Ni is pronounced as ní
(an allusion to hundreds of family surnames)
Ni and Li come from the same source, and celebrities emerged in large numbers after the Song Dynasty
Ni is named after It is composed of the character "人" and the character "郳". If the two characters "Ni" and "郳" are used to represent a surname, the meanings are the same. The two surnames basically come from the same source.
The relationship between the Ni family and the Li family has been clearly recorded in history books. For example, the "Surname Compilation" records: "Gong Wu of Zhu granted his second son to Li, and he was named Xiao Zhu. Later, he lost the country, and his descendants were named Li. To avoid hatred, he changed his name to Ni, and the city of Li was located in Zhonghai."; "A Survey of Surnames" "The above points out: "The Ni family is the Li family, and the Lu family was changed to Ni to avoid hatred and look forward to Qiancheng." In addition, the "Tongzhi Clan Brief" also has the same record, pointing out that "the Ni family is also the Li family; The provincial text is Li. Liang, a native of the Six Kingdoms period, met the Lu family in the Spring and Autumn Period. "
It can be clearly seen from these records that the Ni family and the Li family are both derived from the Li family. , how did the Li family come from? There has always been very detailed research on the origin of the Pi family. It turns out that the Pi family came from Zhu and was a descendant of Zhu Jia. When it was passed down to Yi's father, Yan, because of his merits to the emperor of Zhou, he was Secondly, Ziyou was made a vassal and lived in Li. He repeatedly followed Duke Huan of Qi to honor the king and fight against the barbarians. Therefore, he was named "Xiao Zhuzi" by the Emperor of Zhou, and he was honored for a while. Later, the state of Li was destroyed by the state of Chu, and the descendants of You "regarded the country as their surname" and began to use Li as their surname. It was passed down for several generations, but to avoid hatred, it was changed to Ni, or the provincial name was changed to Li. This is the origin of the surnames Ni and Li, and it also shows that these two surnames came from the same source more than 2,500 years ago.
The Ni family and the Yan family are from the Yan family in the Spring and Autumn Period. The Yan family was divided into the Zhu Kingdom at that time, and the Zhu Kingdom was granted by King Wu of Zhou to the descendants of the ancient Emperor Zhuanxu. It can be calculated that later generations People with the surname Ni and Li are naturally the most glorious descendants of the Yellow Emperor.
Nowadays, there are places called Licheng in Tengxian and Yixian of Shandong Province. According to research, these two places were the seat of Liguo in the Spring and Autumn Period. Of course, they were also the places where Licheng was located. The original birthplace of later generations of people with the surname Ni and Lu.
When did the Li family change their surname to Li to avoid hatred, and then added the character "人" to become Ni? Due to the lack of detailed literature, it is still uncertain so far. However, according to the historical appearance of people named Ni, the surname Ni should have been acquired in the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago at the latest, because at that time there was a man named Ni Kuan (or Pi Kuan). People appear in history books. Later in the Southern Dynasties, there was another Jiangyin governor named Ni Qi. From this, it can be inferred that the Li family changed their surname to Ni roughly during the Han Dynasty.
In the splendid Tang Dynasty, the Ni family, which had a long history and was given the late surname, began to stand out. There was once a minister Ni Ruoshui who paid homage to Zuocheng, the minister, and became famous for his excellent political performance. His name is in the annals of history.
After the Song Dynasty, there were many outstanding figures named Ni. In the Song Dynasty alone, there were Ni Si, Ni Shan, Ni Wenyi, Ni Tao, Ni Zuchang and other famous figures in history.