One theory is that it originated from one of the five ancient emperors, and the seventh son was Tao's ancestor. Another saying is that it originated in surnamed tang. According to historical records such as Biography of the History of Song Dynasty and Biography of Du Dong Gu Tao, there was a Gu Tao in Song Dynasty who was a Xinping native of Zhangzhou. The original surname was Tang, and to avoid the surname, he changed his surname to Tao. His descendants handed down the surname Tao, forming a branch of Tao.
In addition, there is another saying that it originated from the Mongols, from the Xiongnu family in the Mongolian pottery country of Bahuqi, and it belongs to the sinicization and surname change. A Xiongnu family from Taoxiang, Mongolia, Baerhuqi originally lived in calka, Inner Mongolia. Because of the persecution of Grdan tribe, 10,000 Daubard tigers went south and wandered in Zhangjiakou, Hebei.
In the thirty-first year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (AD 1692), the whole family moved to Shengjing (now Shenyang, Liaoning Province), and some of them were stationed in Phoenix, Xiuyan and other places in Dandong and erected a single flag, which was called Mongolian Nine Flags. Later, the Chinese character Tao, which is homophonic with the original surname, was taken as the surname.
Idioms containing Tao characters:
1, Tao Rongguzhu, an idiom in China, is a metaphor that has a beneficial influence on people's thinking and personality. From A Brief History of Civilization.
2. Tao Ran is drunk, a China idiom. Pinyin is Tá o Rá né rü zi, which means to describe a drunken man. From "Seeing Sendai on the 9th".
3, Tao Tao complacent, China idiom, Pinyin is Tá o Tá o Zidé, which means you feel happy. From Song Lin Fuzheng's Spring in the Garden.
4, Lele Tao Tao, China idiom, pinyin is lè lè táo táo, meaning very happy. From ten-sided drums.