Origin 1: It comes from the surname of Ji, and comes from the fief of Fu Fanhou, the grandson of the second son of Gu Gong, King Tai of Zhou Dynasty. It belongs to the fief name. According to the historical book "Tongzhi's family takes the city as its surname", the son of Zhou has a grandson named Zhong. Together with Zhao Bohu, Shen Bo, Nan Zhong, Yin Jifu and other ministers, he assisted Zhou Xuanwang and Ji Jing in their wars in the south and expanded the territory ruled by the Zhou Dynasty, and was known as "Wang Xuan Zhongxing". Also known as Fan Zhongfu and Fan Zhongshan, posthumous title became "Mu" after his death, so he became Fan Muzhong again. He is an aristocratic scholar of the Zhou royal family and a minister who assisted ZTE. Among the governors at that time, his position was very lofty and noble. The descendants of Fan Zhongshan all take the fiefs of their ancestors as their surnames, and the generations are called Fan Shi. Because its ancestor is Fan Zhongshan, it is said that her surnames Fan Shi and Fan Shi are true in history.
Most people in Fan respect Zhongshan as their ancestor.
Origin 2: Seven tribes of Yin Min. According to Zuo Zhuan, after the mid-Shang Dynasty, seven clans, namely Tao, Shi, Fan, Fan, Kun, Ji and Zhong Kui, were formed according to the family names, and some of them were handed down by future generations.
After the demise of Shang Dynasty, Zhou Wuwang and Ji Fa placed seven families of adherents of Yin Shang under the jurisdiction of Qi State, so during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Fan Shi families mostly lived in Qi and Lu areas. Xu Fan, a disciple of Confucius, is a descendant of Fan Shi, one of the seven merchants. History is called Fan Shi.
Origin 3: It originated from Cubans, and came from Pakistan in the Han Dynasty, and it was a Chinese name change. In ancient times, Cubans lived in present-day southern Gansu, and later moved to Zhongli Mountain in Wu Luo (now Changyang, Hubei). With Ba as the leader, the tribes with five surnames of Ba, Ba Man, Ba Xiang and Ba Zheng form a tribal alliance, which was called Cuba in history and Ba people in China. Cuba was called "Pakistan" in Xia Dynasty and "Badian" in Shang Dynasty.
Origin 4: It originated from Manchu, belongs to Han culture, and changed its surname to surname. According to the historical records "A Brief History of Tongzhi Clans in Qing Dynasty and Manchu Eight Banners' Surnames", the Ili people of Manchu, also known as Ili, Ili and Ili, are called Ili Hara in Manchu, and the Chinese character is "Kai", who lived in Wula (now Yongji Wula Street in Jilin to Huifa River Estuary, Rafah River Basin and Shuangyang County) and Yehe (now south of Yehe Township in Lishu, Jilin).
There are three main origins of Zhao:
1, from Won surname. Formed in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Boyi was the distant ancestor and Jujube Fu was the ancestor. Boyi, the grandson of Emperor Zhuan Xu, took Shun as his surname. Zhao Fu, the grandson of Boyi IX, is a famous carriage owner in Zhou Muwang. Because of his work, he was named Zhao Cheng, and the people in Zaofu were called Zhao. Later, the State of Zhao was established in the early years of the Warring States, and was destroyed by the State of Qin in 222 BC. Its royal family and ordinary people all take the country name as their surname and call it Zhao.
2. The emperor gave the surname. For example, during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Jipeng and Li, the leaders of the Tangut Tuoba Department, surrendered successively, and the court gave them the names Zhao Baozhong and Zhao Baoji respectively; Song Shenzong named Mu Rong Zhao Sizhong; Song Zhezong named Zhao Huaide Long Zanqing Tang Longmao of Hehuang Qiang nationality; His younger brother, Bang Cui, was named Zhao Huaiyi; Ma Su, a native of Guangluqing in Liao Dynasty, was named Zhao for his meritorious service in Song Dynasty. In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yuwen Xu Zhong, a Xianbei ethnic group, tried to rescue Song Huizong and Song Qinzong who were captured by the Jin Dynasty. Being outnumbered, he was killed, and the Southern Song Dynasty court gave him the surname Zhao. In addition, since the Tang Dynasty, a large number of Jews entered China, especially in the Song Dynasty. The surname of Jewish immigrants was given by the emperor. According to the inscription in the second year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (1489), Jews at that time had seventeen surnames, including Li, An, Ai, Gao, Mu, Zhao and Jin. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, a Jewish doctor who joined China was sincere. Zhao Zhuocheng, governor of Zhangnan Road, Fujian Province, was also a Jew during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, showed leniency to the surrendered Mongolian aristocrats and gave them Chinese names to show his praise. There was a Mongolian nobleman named Qibatu, who was named Zhao Zhongmei, and their descendants were also surnamed Zhao. In ancient times, one person took the surname of the country and was proud of supporting his family. The people changed their surnames to the national surnames, which greatly expanded the population of Zhao.
3. Ethnic minorities changed their surnames to Zhao. With the development of history, Zhao has also appeared among Manchu, Mongolian, Hui, Buyi, Miao, Tibetan, Achang, Tujia, Korean, Yao, Zhuang, Hani, De 'ang, Wa, Jingpo, Oroqen, Xibe, Yi, Bai and Dai. Zhao's original surname was Han. There is also the Zhao surname of the ancient Xiongnu, the Baiman tribe in Yunnan in the Tang Dynasty, and the Pangkeman in the Tang Dynasty. For example, Zhao Anji, a Xiongnu in the Western Han Dynasty, and Zhao Guang, a Vietnamese; Zhao Shanzheng, a Bai nationality in the Five Dynasties; Mongolian Zhao and Tibetan Zhao Agchang in Yuan Dynasty; Zhao Ruifeng of Yao nationality in Southern Song Dynasty; Zhao Keguang, Zhao, Zhao, etc. After the Revolution of 1911, Manchu Aixin Jueluoshi, Xitala, Ayan Jueluoshi, Juercha, Ilgen Jueluoshi, Ata Jueluoshi, Ozhuo and Mongolians all changed their surnames to Zhao. In addition, many people in history changed their surnames to Zhao for reasons of avoiding disasters, in-laws, adoption and adoption.