When did the surname Huang begin to exist!

When the Yellow Emperor was in Shun, the leader of Dongyi tribe was named Boyi, who was named Li by Shun because he helped Yu to control water and "helped Shun tame birds and beasts, and many birds and beasts were tamed".

Legend has it that there are 14 descendants of Boyi. One of them, Huang, established the Huang State in Huangchuan, Henan Province in the late Shang and early Zhou Dynasties.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu in the south dominated the world, and only Huang Guo and Sui dared to compete with it. In 648 BC, King Chu Cheng accused Huang of not paying tribute to the State of Chu, making a wrong analysis of the situation, ignoring the criticism of the State of Chu and being unprepared. As a result, that summer was destroyed by Chu. After the national subjugation, all the descendants of Huang who took the country name as their surname were Huang.

However, some genealogists say that Huang is a descendant of Lu Zhong. So, who is Lu Zhong and what does it have to do with Boyi mentioned above? According to historical records, Boyi is the great-grandson of Zhuan Xu and Lv Zhong is also the great-grandson of Zhuan Xu, but their three generations of close relatives are different. Therefore, Huang, whether from Boyi or Luzhong, is generally a descendant of Emperor Zhuan Xu, taking the country as his surname.

There is another saying about the origin of Huang's surname that he was born after. The yellow race moved from the west of Huangshui River to the lower reaches of Fenshui River in Zhuan Xu. Huang was destroyed by Jin in the early Spring and Autumn Period, which is also one of the sources of Huang's surname.

In many great ethnic integrations in history, some members of the Huang family have integrated into the Zhuang, Yao, Dong, Shui, Buyi and other ethnic minorities.

After the national subjugation, some of Huang's adherents fled to the Central Plains, a large number of them moved to today's Hubei, and some of them worked as officials in Chu. It is said that Huanggang, Huangpi, Huangmei and other places were named after the yellow race moved here.

After the Han Dynasty, Huang moved south to the north and south of the Yangtze River, south to Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other places, and north to Gushi and Nanyang in Henan. Huang's residence in Fujian began in the Jin Dynasty. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Huang claimed to be prosperous in Fujian and Guangdong. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, he began to emigrate to Taiwan Province Province, and later many people emigrated overseas.

Huang is the eight most popular surnames in China today, accounting for the same proportion among southerners. In addition, the surname Huang is more common among Taiwan Province residents, and enjoys the reputation of "Huangzhengman Street" with the surname Zheng.

Historical source

1, from Won surname. According to "A Brief History of Clans", "A Collection of Yuanhe Surnames" and other related materials, the surname of Huang was Lu Zhong, and later the state of Huang was established and destroyed by Chu, and the descendants took the country as their surname. During the reign of Emperor Shun, the leader of Dongyi tribe was Boyi, a descendant of Emperor Zhuan Xu. Because of his contribution to Dayu's water control, he was named Won by Shun Di. According to legend, there are 65,438+04 descendants of Boyi, namely Xu, Tan, Ju, Yun Yan, Tu Qiu, Huang, Jiang, Xiu Yu, Fei Lian, Qin and Zhao, which are collectively called the 14th Won Family. Among them, Huang established the State of Huang in Huangchuan, Henan at the end of Shang Dynasty and the beginning of Zhou Dynasty, and was made a viscount by Zhou Dynasty, also known as Huang. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu dominated the world, and only Huang and Sui dared to compete with it. In 648 BC, Huang was destroyed by the State of Chu. After the national subjugation, the descendants of the State of Huang took the country name as their surname and became Huang.

2. Late Jin people. According to the distinction between ancient and modern surnames, Huang originated after Jin Dynasty. Taiqian is a descendant of Jintian in ancient Shao Hao. He was the first water official in all previous dynasties, and was named Fenchuan in Zhuan Xu, and was honored as the god of Fenshui by later generations. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Taiqian's descendants established Shen, Yi, Qi and Huang, which were later destroyed by the State of Jin. Among them, the descendants of Huang Guogong took the country as their surname and became the surname of Huang.

3. According to the History of the Origin of Dongyi, in the ancient Zhuan Xu era, the Huang people moved from the Yellow River Basin in Henan Province to the lower reaches of Fenshui River in Shanxi Province, and established the Huang State, taking the country as their surname.

4. The brutal war originated in the ancient south of China. According to the Complete Collection of Surnames in China, Surnames Dictionary and Textual Research on the Origin of Surnames in China, Huang originated from the ancient southern barbarians and was a descendant of the adherents of Huang State. Another book, The Book of the New Tang Dynasty, has a surname of Huang in Yongguan (in Guangxi). Don Juan, Shao Qing, Shao Gao, Shao Wenye. " In fact, this branch of Huang is a descendant of Huang adherents.