The surname Hui ranks 204th among the Song version of the Hundred Family Surnames.
The surname Hui is not a common surname in China, but it is also one of the older surnames in China.
In the past 2,000 years, Wyeth's activities were mainly in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas south of the Yangtze River. Almost all Wyeth celebrities who have become famous in history are from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Fufeng in ancient times was located in Pingdongnan, Shaanxi Province today, and the hometown of Wyeth in the country was here. The famous family lived in Fufeng County (today's Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province).
Origin
The first origin
comes from Sun Huilian, a direct descendant of the Yellow Emperor, who is named after his ancestor.
In ancient times, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor was called Zhuanxu, and the grandson of Zhuanxu was called Wu Hui. Wu Hui had a son named Lu Zhong, and Lu Zhong’s second son was named Huilian.
Among Huilian's descendants, there are those who take their ancestor's name as their surname, and they are called Hui, and they have been passed down from generation to generation to this day.
The second origin
It comes from the surname Ji, which comes from King Hui of Zhou in the Western Zhou Dynasty. It belongs to the posthumous name of the emperor.
During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the fifth monarch was named Ji Lang, who reigned from 676 BC to 652 BC. After his death, he was given the posthumous title "Hui" and was known as King Hui of Zhou in history.
Among the descendants of King Hui of Zhou, there are those who take the posthumous name of their ancestor as their surname, and they are called Huishi, which has been passed down from generation to generation to this day.
The third origin
It comes from the surname Gui, which comes from Gongzi Hui, the son of Chen Xigong in the Spring and Autumn Period. It is a surname based on the ancestor's name.
It is recorded in "Surname Compilation": Chen Xi Gong gave birth to son Hui, named Zide, and was divided into two branches: one is Ziqin and the other is Hui.
Chen Xigong (Chen Ligong) Guixiao was the seventh monarch of the Chen Kingdom. He reigned for thirty-six years from 832 BC to 796 BC. He had a son named Gongzi Hui, named Zi De. Among his descendants, those who take their ancestor's name as their surname are called Wyeth.
The fourth origin
It comes from the surname Ji, which comes from Gongziwei, the son of Duke Hui of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. It is a surname based on the name of an ancestor.
Ji Funie, Duke Hui of Lu, was one of the monarchs of the Lu State in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was the thirteenth monarch of the Lu State. He reigned from 768 to 721 BC for forty-six years. .
Gong Hui of Lu was the son of Duke Xiao of Lu and the eighth grandson of King Wen of Zhou. He later succeeded Duke Xiao of Lu as the monarch of Lu. During his reign, he worked hard to govern, the country was greatly strengthened, and the people were convinced.
When Ji Yijiu, king of Zhou Ping, established the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, he was grateful to Duke Wen of Qin for escorting him to move the capital to Luoyang, and allowed him to use the emperor's rites to worship the emperor of heaven. Duke Hui of Lu found out about this, and he applied to King Ping of Zhou for permission to use the emperor's money to hold sacrificial activities, but King Ping refused. Duke Hui of Lu was furious and deliberately used the emperor's gift to worship the heaven. He also informed King Zhou Ping, but King Zhou Ping did not dare to interfere and pretended not to know.
Dong Hui of Lu passed away in the forty-sixth year of his reign. Because Mrs. Shi had no children, he established his eldest son, Xi, as Duke Yin of Lu. The second son Ji Wei, the third son Ji Heng (gongziwei).
Ji Heng was a disciple of Ding Gong's mansion. He was well-known in other places and was benevolent in other countries. So he combined the two characters of "other places" into the word "Shi". After eating enough, he was named the country of Shi, and his name was Father Shi. Among the descendants of Ji Heng, there are two surnames: one is called the Shi family with the name of the ancestor, and the other is called the Hui family with the posthumous name of the ancestor.
The fifth origin
It comes from the surname Ji, which comes from King Hui of Zhou in the Western Zhou Dynasty. It belongs to the posthumous name of the emperor.
After the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty with the surname Ji, Ji Fa, the king of Zhou Wu, enfeoffed the founding fathers. His younger brother Zhou Gongdan was granted the title of duke in the state of Lu, with the capital at Qufu, but he stayed in power. His eldest son, Ji Qinfu (also named Bo), Bird) was granted the title on his behalf, and was known as Lu Gong in history. The fifth generation grandson of Ji Qinfu was named Ji Cheng, the twelfth king of Lu, Lu Xiaogong (reigned from 796 BC to 769 BC), with the courtesy name Zizhan (Gongzi Zhan, Yibo Zhan).
The grandson of Master Zhan is called Ji Wuhai. In the fifth year of Ji Lin, King Huan of Zhou Dynasty (715 BC), Ji Wuhai died. At that time, the princes used the surname as their posthumous title, and Duke Yin of Lu ordered his son Hui Bogong's clan to use his grandfather's surname as the Zhan surname. This is the beginning of Zhan's surname.
Liu Xiahui, whose real name is Zhanhuo, with the word Qin and the word Ji, lived from 720 to 621 BC. He was the son of Ji Wuhai, a descendant of Duke Xiao of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. "Liuxia" was his food town. , "Hui" is his posthumous name, so later generations call him "Liuxia Hui". Since he also has the character "Ji", he is sometimes called "Liu Xia Ji". Liu Xiahui was once a senior official in the state of Lu, but later became a recluse and became a "loose citizen". Liu Xiahui is considered a model of abiding by traditional Chinese morals, and his story of "sitting in peace" has been widely praised throughout the ages in China. "Mencius" says that "Liu Xiahui is the sage of harmony", so he is also known as the "sage of harmony".
Liu Xiahui is the ancestor of the Zhan and Liu surnames, and is also one of the ancestors of the Hui family. The descendants of this branch take the ancestor's posthumous name as their surname, called Hui, and it has been passed down from generation to generation to this day.
The origin of this branch of Wyeth is clearly recorded in the handwritten "Sihai Surnames Wangpu" written in the Tang Dynasty. It is recorded in "Sihai Surnames Wangpu": "The Hui family inherited the surname of Ji from King Zhou Wen's Miao Cao Zhou Gongdan's Yinxu, Zeng Boqin's other clan, and the successor of Liu Xiahui." This shows that Liu Xiahui, who was still pregnant, was part of the family. The ancestors of people with the surname Hui.
Among the cultural relics stolen from Dunhuang in the first year of Xuantong of the Qing Dynasty (1909 AD) by French sinologist, explorer and cultural robber Paul Pelliot (1878-1945 AD), There is a fragment of the Tang Dynasty handwritten "Sihai Surname Wangpu", namely "Document No. 3421", which records the origin of this branch of Wyeth. Pelliot once brought some fine Dunhuang manuscripts to show to scholars in Beijing such as Luo Zhenyu, Jiang Fu, Wang Renjun, Dong Kang and others. Since then, Chinese academic circles have learned that there are Tang Dynasty posthumous documents in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang.
The extremely precious Tang Dynasty historical book "Sihai Surnames Wangpu" is now collected in the Paris Museum, France.
The sixth origin
It comes from the surname Ji, which comes from Ji Yiwu, Duke Hui of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period.
Ji Yiwu, Duke Hui of Jin, was the son of Duke Xian of Jin.
Ji Yiwu’s mother was Xiaorongzi. She and her sister Huji of Darong married Duke Xian of Jin together. Hu Ji of Dayong was born to Chong'er, Duke Wen of Jin, who was older than Yiwu. Prince Shen Sheng, Prince Chong'er and Yi Wu were all virtuous. In order to fight for the throne for her son Xi Qi, Li Ji, who was favored by Duke Xian of Jin, framed several of them many times, causing them to be alienated first and then persecuted. Yiwu was first granted the title of Yu Qu (Qu refers to two Qu, North Qu is northeast of present-day Ji County, Shanxi, and South Qu is south of it). After Prince Shen Sheng was framed by Li Ji and committed suicide, he fled from Jiangdu (southeast of present-day Yicheng, Shanxi). Surrender, organize your troops and defend yourself. Later, Duke Xian of Jin sent troops to attack Qu, but Yiwu could not hold on and fled to Liang (south of Hancheng, Shaanxi today).