

Generally speaking, the legend of prime minister Niu playing pot should begin in the Tang Dynasty, but the origin of playing pot may be traced back to the death of Jinniu in the Three Kingdoms.

By the Yuan Dynasty, the surname of Niu in Daguo had spread all over Shanxi, especially in the southeast of Shanxi, and there were many famous families such as Niu Rong in Dingxiang, Niu Guangzu in Xiangling and Niu Qian in Lingchuan. In addition, a number of cowboys were admitted to Jinshi. For example, there are three cowboys in Lingchuan alone, named Niu Qian, Niu Yuanwei and Niu Zongwen.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of cauldron cattle surnames migrated from Shanxi to Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Anhui and other places. Today, cattle in the north are basically called "pot-beating cattle", "pot-breaking cattle" and "pot-stubble cattle". In addition to the legend of the prime minister, there are legends of three brothers, four brothers, five brothers, eight brothers, nine brothers, eighteen brothers and so on. For thousands of years, Zuxun's motto "Playing the pot is a family" has been sung by the family who plays the pot. When people meet, they often ask, "Do you want to beat the pot?" It is the family who answered "playing the pot". After getting to know each other, they often treat each other warmly with friendly titles such as "home", "home" and "capital", which has become a unique custom of Niu family.

In the early years of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, the widely circulated "18 Daguoniu Copy Spectrum" officially appeared in Shiloudou Village, Jiyuan City, Henan Province, and initially spread in the surrounding areas during Qianlong and Jiaqing years. During Daoguang and Tongzhi years, due to the influence of Niu Fengshan, the top scholar of Xishui, this spectrum began to spread in Henan and surrounding areas. Because of the confusion between 18 dozen cows and 18 dozen cows, many dozen cows are regarded as 18 dozen cows, which leads to the phenomenon that cattle families confuse their ancestors and copy their genealogy.

Since entering the 2nd1century, under the influence of Internet and books, the genealogy of 18 cauldron cattle has spread more rapidly, and more cauldron cattle people have recognized 18 cauldron cattle. If this trend is not corrected in time, it will cause immeasurable cultural disaster to Niu family, and the consequences will be unimaginable.