County Wang Jingzhao County: In the first year of the Taichu period of the Han Dynasty, the right internal history was changed to Jingzhao Yin, and the administrative seat was Chang'an. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Wei general's jurisdiction was renamed Jingzhao County. Wuwei County: During the Han Dynasty, a county was established in the land where the Xiongnu King was slaughtered, and its governance was in Wuwei. The ancestor of this branch of the Duan family was Duan Zhen of the Western Han Dynasty. Fufeng County: In the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he established Youfufeng County as one of the three auxiliaries. During the Three Kingdoms period, it was changed to Fufeng County and its administrative location was Huaili. In the Western Jin Dynasty, it was moved to Chiyang. Tianshui County: Founded in the third year of Yuanding (114 BC) by Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, it is equivalent to the area east of Tianshui and Longxi in Gansu Province today. The place of governance was Pingxiang (now northwest of Tongwei County, Gansu Province). In the 17th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 74), it was changed to Hanyang County. In the Three Kingdoms period, Wei Dynasty was still changed to Tianshui County.
The origin of "Duan"
The surname Duan (Du?n) has five origins: 1. It comes from the surname Ji, who is a descendant of uncle Duan, the son of Zheng Wugong in the Spring and Autumn Period, and took the surname of Wang's father as his surname. According to the "Yuanhe Surname Compilation" and "Historical Records of the Zheng Family" and other materials, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Wu Gong's wife Wu Jiang had difficulty in giving birth to her son Zhuang Gong, but the birth of her second son Shu Duan went smoothly, so she liked Shu Duan. I don’t like Mr. Zhuang. When Zheng Wugong was seriously ill, she asked him to abolish the elders and establish younger ones, but Zheng Wugong did not agree. After Duke Zhuang became the king of Zheng, Wu Jiang requested to make it a fiefdom for Uncle Duan. Duke Zhuang refused and granted the capital to Uncle Duan. Uncle Duan colluded with the Jiang family to continuously expand his power and prepare to attack. Duke Zhuang. After Duke Zhuang learned of this, he sent troops to attack him. Uncle Duan was defeated and fled to Xinjiang, where he was called Uncle Duan of Xinjiang. His descendants were later scattered around, some with the surname Duan, some with the surname of Uncle ***, and some with the surname of ***. This is the origin of the Duan family in Henan. 2. Coming from the fiefdom, Duan Qianmu's descendants were named after the place. According to "Historical Records? Biography of Laozi", Laozi's son Zong was a general of the Wei State in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was granted the title of Duan Qian and was known as Duan Qianmu. Some of his descendants had the single surname Duan. This is the origin of the Duan family in Shanxi. 3． Descendants of the Xianbei ethnic group in western Liaoning. According to information such as "The Source of Surnames" and "Cihai", in the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a tribal leader of the Xianbei people named Duan Wumuchen, Duan Pishidan, etc., who was named Liaoxi Gong after Tan Shihuai. There are 30,000 families in its territory, distributed in western Liaoning, and the people have many surnames. During the Sixteenth Kingdom, it was occupied by Emperor Shihu of the Later Zhao Dynasty. Later, it mixed with the Han people and was integrated. Later, most people used Duan as their surname. It is the surname Duan in western Liaoning. 4. There are two origins of the surname Duan from Yunnan: ① According to "Looking for the Origin of Surnames": The Duan family of Yunnan Man, Duan Yanmei Man Dai was the chief in the late Wei Dynasty, and his descendant Ping came to worship as the governor of Yunnan. He originally came from Wuwei (now in the Gansu Province). ?Later, this surname was passed down. ②During the Later Jin Dynasty, Duan Shiping, a Bai barbarian, established the Dali Dynasty (governing the present-day Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province), and the surname Duan was his general surname. 5. People from other minority ethnic groups have the surname Duan. The Daopule family of the De'ang tribe in Luxi, Manchu, Mongolian, Tu, Miao, etc. all have the surname Duan.
The ancestor who got the surname
***Uncle Duan. During the Spring and Autumn Period, when Wu Jiang, the wife of Zheng Wu Gong, gave birth to their eldest son, Wei, she thought it was strange that the child was difficult to deliver, so she disliked her. The birth of her younger son, Uncle Duan, went smoothly, and her son Duan was a talented person, which pleased Wu Jiang very much, so she asked Wu Gong's uncle Duan to be the crown prince. Duke Wu refused in order of eldest and youngest. After Zhuang Gong Wusheng ascended the throne, Wu Jiang requested that Zhi (today's Sishui, Henan Province) be granted to his uncle Duan. However, Zhuang Gong did not agree, and instead granted the capital of Beijing (today's Xingyang, Henan Province) to his younger brother, who was known as "Uncle Taishu of Beijing". Uncle Tai relied on his mother's love and used Wu Jiang as his inner ring to openly recruit troops and horses in an attempt to seize his brother's position. Just when he was ready to take action, Duke Zhuang of Zheng, who was prepared for it, made a preemptive strike and raided the capital, defeating Uncle Duan. Uncle Duan fled to Anhui (now Huixian County, Henan Province), and was called Uncle Duan of Henan Province at that time. His descendants were different from those of the Zheng royal family. They took the name of Wang Fu as their surname, and Uncle Duan of Henan Province as their surname. Ancestor.
Hall number
Junshi Hall: During the Warring States Period, Duan Qianmu of Wei State refused to serve as an official, but King Wen of Wei did. Thinking that he was very capable, he went to visit him personally. Duan Muchan jumped over the wall and hid, refusing to see him. Marquis Wen still respected him very much. Every time he passed by his door, he would stand on the crossbar of his carriage and say, "Duan Qianmu is a wise man. How can I not be Shi?" In addition, the main hall names of the Duan surname include: "Wuwei Hall", "Jingzhao Hall", "Jinshu Hall", "Yuqing Hall", "Duoshou Hall", "Jifeng Hall", etc.
Migration distribution
According to "Looking for Roots", there are four birthplaces of the surname Duan: 1. The place where Shu Duan escaped is ***, in the present-day Hui County area in northern Henan; 2. General Zong of Wei, his country governed the area of ??present-day southeastern Shanxi and northern Henan; 3. The place where the Xianbei Duan surname was entrusted is located in western Liaoning; 4. Yunnan. In the early days, the Duan surname flourished most in Shaanxi and Gansu. Later, the Duan surname generally moved to these two places and spread in all directions. During the Western Han Dynasty, Duan was appointed governor of the North, and his great-great-grandson Duan Zhen was appointed governor of Wuwei. His descendants then lived here for generations, and their clan became increasingly large, forming Wuwei County, with Duan Zhen as the founding ancestor. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, people with the Duan surname moved to various places either because of official positions or to avoid war. Duan Rong, a descendant of Duan Zhen, was appointed as the governor of Ding and Qin states in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Duan Zhao was appointed as the prime minister of Zuo, the governor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and was granted the title of King Zhongwu of Pingyuan. Duan Siyuan was appointed as the governor of Zhengzhou. Duan Ying was appointed as the governor of Dali and the governor of Sui and Shuo states. Duan Fen was appointed as the prefect of Xingxing in the later Wei and Jin Dynasties. This branch of the Duan surname can be said to have numerous officials and endless hairpins. In addition, the place where the Xianbei surname Duan lived for a long time was destroyed by Shihu, the later Zhao emperor, and the tribesmen lived together with the Han people, and gradually integrated with them. In the Tang Dynasty, the majority of people with the Duan surname were still from the north. During this period, many members of the Duan branch were still serving as officials. They mainly lived in Xi'an, Shaanxi and Henan. They had a prosperous population and a large family. Duan Wenchang served as prime minister during Mu Zong's time. In the later Jin Dynasty, Duan Shiping, a Baiman (predecessor of the Bai people), founded the Dali Dynasty. His descendants successively ruled for 317 years, which led to the rapid development of the Duan surname in Yunnan. Today, the Duan surname is still one of the major surnames in Dali. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Duan surnames in the north went south one after another to avoid the war disaster caused by the Jin people's march southward and the Mongolian army's entry into the Central Plains, injecting new power into the development of the Duan surnames in the south. In the Ming Dynasty, some people with the surname Duan who were born in Shanxi Sophora japonica moved to Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Gansu, Shaanxi, Hubei and other places. There was no large-scale migration of Duan surnames in the Qing Dynasty, and the Duan surnames in various places multiplied steadily and covered a wide range of areas. Today, Duan surnames are mostly found in Sichuan, Shanxi, Hebei, Yunnan and other provinces. The above four provinces account for approximately 58% of the Han population with Duan surname in the country. The surname Duan is the 87th most common surname in China today. It has a large population, accounting for about 0.23% of the country's Han population.