Historical source
"Left" origin:
1, with the official name as the surname. Zuo was originally a historian of the Zhou Dynasty. Now, there is a left father. In the Spring and Autumn Period, King Chu Ling had a left assistant and a left assistant.
2. According to the records of "Examining the surname" and "Lu Lan", there was a left country in ancient times, with the country as the surname, followed by Zuo Che, the minister of the Yellow Emperor. Left car is the beginning of left surname.
3, from Jiang, after Qi Huangong in the Spring and Autumn Period. According to Guang Yun, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi Huangong was divided into left and right sons, and the descendants of the left son took the left word as their surname, forming the Zuo surname.
4. Take the official name as the surname. According to the compilation of Yuanhe surnames, in the Spring and Autumn Period, most vassal states had a history of Zuo, and then Zuo was the surname. Wang Guowei of Chu had left history to lean on, and Zhou Muwang had left history and left history, all of which were left history, and later they all took officials as their surnames. All ancestors of Zuo family.
5. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Song had a left surname.
6. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wei Gong had a left surname.
7. Change the surname from his home or his home. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the chieftains of Yongchang Prefecture, Tengyue Pavilion (now Tengchong) and Fu Prefecture (now Weishan) in Yunnan all had Zuo surnames and belonged to Yi people. In the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners of Manchuria were named Hashu's, and later changed to Zuo's; Yugur Chuluo, Han surname left; The descendants of Jews who stayed in China (mainly in Kaifeng, Henan Province) in the Northern Song Dynasty had Zuo surname; Today, the Yi people in Weishan, Yunnan have this surname.
Get a surname ancestor
Left car. Officials of the ancient Yellow Emperor. It is said that he helped the Yellow Emperor cast three Ding in Jingshanyang, but it was a pity that the Yellow Emperor died in Ding Cheng that day. Zuo Che was heartbroken and burst into tears, so he brought the clothes of the Yellow Emperor and some sticks for sacrifice to comfort the spirit of the Yellow Emperor in heaven. There is no doubt that what Zuo Che did was done by a man of temperament and won the respect of the world. According to legend, Zuo Che is a direct descendant of Zuo Guo in ancient times. Because there is no biography of Zuo Guoli Guo, people surnamed Zuo take Zuo Che as their ancestor.
Migration distribution
When Zuo was in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zuo Ruhe's father was a doctor of the Zhou Dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Lu Youzuo, Zuo Qiuming and Zuo Shizhan; There was a Zuo family in Jin Dynasty; During the Warring States Period, Zuo Ren was in Yan State. It can be seen that in the pre-Qin period, Zuo was active in Haojing (now Shaanxi An), Shandong (now southwest of Shandong Province), Shanxi (now Shanxi), Yan (now north of Hebei) and other places. There were four people in the Western Han Dynasty, and Zuo Xian was the only left surname (China Dictionary of Names in Past Dynasties). One of them was Zuo Xian, a native of Langya (now Linyi, Shandong Province), who served as the chief of Jiuqing, and the other was named Guan Yu after Zuo Xian. His descendants attacked Qi Huangong and stayed in Chang 'an (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province). The remaining two are just a few words, regardless. In addition, because Huainan wang xing left, and Zuo Xiu played for Huainan Wang. At that time, there was another woman whose consort was recorded in history-widow Zuo Ajun. It shows that Zuo has settled in southern Anhui at this time. The more Zuo's surname went down in history in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zuo Sheng and Zuo Xiong's uncles were all from Nieyang (now Zhenping, Henan), Zuo's ancestral home was Chen Liu (now Kaifeng, Henan), Donglai (now Yexian, Shandong), and Zuo Ci was from Lujiang (now Anhui) and Qu (now Danyang, Jiangsu). There are also two Zuo families worthy of attention, one is qinghe princess (now Hebei Province), and the other is Zuo Xiaoe (now Sichuan Province), the avant-garde of Han 'an Emperor's mother (her half-brother Zuo Ci and Zuo are both doctors of Qinghe). The other is the Zuobiao family from Pingyin, Henan (now Jin Meng, Henan) (his brothers Zuo Ming and Zuo Sheng were both nanxianghou, and his brothers Zuo Min and Zuo Jue also served in the DPRK). These two families are famous for their scenery, which made Zuo surname one of the northern surnames at that time. In addition, it also shows that people surnamed Zuo have settled in Anhui, Sichuan and Jiangsu in the south. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Zuo's family rapidly multiplied between Shandong and Henan, and later flourished as Zuo's family in Jiyang County. From the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, due to the reasons of avoiding chaos, being an official and making a living, Zuo's family gradually spread to all parts of Jiangdong. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Zuo's family was more widely distributed in Jiangnan, and Zuo's people moved to Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong and Guangxi. At the beginning of Ming Dynasty, Shanxi Zuoxing, as one of the surnames of Sophora japonica settlers in Hongdong in Ming Dynasty, was moved to Shaanxi, Gansu, Hebei, Henan and Northeast provinces. Since then, people surnamed Zuo have lived in Yungui and Taidao. At the beginning of Qing Dynasty, the surnames of the two lakes moved to Sichuan with the tide of filling Sichuan with Huguang. Now Zuo surname is widely distributed in China, especially in Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Sichuan. Zuo surname in these four provinces accounts for about 59% of the total population of Han nationality. Zuo surname is the142nd surname in China today, with a large population, accounting for about 0.086% of the Han population in China.
Family celebrities
Zuo Qingyan: A native of Yongxin in Song Dynasty, he became the first in seventeen years. Qin Gui wanted to marry his wife to celebrate his resignation, so he refused a ten-year promotion. Doctor of Imperial College.
Zuo Xiong: Nie Yang (now Zhenping, Henan Province) was a scholar and minister in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Ju Xiaolian, moved to Jizhou secretariat. Dare to expose and report those who are "greedy" for the Hao family. After the calendar, he negotiated with Shang Shu and moved to Shang Shu Mausoleum (with the Prime Minister). He worshiped Confucian classics and learned from imperial academy, which made imperial academy extremely prosperous.
Zuo Xun: A native of Pingyin, Henan Province, was a great official in the Eastern Han Dynasty. At first, it was a history of Little Yellow Gate. Later, he conspired with five people, including Shan Chao, to destroy his consorts, moved to Huawei as a regular waiter, and sealed Cai Hou. After gaining power, he became increasingly arrogant, and his brothers and relatives became state and county officials, occupying and oppressing people's property. Suicide after being reported.
Zuo Ci: An alchemist from Lujiang at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is said that there is a Shinto, which was performed in front of Cao Cao. Ge Hong called him the teacher of his grandfather Ge Xuan.
Zuo Si: The word Taichong, a native of Linzi (now northeast Zibo), was a writer in the Western Jin Dynasty. His talents are not satisfied, only the official secretary lang. His poems were lyrical and often cynical in ancient times. Ten years ago, this idea was written as Sandu Fu, which was handed down from generation to generation by scholars. Paper was expensive in Luoyang at that time. There is a book Zuo Taichong Collection.
Zuo Ding: A native of Yongxin, Jiangxi, minister of the Ming Dynasty. Jinshi origin. Give the suggestion, the governor of Shanxi. He is famous for his honesty, diligence and caring for the people. Known for being good at writing about the throne, he has a reputation as a left-handed player. The official went to Guangdong to participate in politics, and Zuo Shu was the suggestion.
Zuo Quan: A native of Liling, Hunan Province, is a senior general of the Communist Party of China. After graduating from the first phase of Whampoa Military Academy, he went to the Soviet Union to study military affairs. After returning to China, he served as an instructor of the Central Red Army Military Academy, an operational staff officer of the Army Headquarters, and a chief of staff of the First Corps. After the Long March arrived in northern Shaanxi, he served as the acting head of the Red Army Corps. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he served as deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army. 1942 was killed at the age of 36 in Matian, Liao County (now Zuoquan County), Shanxi Province.
Zuo Qiuming: During the Spring and Autumn Period, Lu was a native of China. Later generations called him "Blind Left" because of his blindness. According to legend, he used to be a teacher of Lu, and made a biography of Chunqiu, which became the biography of Zuoshi in Chunqiu, referred to as Zuozhuan for short. Also called Mandarin. Confucianism believes that Zuo Qiuming's likes and dislikes are the same as saints, so in the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius was the prime minister and Qiu Ming was the prime minister. It is to write the master's ambition for Zuo Chunqiu.
Left: In the Spring and Autumn Period, Yan was a talented person. At that time, the vassals fought for hegemony and were willing to save themselves from the quagmire. I heard about Wang Xianjun in Chuzhuang, and we met. Blizzard, hunger and cold on the road, Tao Bo was sick, and the horn was exhausted. He helped a hollow tree, but Tao Bo advised him to give up. The horn was unbearable. Life is worse than death. I finally understood the matter, took the meal and went on my way. I turned around one step at a time and cried. Here, hurry back and look for it. "The peach is stiff and the tree is sad. After the death of the day, the horn mourned the wasteland and worshipped deeply, weeping and praying.
Zuo Xiaoe: In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Qian Wei was a man, Liu Qingji, king of Qinghe River. Brilliant and fond of words. And the emperor gave the king of Qinghe, gave birth to Liu Hu, and later succeeded to the throne as Andy, honoring him as the filial piety queen.
Zuo Junbi: A native of Luzhou (now Hefei, Anhui), he was a general of the Southern Red Scarf Army at the end of Yuan Dynasty. He once occupied Luzhou for more than ten years and was the leader of Bianliang Province of Tianwan regime. Once reduced to yuan, then reduced to Ming.
Zuo Guangdou: A native of Tongcheng (now Anhui Province), Anqing Prefecture, was a direct minister of the Ming Dynasty. When Wanli was appointed as an imperial minister, he rejected eunuchs, and later impeached minister Wei Zhongxian, who was killed by Wei.
Zuo Liangyu: A native of Linqing, Shandong Province, was a general in the late Ming Dynasty. In his early years, he fought against the Qing army in Liaodong, and later entered the Central Plains to suppress the peasant uprising army in the late Ming Dynasty. After years of fighting with Li Zicheng and Zhang, he was promoted to be a thief general because of his work, and later he was named "Ningnan Bo". Shunzhi died of illness for two years at the age of 46.
Left, Laiyang, Shandong, Nanming. During the Chongzhen period, he was a scholar, and the governor should be Tian and Huizhou. Later, he went to Beijing to make peace with the Qing court, was placed under house arrest, refused to surrender and was killed.
Left: Hunan Xiangyin, minister of Qing Dynasty. 1860- 1865 has made outstanding achievements in suppressing the Taiping Army. Later, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu suppressed the Nien Army in the west and the uprising of the Hui people in Shaanxi and Gansu. 1876, defeated the invading army of Agubo supported by Russia and Britain, and was promoted to minister of military affairs (in the same position as the prime minister) and transferred to the governor of Lianghe. There is The Complete Works of Wen Zuo's "xianggong".
Left: Fei County, Shandong Province, Hui nationality, general in the late Qing Dynasty. 1894- 1895 During the Sino-Japanese War, he led troops to Pyongyang, North Korea, and refused Japan. The supervisors fought bloody battles and detonated the cannons themselves. He was killed after being shot.
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