Tracing to the source
According to New Tang Book? Imperial clan lineage table ","annals? A brief introduction to clans, A Compilation of Yuanhe Surnames and other relevant materials, which are from the won surname, are descendants of Zhuan Xu Emperor Levin. Take the official position as the surname. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Anjun, the general of the State of Zhao, was descended from Li Zuoche, who was later named Li Ming. According to Wei Shu? Official Records ",from his family to change his surname. During the Three Kingdoms period, the branch of the Liao nationality was Li, and the surname of the Xianbei nationality was changed to Li, Gao Hu, and so on. Change his surname to Li. In the Tang Dynasty, sixteen meritorious ministers with different surnames, such as Xu, Tai, An, Du, Hu, Hong, Guo, Ma, Zhang, Dong, Luo and ethnic minorities, such as Xianyu, Abu, Adie, Relic and Zhu Xie, were given the surname Li.
the surname is ancestor
Li Lizhen. Hao Tao, the descendant of Zhuan Xu, served as the administrator in charge of the prison during Yao Shun's reign. Hao Tao was very accurate in adjudicating cases and never made any mistakes, which made him famous at that time. His descendants inherited the post of "Dali" and took the official as their surname, which was called "Li". At the end of Shang Dynasty, Hao Tao, the later agent, offended Zhou Wang for handling the case fairly, and was executed by the tyrant for no reason. His wife fled with her son Lizhen and lived on Mu Zi (the fruit of the plum tree) along the way. In order not to forget this troubled history and remember Mu Zi's saving his life, Lizhen's mother decided to change her surname from Li to Li, which is composed of Mu Zi. Li Lizhen thus became the ancestor of Li's surname.
propagation and migration
Li was originally born in Luyi, Henan Province. During the pre-Qin period, people surnamed Li had moved to Shanxi and Sichuan. The two branches of the Han Dynasty, Longxi and Zhaojun, were basically formed and began to spread in northern China. By the time of the Three Kingdoms, Li's people had moved to present-day Liaoning, to northwest to present-day Ningxia, to southeast to present-day Jiangsu and Jiangxi, to south to present-day Hubei, and to southwest to present-day Yunnan. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was the most popular name in China. By the Tang Dynasty, Li, who had ruled China for 3 years, was a distinguished official as a national surname. Li's large-scale southward migration also began in the Tang Dynasty, mainly for three times: the first time was at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, and some Li's people in Henan moved southward. Some of them entered Fujian with Zheng Chen and Chen Yuanguang when they were in Tang Gaozong, and they were the first to enter Fujian; The second time was the "An Shi Rebellion", and many Li clansmen moved to the south. The third time was the Huang Chao Uprising to the Five Dynasties. Due to the long-term turmoil in the Central Plains, many people named Li entered Fujian and settled in Putian and Jinjiang. Since the late Ming Dynasty, people from Fujian, Guangdong and Lee successively moved to Taiwan Province. As a result of the southward migration, the Li people began to spread all over most areas in the south of the Yangtze River and spread abroad. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Li's clansmen had spread all over the country, which was really a great family with flourishing branches and leaves. The proportion of Li surname in northern provinces is higher, which can exceed 18%, while that in southern provinces is less than 8%.
No. of County Hope Hall
In the long process of reproduction, Li has formed many county hopes. According to Guang Yun, there are mainly twelve Longxi counties, which are governed by Didao (now Lintao South, Gansu); Zhao Jun, the governor of Handan (now southwest of Handan City, Hebei Province); Dunqiu County, where Dunqiu is located (now southwest of Qingfeng, Henan Province); Bohai county, between Liaoning, Hebei and Shandong provinces today, along the coast of Bohai Bay; Zhongshan County, where Lunu (now Dingzhou, Hebei Province) is ruled; Xiangcheng county, where Xiangcheng is located (now Xiangcheng county, Henan province); Jiangxia County, where Anlu (now Yunmeng, Hubei Province) is ruled; Zitong County, where Zitong is governed (the Western Wei Dynasty changed to Brazil, and now Zitong, Sichuan); Fanyang County, which was changed to Zhuojun in 226 AD, is located in Zhuoxian County (now Zhuozhou, Hebei Province); Guanghan County, where it was ruled by the township (now Jintang East, Sichuan), moved to Luoxian County in the Eastern Han Dynasty (now Guanghan North, Sichuan); Liang Guo, in 22 BC, changed Dang County to Liang Guo, where he ruled Suiyang (now south of Shangqiu, Henan); Nanyang County is located in Wanxian County (now Nanyang City, Henan Province).
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Longxi, Zhaojun, Pingji, etc.
clan characteristics
Li's political position was prominent in previous dynasties. According to the statistics of relevant historical materials, there are more than 6 people who claim the title of emperor and king only, which is unmatched by other surname families. Each branch of the surname Li is arranged in an orderly manner. Li in Jianchang, Jiangxi Province, sent a school of words: "Bu Debao Bi, Cen Lin Songrong, Yi Gan Chao Ji, Qian Duan Kefu, Pavilion Text Department, such as Ji Shichun and Shao Shu, recently, they are open-minded, obviously loyal, and have a great family"; The word behavior of Li School in Gaoyi, Hebei Province: "Prosperity comes from Jin, Zhong Xiu is in Gao, the world is prosperous, and the light is bright and bright."
the essence of celebrities
Li Er: Lao Zi, a native of Chen in the Spring and Autumn Period, was a great thinker in ancient China. Zhou Zhou is famous for the Tao Te Ching and the founder of Taoism. He is the first person named Li recorded in history books. Li Si: A native of Shangcai, Henan. During the Warring States period, he was the prime minister of Qin, who helped Qin Shihuang unify the six countries and made the feudal imperial industry. Li Bing: an expert in water conservancy engineering in ancient China, he was the governor of Shu during the Warring States Period. He once recruited migrant workers to build Dujiangyan in the Minjiang River basin, which made great contributions to agricultural production at that time. Li Guang: Born in Chengji, Longxi (now Qin 'an, Gansu). A famous soldier in the Western Han Dynasty, he fought back against the Huns for more than 7 times, and was called "Flying General" because of his bravery and good fighting. Li Chun: Craftsman of Sui Dynasty. Zhao Zhouqiao, founded by him, is a famous ancient stone arch bridge in China, which occupies a glorious page in the history of bridge construction in China and even in the world. Li Shimin: That is, Emperor Taizong, whose ancestral home is Longxi Chengji. He is an enlightened feudal emperor, who knows people well and is modest in coachable. During his reign, his politics was clear, his criminal law was lenient, his society was stable and his economy was prosperous, which was called "the rule of Zhenguan" in history. Li Bai: Born in Qin 'an, Gansu Province, he was a romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty and was praised as a "poetic immortal" by the world. There are many works in his life, including more than 9 works, such as Difficult Road to Shu, it is hard to go, Thinking on a Quiet Night and so on. Li Qingzhao: Yi Anju, a native of Jinan (now Shandong) in the Southern Song Dynasty, is the most accomplished poetess in Chinese history. She wrote many poems, words and articles in her life. The original Yi Lee An Ji was lost, and later generations compiled Shuyu Ci. Li Yuanhao: The Tangut Qiang nationality, in 131, inherited his father's position, decided not to use the surname given by Tang and Song Dynasties, and announced that the royal family of Xixia changed its surname to "the famous surname" and named itself "Wu Zi", calling it Emperor of Xixia. Li Shizhen, whose name is Dongbi and whose name is near the lake, was born in Qizhou (now Qichun County, Hubei Province) in the Ming Dynasty. Born in a family of traditional Chinese medicine, he is a famous medical scientist in China. It took him thirty-seven years to compile Compendium of Materia Medica, which made great contributions to Chinese medicine. Li Zicheng: A native of Mizhi, Shaanxi Province, was the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty. He was called "King Chuang". In 1643, he was called Xinshun King in Xiangyang, and the Dashun regime was established the following year to conquer Beijing. Killed in 1645. Li Ruzhen: A native of Daxing (now Beijing) in Zhili. Novelists in Qing Dynasty. His masterpiece is the novel The Edge of the Mirror Flower. Li Zongren: A native of Guilin, Guangxi, whose name is Delin, is the leader of the Guangxi Department. He served as vice president and acting president of the Kuomintang government in the late period of the liberation war. He went to America at the end of 1949 and returned to Beijing in July 1965. He died of illness in 1969. Li Dazhao: Zi Shouchang, a native of Laoting County, Hebei Province, studied in Japan in his early years. After returning to China, he served as editor-in-chief of Morning Bell, editor of New Youth, professor Peking University and director of the library. He is one of the leaders of the New Culture Movement, the earliest Marxist in China, and one of the founders of the China * * * Production Party. Li Xiannian: He used to be wei li, a native of Huang An (now Hong 'an), Hubei Province. Born in 1999, he participated in the peasant uprisings in Huang An and Macheng in 1927 and joined the China * * * Production Party. Since then, he has been closely linked with the cause of the Party and fought for it. In June 1983, he was elected President of the People's Republic of China. He died in Beijing in June 1992.