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What is the origin of Huang's surname?

Last name: Huang

Origin: In Shun Di period, the leader of Dongyi tribe was named Boyi, and his descendants were divided into 14 surnames, among which the surname Huang was established by his descendants in Huangchuan, Henan at the end of Shang Dynasty and the beginning of Zhou Dynasty. After Huang was destroyed by Chu, all his compatriots took Huang as their surname. Another origin of Huang surname is that it moved from Huangshui, Henan Province to the lower reaches of Fenshui, Shanxi Province in ancient times, and its Huang State was destroyed by Jin State in the early Spring and Autumn Period. After the national subjugation, some people surnamed Huang fled north to central Henan, and a large number of them were transferred to Hubei. Chun Shen Jun (named Huang Xie), one of the four sons after the Warring States Period, was sealed in Suzhou, Jiangsu, and some of his 65,438+03 sons settled in Jiangsu. Since the late Warring States period, Wuhan, Hubei Province has been the breeding center of Huang. After the Han Dynasty, due to being an official and other reasons, the surname Huang gradually migrated to the north and south of the Yangtze River, especially in the Song Dynasty, and the surname Huang spread and developed widely throughout the country. Many outstanding figures have emerged in the past dynasties, among which talents named Huang have emerged in large numbers. Such as Huang Shigong at the end of Qin Dynasty; Ba Huang, Prime Minister of the Western Han Dynasty; Huang Xiang, a prodigy of the Eastern Han Dynasty; During the Three Kingdoms period, the famous generals were Huang Zhong and Huang Gai; The most famous figure in the Tang Dynasty was Huang Chao, the leader of the peasant uprising at the end of the Tang Dynasty. He rebelled in 875, conquered Luoyang in 88 1 year, and then entered Chang' an at the end of that year and became emperor, with the title of Daqi. But because there was no base area, the uprising was quickly suppressed and Huang Chao committed suicide. There were painters Huang Quan and Huang Ju in the Five Dynasties. There was a famous calligrapher and poet Huang Tingjian in the Northern Song Dynasty. There was a thinker Huang Zhen at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, there was a phonological exegetist Huang Gongshao; In the Yuan Dynasty, there were Huang Daopo, a female textile technician, and Huang Wang Gong, a calligrapher, musician and painter. Huang Xiaoyang, the leader of peasant uprising in Ming Dynasty, and Huang E, a female writer; During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was a thinker and historian Huang Zongxi, who was one of the three great Confucianism. In the Qing Dynasty, there were Huang Shen, a painter, Huang Longshi, a national chess player, Huang Yi, a seal engraver and painter, and Huang Jingren, a poet. In modern times, there were Ren Huang, a writer, and Huang Xing, a revolutionary. Huang is the eighth surname in China, accounting for a high proportion of the population in the south.