It originated from the surname Ji. It came from the aristocratic family of the Zhou Dynasty. It was a surname based on the title of nobility. The family name was first descended from the peasant officials of Emperor Yao. The family name was used as a surname, and later became a symbol of the official status.
According to the classic book "The Rites of Zhou": All sons of ministers and officials must learn six arts, namely etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics, in order to become officials and become eunuchs. When entering or leaving the prince's palace, you can walk through the main entrance, so it is called the gate.
Among the descendants of Menzi, there are those who take the official title of their ancestor as their surname, and they are called Menshi, which is the beginning of Menshi and is one of the very ancient surnames.
Menshi is an ancient surname with multiple ethnic groups and origins. It ranks 297th on the surname list in mainland China and 435th in Taiwan Province. , with a population of about 184,000, accounting for about 0.0115% of the country's total population.
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Migration distribution
Menshi is an ancient surname with multiple ethnic groups and origins. It ranks second on the list of surnames in mainland China today. One hundred and ninety-seventh, ranking 435th in Taiwan Province, with a population of about 184,000, accounting for about 0.0115% of the country's total population.
Today's Haidian District, Changping District, Fengtai District of Beijing City, Shanghai City, Tianjin City, Chongqing City, Wuqing County of Tianjin City, Tangshan City, Shijiazhuang City, Xinji County, and Zhangjiakou City of Hebei Province Yixian County, Yuxian County of Zhangjiakou City, Jingxian County of Hengshui City, and Anping County.
Qinghe County of Xingtai City, Dongguang County of Cangzhou City, Gu'an County, Shunping County of Baoding City, Quyang County, Tang County, Feixiang County of Handan City, Xinglong County of Chengde City, Fengning Manchu Autonomous County, Langfang City Xianghe County, Dachang Hui Autonomous County, Qinhuangdao City.
Jinan City, Zibo City, Linyi City Pingyi County, Yinan County, Qingdao City Pingdu City, Jimo City, Zaozhuang City, Weifang City Changle County, Gaomi City, Qingzhou City, Shandong Province, Longkou City, Penglai City, Laiyang City, Laixi City, Yantai City, Wudi County, Binzhou City, Juye County, Heze City, Guangrao County, Lijin County, Dongying City, Ju County, Rizhao City, Guan County, Chiping County, Liaocheng City.
Dezhou City, Decheng District and Xiajin County, Jining City, Rencheng District, Zhengshan Village, Zhifang Town, Jiaxiang County, Jining City, Zezhou County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, Datong City, and Yingxian County, Shuozhou City.
Yuanping County (Nao County) of Xinzhou City, Zhenping County, Dengzhou City, Neixiang County, Xichuan County, Xixia County, Shangqiu City, Zhumadian City, Suiping County, Luoyang, Nanyang City, Henan Province Song County, Kaifeng City, Jiaxian County of Sanmenxia City, Hefei City, Bozhou City, Huainan City, and Xuancheng Jing County of Anhui Province.
Huaishang District of Bengbu City, Yingshang County of Fuyang City, Suixi County of Huaibei City, Shouxian County of Lu'an City, Zhangye City, Tianshui City of Gansu Province, Li County of Longnan City, Ning County of Qingyang City, Shaanxi Lintong District of Xi'an City, Liquan County, Qian County and Xunyi County of Xianyang City in the province.
Wuhan City in Hubei Province, Xinhui City and Shantou City in Guangdong Province, Longchuan County in Yunnan Province, Dexing City in Jiangxi Province, Suzhou City and Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province, and Kunming in Yunnan Province City, Heishan County of Jinzhou City, Liaoyang City, Gai County of Yingkou City, Lushun City, Fushun City, Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County, Haicheng City, Tieling City Changtu County, Fengcheng County, Anshan City, and Sichuan Province Chengdu city.
Neijiang City, Changchun City, Meihekou City, and Yushu City in Jilin Province, Harbin City and Jiamusi City in Heilongjiang Province, Zhongning City in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Urumqi City in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Men clan people are distributed in Guilin City, Hulunbuir City, Manzhouli City in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Taiwan Province and other places.
The development of surnames
There has been research on surname totems for a long time. Cultural scientist Ding Shan believes that most ancient Chinese surnames are the legacy of totems. The famous historian Lu Zhenyu also pointed out, Many surnames in China today retain the remains of the original totem names.
Li Xuanbo, a sociologist during the Republic of China, believed that surnames are the result of totems. There is the word "surname" in "Shuowen", which means "surname" next to a woman, and it means "surname" when she is born. This word first appeared relatively late.
Although there are several fragments of the oracle bone inscriptions of the Yin Ruins with the word "surname" in the oracle bone inscriptions and photos of the oracle bone inscriptions, it seems to have the same meaning and phonetic "surname" as listed in "Shuowen". Differently, due to the incompleteness of the oracle bone inscriptions, its usage in the inscriptions is mostly unknown. Only one piece of it can be roughly understood to be a woman's name or character. This kind of character with a female character (gender symbol) added is generally only used as a woman's personal name. It is different from the surname in "Shuowen".
There is no surname in the ancient writings of the Western Zhou Dynasty. There is a Chinese character in the Qi Qi inscription at the end of the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period. The left side is next to the word "任" and the right side is "生", not from women, but from people. This Chinese characters are also found in the seal writings of the Warring States Period. In the late Warring States Period, Qin cursed Chu texts with the Chinese character "surname". From this, it can be seen that the ancient meaning of the word "surname" needs to be obtained by combing through literary records.
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