Li family, the generation order is "Yuan, Beauty, Guang, Xian, Xu, Dun, Xiu, Da, Shou, Cheng, Guang, Chuan, Jia, Shi, Ben, Wei, Xue, Ke, Chang and Rong".
Li, one of the surnames in the Central Plains, is the largest surname in the world. China has a population of 95 million, and the global population exceeds 12 million. In China, Hunan, Sichuan and Chongqing are the largest surnames, and Henan is the largest province of Li in China. Ancient Longxi, now Lintao, Gansu, is an important birthplace of Li.
In Taiwan Province, North Korea and Viet Nam, the surname Li is also a common surname. In North Korea, the surname Li is the second largest. To distinguish it from other homonyms, it is often called "Eighteen Zi Li" or "Muzi Li". There are many famous people named Li, such as Li Er, a thinker, and Li Bai, a poet. Li has a large population, with a population of more than 92 million in China. Together with Li, who lives abroad, there are 17 million people. Li established the most political power in the history of China, claiming the title of emperor and king to more than 6 people.
Origin of surnames
There are many kinds of genealogy of Li's surname, and the number is amazing. It is said that there are 115 kinds in the genealogical society of Utah, and 67 kinds in the collection of Beijing Library, and there are countless folk preservers. In terms of time, Li's genealogy began in the Song Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and some of them are modern, basically privately revised, and there are versions such as initial revision, continuous revision and re-revision.
in the pre-Qin period, Li's activities began in Henan, and by the end of the Warring States period, Li's activities had expanded to Shanxi, Hebei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hubei and other places. The Qin and Han Dynasties were an important stage for Li's migration to various places. When Qin Shihuang pacified South Vietnam and Xi 'ou, Li began to enter Guangdong and Guangxi, and Li Er's descendants entered Gansu, developing into a noble family of Li in Longxi, and those living in Hebei became a famous family of Zhao Jun's Li.
refer to Baidu encyclopedia-Li surname for the above contents.