Each of us has a name. There are also some with the same name. But there are many people with the same surname. Each surname has its own unique story. The surname Li is a common surname. There are many people named Li and it is very common. So do you know the origin of the surname Li? Today, let me tell you what the origins of the surname Li are.
There are many opinions on the origin of the surname Li. The first is to say that the surname Li is derived from the surname Ying. The blood ancestor is Gaotao, the leader of the Dongyi tribe. Gao Taocheng was appointed as Shun's Dali, where Dali refers to the official in charge of criminal law. So it is named after official. First it was Li Shi, and then Li Shi. The ancestor's name was Li Li, and Li Er, also known as Lao Tzu, was the 11th incarnation.
The second is that the surname Li originated from totem worship, with the plum tree as the totem. It is said that after the ancestors of the Li family got the surname Li, they later took refuge in Muzi and took the surname Li. What they used was wild plum, so they cultivated domestic trees and used plum trees as sacred trees, which were totem trees. Therefore, all descendants of the Li family often plant plum trees next to their homes as a symbol, and this habit is still preserved to this day. Li Bai's home had a peach and plum garden, and many plum trees were planted in the courtyards of the imperial palaces of the Tang Dynasty.
There is also a theory that the surname Li comes from the tiger totem. Where I was born, Lear, the totem of the Chen-Chu area is the tiger, and Lear is the tiger in the Chu language.
There is also a theory that the surname Li comes from the surname given as a reward. During the Shu Han period. After Zhuge Liang pacified the Ailao Yi, he gave the local ethnic minorities surnames such as Zhao, Zhang, Yang, and Li. Some Xiongnu and Xianbei people who were ethnic minorities during the Han Dynasty were also given surnames such as Li and Liu. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Hu and Han merged. The Xianbei people have the compound surname Chi Li and were named Li. Tuoba Li Shi, the royal family of Xixia, was also given the Li family name at the end of the Tang Dynasty. In name, the surname was given, but in fact it was to restore the Li family name. Because the Tuoba clan of the Western Xia royal family was a descendant of the Han general Li Ling. During the Tang Dynasty, the royal family gave ministers or military generals national surnames.
This is the origin of the surname of people named Li today.
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