Money (Qian) surname source out there are three:

1, from the zhou dynasty palace sergeant rich, for the pengzu later generations, the officer as surname.Annals, according to sung people characteristics "clan" to qian liu "to the officer's" category, said xu emperor son of lifelong pengzu, lu Sun Fu, weeks money palace, due to the officer's life.According to historical records, family ", "name", such as lu always ZhuanXu grandchild, his wifepregnancyThree years, cesarean section, gives birth to six sons, "three yue pengzu".Pengzu is famous big birthday girl, the world this said "he" is a proverb, his vision, in the history of business to keep hidden, under Zhou Weizhu history, eight hundred years old."His descendants Peng Fu, in the western zhou dynasty palace and the money (money mansion, office in charge of the money;Sergeant, the prime minister, the zhou dynasty, has a staff sergeant, sergeant, corporal) Peng Fu name for the surname, the official is qian liu.Because of the western zhou dynasty (now shaanxi province), based in picks Beijing Peng Fu will be an official in Beijing, so the money is formed in shaanxi.

2, from 篯 surname said.This statement is, in fact, the first variation and supplement, according to the test of slightly, according to legend Peng Zuxing 篯 his vision, later generations with its name's, and then a simplified "篯" for "money" (some scholars believe that the ancient word "篯").

3, from his surname.Annals, clan ", according to the qing dynasty, the manchu localized mud river last name for money;According to the origin of Taiwan's surname, qing qianlong years give Taiwan indigenous seven is rich;Taiwan's indigenous plug xia clan salad bay again, Chinese surname for money;Yunnan linan house tile slag during Ming and qing long lawsuit soil deputy chief name is money, as the hani;This yi, Mongolia, tujia, li and other nationalities are all in the name.

Surname ancestor: Qian Fu.ZhuanXu emperor is southern China early eight surname ancestor, main origin of his sun, later to Peng Cheng (xuzhou in jiangsu province today), so got peng, peng is his famous longevity, it is said that through the summer, the two generations, lived more than eight hundred years old, is considered the pengzu.Pengzu have sun fu, the western zhou dynasty when served as money and house, and then children and with the prime minister's, motorists last name.They honour Qian Fu last name for money the surname ancestor.