In one's childhood, had carried on the back " a hunderd schools is surnamed " " Zhao money Sun Li, king of Zhou Wu Zheng... " it is for bright able to read aloud fluently, or honour will come from the monarch at that time alignment, of nonexistent population arrange, just let children remember these knowledge. " a hunderd schools is surnamed " with " 3 words classics " , " 1000 words article " say " 300 thousand " , still have " the disguise or mask of an evildoer that draw a tiger paints spirit hard, you may know a person's face but not his mind " " add An Xianwen " etc, it is the illuminative reader of cheeper of Chinese ancient time.
" a hunderd schools is surnamed " it is a book about surname of Chinese the Han nationality, at the beginning of traceable Northen Song Dynasty. Collecting surname the earliest is 411, hind supplementary go to 504, among them sheet surnames 444, compound surname 60. Some are the surnames that the emperor bestows, some are dynasty alternate, take refugee the last name that change. To specific now ancestor surname, of true inheritance how many to have after all, a lot of already cannot test and verify! For instance you are surnamed now plum, but your true ancestor surname not likely is surnamed plum. Lowly, be sold what do a servent to rich other people as a child, also can follow government office last name. Tang Baihu takes China government office 3 Qiu Xiang laugh a dot, also by incognito for " Hua An " . Although be the bridge paragraph play says, also reacted at that time of the society humanitarian. Setting sun of historical endless flow is round, not was necessary too too strong investigate. Again deep origin, leave scholars to play!
Some minority do not have a surname. Say the Blang nationality of Yunnan for example, pull withered a group of things with common features. Their surname is on one generation, that is to say father name is the last of the word receive dragon, will serve as oneself surname. Old village head calls village of famous chapter of tea hill old class inch 3, his child with 3 for the surname, the son cries 3 climb, the daughter cries 3 accompany. Very interesting.
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