The source of Yin's surname? Is there an emperor named Yin in history? Specific point

Yin surname is a multi-ethnic, multi-source surname, with complex origins and diverse views. Yin's surname can be traced back to ancient times, and there is no emperor named Yin in the exact records.

The origin of Yin surname is complicated, which can be summarized as follows:

First of all, it originated from the Shao Hao family and took the city as its surname.

Xie, a famous expert in surname research, recorded in the book The Origin of Surnames of People's Congress in China that one of the sources of Yin surnames had been formed in ancient times, and famous place names were used as surnames. Legend has it that Shao Hao is the son of the Yellow Emperor. He was the leader of the ancient Dongyi people, who took birds as their totems. He used to be an official named Bird.

He has a son named Yin, who is sealed in, and his descendants are responsible for his duties. Later, the place name was taken as surname and Yin. Guyin City is in the northwest of Yiyang County, Henan Province, southeast of Xin 'an County, and it is also said that it is in the northeast of xian county. Because the two places are not far apart, the border area between northwest Henan and southwest Shanxi is considered as one of the birthplaces of Gu Yin.

Yin descendants attacked their post office and lived here all the time. Even in the Zhou Dynasty, the descendants of Yin attacked Qing scholars from generation to generation, and their fiefs were still here. Therefore, in the pre-Qin period, the main settlement of Yin was at the junction of northwest Henan and southwest Shanxi.

Second, originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty, a surname was given by an official.

The second source of Yin surname recorded in The Origin of Most Surnames in China is the official surname, which originated in the Zhou Dynasty. According to Ying Shao's Customs in the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Teacher Yin, the three officials also take the official as their surname. Zhou has Yin Jifu. " The surname is Jia, and the word Bojifu.

Yin is an official name. In Shang and Zhou Dynasties, he was an official who assisted Emperor Bizi, and his position was equivalent to that of prime minister. Ji Fu was an important official in the Zhou Xuanwang era and served as a teacher. His descendants inherited the status of a surname. The name of "Yin Shi" can be found in "Poem Xiaoya Jienan Mountain": "Hehe Yin Shi, the people have foresight." "Mao Zhuan" has a cloud: "Teacher, Taishi, the three fairs of Zhou; Yin, Yin's, is a teacher. "

In addition, according to historical records, Jia was Yin's teacher, and later generations recorded his official position. The eldest son of Shu takes "Ji" as his surname, and the eldest son of Bo Feng takes "Yin" as his surname. It can be seen that the official surname of Yin originated in the west and began with Yin Bofeng, the son of Ji Fu.

Third, part of it comes from changing the surname.

In addition to the above origins, there are two versions of the source of Yin surname. A surname named Mi first appeared in Historical Records of Chu Family. "Mi" is the surname of Chu ancestors, which originated from the Yellow Emperor. The descendants of the eighth grandson of the Yellow Emperor, whose surname was Mi, were the ancestors of "eighteen surnames of Jingchu" and later evolved into Yin. The other is from the sinicization of ethnic minorities to the change of surname.

According to "A Brief History of Clans in Qing Dynasty", the Borzijit, Yegulut and Yinzhai ethnic groups of Mongolians have sinicized Yin surnames. Some Manchu and Xibo languages in Zhang Jiashi have been translated into Yin. Today, Bai, Miao, Zhuang and Korean all have Yin surnames.

Extended data:

Population distribution of cash yin surname:

In 20 13, the population of Yin was more than 2.2 million, ranking 95th in China, accounting for about 0.26% of the national population. Mainly concentrated in Shandong, Sichuan, Hunan and Liaoning provinces, accounting for about 42% of the total population of Yin.

Followed by Hebei, Hubei, Henan, Jiangsu and Yunnan, these five provinces account for about 28%. Shandong is the largest province with Yin surname, and the population of Yin surname accounts for 12% of the total population. Bohai Bay, Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan are the two major gathering places of Yin surname.

Yin surnames are distributed in Beijing, Tianjin, Liaojihei, eastern Inner Mongolia, northwestern Shaanxi, western Gansu, Yunnan, Sichuan and most of Guizhou, southeastern Chongqing, southern Hubei, most of Hunan and Jiangxi, and northern Guangdong and Guangxi. The proportion of Yin surname in the local population is generally above 0.27%, and the central area is above 1%, and its coverage area accounts for about 34% of the total land area.

About 6 1% of the Yin people live here. In southern Shanxi, northern and southern Shaanxi, central Inner Mongolia, most of Henan, Hubei and Anhui, central Jiangsu, northern and southeastern Sichuan, most of Chongqing, northeastern Jiangxi, western Fujian, central Guangdong and Guangxi, northwestern Guizhou and northwestern Xinjiang, the proportion of Yin in the local population is generally between 0. 18%-0.27%.

Its coverage area accounts for about 265,438+0% of the total land area, and about 27% people surnamed Yin live in this area.

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China News Network-Yin's surname originated from the son of the Yellow Emperor, or Jia, the Western Zhou Dynasty.