The origin of the surname E
1. There are five sources.
1. It comes from the surname Ji and takes the name of the town.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Yuan Houguang of the Jin Dynasty was granted the title of Eyi (today's Xiangning County, Shanxi Province). Some of his descendants took their original fiefdom of Eyi as their surname, and were called the E surname.
2. It also comes from the surname Ji, which is named after the place.
According to the "Manuscript of Words and Deeds of Famous Sages and Surnames", during the Spring and Autumn Period, Jiafu, the son of Qingfu, a senior official in the Jin Dynasty, rebelled against the Jin Dynasty and rushed to E, where he was called the Marquis of E. Later, he took E as his surname and was called E. Shi.
3. It comes from the surname Mi and is named after the country.
According to "Historical Records of the Chu Family", during the reign of King Zhou Yi, Chu King Xiong Qu claimed to be the King of Chu and named his three sons kings. Among them, the second son Xiong Zhihong was named King of E (now Echeng, Hubei Province). ), called the King of E. His descendants took E as their surname and called them the surname E.
4. It was changed from the surname Yue, and is a descendant of Yue Fei, the national hero of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Yue Fei was named King of Yue'e. After he was killed, his fourth son Yue Zhen and fifth son Yue Ting fled to the south of the Yangtze River. They did not dare to take Yue as their surname. Their descendants lived in various places, living in Huangmei County (Hubei). Province) took the title of Yue Fei as their surname, and was called the surname E.
5. Among the seven surnames of the Bajun barbarians is the E family.
2. Migration distribution and gathering places
(Missing) The surname E is not among the top 100 surnames in both mainland China and Taiwan. The surname E comes from the surname Xi. It was acquired at the end of the Shang Dynasty and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty. It is a surname based on the country. According to legend, the descendants of the Yellow Emperor with the surname Si were entrusted with the title of Hubei, which is today's Nanyang, Henan Province. They were princes of the Xia and Shang Dynasties. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, the Marquis of E, the West Bo Jichang and the Jiuhou were called the Three Dukes. King Zhou was unkind and killed the Jiuhou. In order to redress the injustice of the Jiuhou, the Marquis of E offended King Zhou and his whole family was killed. From then on, the descendants of Ehou took Guo as their surname, and were called the E family in the world. Some scholars believe that the E family originated from the Spring and Autumn Period. According to the "Manuscript of Words and Deeds of Famous Sages and Surnames", the E family came from the Marquis of E in Jin Dynasty, and his descendants took the title as their surname. The "Historical Records of the Chu Family" records that Hong, the second son of Xiong Qu of Chu State, was named King of E, and his descendants took E as their surname. "A Study of Surnames" says that the King of Chu's younger brother E Jun was granted the title of Dong E in Wuchang, and his descendants took the country as their surname and called him the E family. E is the abbreviation of Hubei Province. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the territory belonging to the Chu State was called E Yi. In the Sui and Tang dynasties, it was called Ezhou. The ancient Ezhou, located in present-day Wuchang City, Hubei Province, is the birthplace of people with the E surname across the country. The famous family lived in Wuchang County (now Echeng County, Hubei Province).
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Wuchang County: In 221 AD, Wu Sunquan of the Three Kingdoms divided the three counties of Jiangxia, Yuzhang and Luling. , set up Wuchang County. Soon it was renamed Jiangxia County. In the early years of Taikang in the Jin Dynasty, it was changed to Wuchang County. It is comparable to the area from Wuhan, Hubei Province to Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province.
Hall name
Anping Hall: During the Han Dynasty, Pei was born in E Qianqiu, and he had meritorious service in establishing the feudal lords from the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty. When Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was conferring meritorious officials, it was difficult to decide the ranking for a while. E Qianqiu said: Xiao He is the meritorious of all generations and should be ranked first. This opinion was very popular with Liu Bang, so he named E Qianqiu the Marquis of Anping. (Constellation)
In addition, the main hall names of the surname E are: Jinxian Hall, etc.