How did the word "Li" come from?

1, from the won surname, is a descendant of Zhuan Xu Di Levin. During Yao's reign, he was appointed as Dali Kingdom (prison), his son Bo Yi was yuanshi county, and his son Sun San inherited Dali Kingdom. According to the custom at that time, their descendants took Guan as their surname and called Li. There are two ways to change Li's name to Li's. There is a saying: In the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Li Zheng, a descendant of Hao Tao, was an official in North Korea. He offended Shang Zhouwang by telling her and was executed. When his wife Qihe fled with her son Li Zhen, she survived by eating plums. She dared not say Li, so she changed her surname to Li. Another way of saying it is: According to the surname test, there was no Li before the week. Because there is a Lao Tzu named Li, his name is Er, and he is a descendant of Li Zhen, so he is also named Li, because his ancestor is an official of Li, and Li and Li have the same ancient sound. Apparently, Li began to call himself by his surname in Li Er.

2. Change his surname from his home. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liangping gave his surname Zhao, Zhang, Yang, Li and other local ethnic minorities after his funeral. Xianbei people have a compound surname of Li, which was changed to Chinese character Li after sinicization. It's for Li in Luoyang.

3. From his surname to Li. According to relevant records, the founding fathers of the Tang Dynasty included Xu, An, Du, Guo, Ma, Xian Yu and other generals 16 who were given the Tang surname for their meritorious military service.

4. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Anjun, the general of Zhao State, was replaced by Li Zuoche, who later took Li Ming as his surname.

5. It was the Northern Wei Dynasty whose surname was changed. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, Li and other surnames were reprimanded on behalf of the North. After Emperor Xiaowen entered the Central Plains, he changed his surname to Li. See Wei's clan annals.

6. Existing surnames of ethnic minorities. Yanbian Koreans are generally surnamed Li.

7. In the late Yin Dynasty, there was a nobleman named Loretta Lee. In order to escape the persecution of Zhou Wang, he fled with his mother and went to a place to hide under a plum tree and eat plums to satisfy his hunger. He was unforgettable and changed his surname to Li. Loretta Lee's eleventh grandson, Li Yong, was called Laozi. Laozi was a thinker and was later honored as the ancestor of Taoism.