In China, they are descended from matrilineal society. Children at that time only knew their mother, not their father. Therefore, people with the same surname mean that they have the same blood relationship of the same ancestor. It is said that most surnames in China today have evolved from eight major families.
The surname Co is descended from the emperor. Legend has it that the emperor was born in a land along the river “Co”, thus forming the family name Co. During the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty conducted a large-scale division between the vassal states. Among them, there are 53 members of the Co clan. However, after that, the descendants of these Co clans took the ordained land name, or the ancestral name as their surname, so the Co family name became less and less. When it was time to Duong Huyen Tong of the Tang Dynasty, the Co family name began to change to the surname Chu to avoid having the same name as the emperor Ly Long Co (same sound but different letters).
The Co family later developed into hundreds of surnames such as: Chu, Ngo, Trinh, Lu, Wei, Duong, Thai, Han, Huo, Quan, Mao, Cao, Wei, Tat, Tuong…
The surname Jiang, derived from the legendary Emperor Yan, or Shen Nong, is said to be one of the oldest “three emperors” in Chinese history. According to legend, Emperor Yan was born in Khuong Thuy, so the surname Khuong was also derived from here. At the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, the descendant of Jiang Ziya founded the state of Qi, in the middle of the Warring States period, was destroyed by the Tian, and scattered, some people took the national name as the surname Qi, while others kept them. Khuong.
According to research, from the first generation of King of the Qi Kingdom, Khuong Thai Cong, to the present, a total of 102 families have been developed from the Khuong family, including 64 single families such as La, Hua, Ta, Ky. Khau, Lo… and 38 double surnames such as Thuan Vu, Dong Quach, Cao Duong, Tu Nha, Ung Mon, Cong Nguu…
The legend of their origin The self is quite mystical. Legend has it that Ha Vu’s mother swallowed a bean and gave birth to him. Tu Ha Vu’s father (also known as Tu Van Menh) was Can, and was crowned king by King Yao in Tung Son. After that, the descendants continued to be granted land in other places, taking the name of the land as their family name, for example, Tham, Tu, Nhuc, Hoang …
The Tu family later developed into other clans such as: Dau, Nhat Loc, Dau Lang, Doc, Xiahou, Hau, Ky, Temple, Lau, Luu, Cai, Ung Khau, Uc Ly, Ton, Ba…
The Doanh family dates back to the reign of King Yao and King Thuan.
The Doanh family dates back to the reign of King Yao and King Thuan. In the “History” of Sima Thien, it is recorded: The granddaughter of De Chuyen Huu was a nun who worked as a weaver, swallowed the egg of a swallow flying in the sky, giving birth to Ba Nghiep (also known as Cao Dao). Ba Nghiep married the daughter of the Thieu Dien tribe, Nu Hoa, and gave birth to a child named Dai Phi, also known as Ba Ich. Ba Ich followed Ha Vu to do water treatment, made many great achievements, was honored by the king of Huu Ngu, Dieu Trong Hoa, bestowed him with Dieu Khuong Nu and rewarded him in Doanh hamlet – from then on Ba Ich took the surname Doanh. Thus, it can be seen that the Hoanh surname originates from Ba Ich. But after the Qin Dynasty, his descendants were granted titles in different lands, taking the national name as their surname, gradually developing a strong clan.
In total, the Doanh family has developed into 14 families, of which are mainly popular surnames today such as: Liem, Tu, Giang, Qin, Trieu, Luong, Ma, Cat, Coc, Mau, Trung, Phi, Cu…
The Quy family is derived from the Ngu family, which was allocated land from the descendants of the Cao Tan tribe in ancient times. Legend has it that when Shun (also known as Yu Shun) was a commoner, he displayed virtue and talent. The tribe leader, King Yao, was very appreciative of his talent at that time, so he married his two daughters, Nga Hoang and Nu Anh. Then De Thuan migrated to near Quy River (now Amu Darya River), taking the family name Quy. Up to his descendants, there were still some descendants who kept the Quy surname.
The Quy family later developed into a number of large surnames in modern China such as: Tiet, Tran, Ho, Vien, Dien, Qi, Vuong, Ton…
The surname Gan originates from the legendary Emperor Xuanyuan, and was given by the emperor himself. The first person to be given this surname was one of the 25 sons of the king – Ba Thuc. According to records in the book “Quoc Ngu”, the Emperor had 25 sons, of which 14 were given surnames, including 12 surnames: Co, Tay, Ky, Ky, Dang, Cham, Nhiem, Tuan, Hi, and Can. , Huyen, Y…
The Can family later developed other surnames in China such as: Cat, Ung, Yen, Ngac, Mat, Tu, Kham, Nghiem, Quang, Duong, Khong, Doan, Thai, Lu, Duan, Doan, Don, Bat. Quality, Although…
According to the record in the book “Ta Thi Xuan Autumn”, the Nham family is a descendant of the Hi family, which can also be considered a descendant of the king’s son in Chinese legend.
The Nham family later developed into the following families in China : Nham, He, Ke, Tiet, Thu, Trong, To, Ta, Xa, Chung, Tu, Chuong, La, Tat, Lac…
The Yao surname comes from the reign of King Yu Shun – one of the five emperors of ancient China. According to the record in the book “Thong Chi – Tri clan comb”: Dieu is also the surname of King Thuan, because he was born in a mound of Dieu, so the name of the land is taken as his family name. Later, his descendants also took Yao as the family name of the tribes. To this day, the Yao family is mainly distributed in 4 areas such as Zhejiang, Anhui, Guangdong and Jiangsu.