zī。 Initial: z; Rhyme: I; Tone: one sound.
the first surname of Qian appeared, which was simplified from the surname of Qian. Among the vassal states of Xia Dynasty, there is the country of the Qian, and most of its citizens are called the Qian's. And later referred to as "Ao's".
In ancient times, the state of Ji, surnamed Jiang, owned the city of Zi, which was later destroyed by Qi, but descendants still took Zi as their surname to commemorate this once-existing country. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a place named Xian in Zhou State, and the local residents took the place name as their surname for generations. A noble family with a surname of Li lives in Bohai County.
Extended information:
After the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Wuwang Ji Fa sent his younger brother Ji Xian to Guan Guo, and Ji Xian was called Guan Shu by later generations. After Ji Fa's death, Zhou Chengwang was young and was assisted by his uncle Zhou Gongdan. Guan Shu, Cai Shu and Huo Shu, the younger brothers of the Duke of Zhou, refused to obey, and joined forces with Wu Geng, the son of Zhou Wang, and Dongyi to launch a rebellion. Zhou Gongdan led an army to the East and fought hard for three years, putting down the "Wu Geng Rebellion" and revoking the state.
However, Zhengzhou, where Guan Guo is located, is the center of the Central Plains, and it can't be guarded without cronies, so Zhou Gongdan enfeoffed his fifth son, Jibo, to the sacrifice site on the south bank of the Yellow River. Jibo built a city here and named it Jibo City, which is called Jibo City for short. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the state of Zheng occupied the sacrificial ground, and Zheng Zhuanggong gave the sacrificial city to the doctor for sacrifice. The descendants of Ji Zhong inherited it from generation to generation, and took the place name as the surname, which was called Ji Shi. Therefore, the sacrificial surname belongs to the fief as the surname.
In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, some people who were surnamed Ji thought that the word "Ji" was unlucky, which made people think of death and would affect family development, so they changed their surname to "Xian", which sounded similar to "Ji".
because the word "money" is usually used together with wealth, which means to accumulate wealth and goods so that the family can prosper. Of course, the surname changed from the sacrificial surname is only one of the sources of the surname, and there are other origins of the surname. The descendants of Ji Bo and Ji Zhong took Ji He as their surnames, which has been passed down from generation to generation.