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Modern people speak of the last name and surname, often confuse STH with STH else.In fact, from the perspective of the meaning of family name, both at the beginning of the righteousness today.

The surname word archaism"", meaning people born, also because of the born to name.In ancient times, is general, zuozhuan, have "CAI kill its doctor gongsun" words, gongsun man is often written GongSunSheng.At that time, a surname and have children, "ShiMing" yue: "girl yue surname, son."In the spring and autumn when the doctor lu tertiary Sun Bao has encountered a woman brought him a pheasant, uncle Sun Bao asked its name, the woman said "my son has grown up, can catch the pheasant, and listen to me."

Name is the ultimate righteousness is decided by xu shen.Xu shen on the design of the surname as a"", meaning a "name, people living also.Due to the raw think that name, from the girl."

's ancient han led writing in writing"Symbol ", in a horizontal, bending are extended to underground stroke symbol of roots, the stroke if smoke is born out of touch the leaves.The origin of surname word meaning refers to woody, namely the root of the plant.

Ancient three generations, surname's, both the time and condition of each are not identical.The origin of the name can be traced back to primitive society matriarchal clan system in human.When several clan commune of a primitive tribe, each clan in the tribe has its independence, marriage and has a close relationship between each other, specific symbols as identification to distinguish the clan's surname, "don't the race, points to its class, and make the phase from" (Kong Yingda).Because at that time is matriarchy society, so the original name from the female side.

The ancient name of the source are two: one is based on the cause of female ancestor conception and last name.Such as qi mother Jane DE qi, due to swallow yan egg ancient merchants surname zi (eggs);After mother Jiang Yuan millet after birth by stepping on bear tracks, so the zhou people ji, this has been a bit of totem surname end hubris.The second is based on the place when the first female fertility and last name.Said wen jie zi "load:" yao, yao yu shun in virtual, so for the name.""Rural water ginger ginger, god, because thought last name".Other such as stretch marks, such as si, Gui surname is pregnant with "all its ZuKao since out" the connotation.

's source started last name before, the purpose is "don't move by their children."Late matriarchal clan, along with the development of population reproduction, more and more huge clan had to tell small tribes, remote, heavy find their homes, to create a new clan, the new clan are usually has its own name, but the new differentiation and they had to have a need to distinguish the new clan name.Surname, then should be formed.

Produce's way is varied, but the first emergence is the ancestor of totem worship.Shiji has he said:

"Xuanyuan is vibration xiude, five gas, art five, stroke, all the people square.Teach the bear Pi the mythical wild animal leopard tiger to battle with yan emperor in the field of e. spring, three wars and his will."Rate by the emperor "bear, Pi" beast of prey, such as the so-called "division of six beast", but it is based on the six beast six clan totem.Later, the clan and they will be used for the difference between other clan logo - surname.If extend standard, as the simulated flight suiren, compose wood for the nest of a nest, invented the horse-cars XuanYuanShi ancient ancestors also should belong to.

Totem, before the surname fusion's source has the following kinds:

A is a fief name and name for the surname.

, from xia-shang-zhou dynasties seal reward liegeman Hou Ci to become one of monarchy and the principal means of sons, big and small, the syndrome in kyushu, the name has become the country's future generations.Like king wen of zhou's third son GuanShuXian sealing to tube, ji fa the seal in the state of jin tang suyu, namely for the surname, GuanShuXian and tang suyu became tube respectively, jin's two kelvin's father.Xia shang period, a person that's for countries is du, ray, gu, nguyen, wei surname, such as the zhou dynasty was more, known as the spring and autumn period and the warring states period of the warring states such as qi, lu, song, deng, han, zhao, wu, Chen, CAI, who and other countries, has become a most popular today.

Vassal states give yourself and your letter, as a doctor ShiLu Tian Yi name, also gradually evolved as's, such as liu, feng, Lou, cui, fan, shang, handan to's for fief.The zhou dynasty pay attention to public, hou, "five jue, son, male of the packet, and the corresponding criterion for countries, cities, clearance, township, pavilion five fiefs, etc.Clearance, township, pavilion like countries, cities, and also the name of by the recipient and its take thought's sons.Like Sue, wool, such as temperature, Yin is called surname;Yan, lu, pei township, hao is called surname;Ouyang is pavilion called surname, etc.

Second, to live for.

Not in a position to herod land, many house as surname.Simon, zheng doctor living in their subjects for Simon's more;Qi a surname doctor respectively in a surname, west, south guo guo, north guo, the four guo also became a name;Little did the ordinary ranks high in camp, surnamed qiu.

For residence's, compound surname, usually with a "door", "in" and "Lv" word, said different environment of living place.

Three, to ancestors or in the name of the character's.

From this name a lot, according to statistics, there are five and six hundred, including nearly two hundred compound surname.According to zhou, warring states, the son of king said childe, grandson said sun, according to sun, and should not be called to his grandfather's words for the surname.Such as: Deng Mu male childe (word son therefore) - one by one GongSunXia therefore take one by one, therefore the Chesapeake bay.

Grandfather if no words, with their surname, such as: LuXiao male childe show one by one -- GongSunYi "a display without warning, and poultry.

As Lin ping of zhou's bastard word again, then handed down to lam;Son of the duke wen of qi sun is high, its high sun streams is to grandfather called surname.

Four, with time's behavior.

To take out brother's namesake family xi, the boss said "or jar, second, said zhong, old three say uncle, old four season, etc.Brother generation descendants to primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary and meng for last name.Their father's brother, second, this is ZhongShi, because he was your SINS, and then the surname meng, Meng Sun or last name.His brother uncle teeth, ill, after drinking poison to commit suicide, then people were made to uncle's, also known as uncle asked.

Successively, family's behavior, has successively, such as dings, decyl, different from the top and bottom, such as ZuShi, your surname;ZhongShi of different office according to society, as mentioned above, ZhongSunShi, old, JiSun's and so on, and so on.

Five, the name, the title of the official's.

Set in charge of the land, the western zhou dynasty, engineering, military and civilian officials, prison term of Stuart, syma, il, department of earth, sheep herder facial features, have been taking thought's offspring.

The money of the author name, from the pengzu seed first week.First weeks at the time as money and house, and is equal to the present national bank President, their offspring's for money.Other pipe LiangGuan offspring name of millet, horse sons name of priests, and the army, storehouse, supervisor and the suggestion, all out of the prime minister.

As the title called's emperor, king, public, hou, bullies.

Six, for art.

The state of jin tu kuai, kill the cattle and sheep, and slaughter skill, then is for tu's;Using divinatory divination; business secretary wang mou, FengSi ghosts and gods, heaven and earth is blessed rid, after they have a name for the wizard's.Other such as pottery, zhen, artisan, superior, bligh's purport for skill.

's a lot of sources, in addition to the above six, and why it's, with Shi's, given by surname, taboo change and so on.In general, as "outside TongJian · ji" cloud: "the surname, since a series of its ZuKao;Surname, don't move their children."Last name is derived from the same family of female ancestor family together all the symbols;Surname is originated from the same paternal ancestor of each branch of kelvin's ancestor of symbols.

Name and surname, xia, shang and zhou three generations of the most obvious.Characteristics of the "annals clan slightly" cloud: "three generations ago, name points to two, men's, the woman said.'s so don't equal, you have a surname, base without's famous, today the south all the pretty, this way.So don't marriage, so the namesake, recruited, precious name.'s namesake, different marriage can pass;Surname,'s different with marriage."

Name and surname meaning, function also dissimilar.Name for "don't" marriage, surname is used to "Ming and", later about name and name of theory and legal aspects discussed, in this not fat.

Name and surname, began in the han dynasty.Gu yanwu was in "the day known record," say: "surname, since too history Mr Mixed into one."This" in qin shi huang yue 'name is Scott, the emperor gaozu yue' surname liu, is also."Too history Mr, sima qian also.Since the qin shi huang unify the whole country, the western zhou dynasty old clan and surname system had been cleaned, name and surname began to merge with one another.Chaos after the end of the qin dynasty and society into the western han dynasty, blend perfectly surnames.Name called the remains from the meaning of the surname that individuals born family's symbol, and the son of heaven to subaltern everyone have a last name, last name of the use and development that is truly on the right track.