I. Origin of surname:
The first origin: from one's own surname, from Shun Di's given surname to the son of Zhuan Xu's descendants, it belongs to Emperor's given surname.
According to legend, Zhuan Xu, a descendant of his surname, had a son named Dongfu. According to legend, he was very good at studying the habits of dragons, so Emperor Shun appointed Dong Fu as a dragon and specially asked him to raise dragons (that is, horses). Under the careful domestication of Dongfu, many dragons learned to perform various dances. Shun Di liked it so much that he named Dong Fu the Hou of Luanchuan (now Dingtao, Shandong Province) and took Dong as his surname. His descendants are Dong Shi.
According to legend, Zhuan Xu's grandson, Ng Wui, was deeply in love with Emperor Yao and was the Vulcan Zhu Rong at that time. He had a son who was named Luzhong because he was sealed in Luxiang (now Shandong Plain). Lu Zhong's son was named Shenhu, and his surname was Dong because he lived in Dongdi (now Pucheng, Shandong Province). His descendants took his surname as surname, also known as Dong Shi.
The second origin: from the surname Ji, from the son of the doctor of the Zhou Dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Period, belonging to the official title.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a doctor in the Zhou Dynasty named Xin You, who had two sons. He served as a teacher in the State of Jin, and Du Dong (meaning to investigate and collect historical books of the State of Jin). His descendants are hereditary historians of the Jin State, taking the official as their surname, and they are called Dong Shi.
The third origin: there is Dong surname among Koreans and other ethnic minorities.
Dong Shi's ranking: 29th.
Last name: Dong Laiyuan: The surname is based on the word. Dong is an ancient surname. According to legend, a descendant of the Yellow Emperor named Shu 'an, and his son Dong Fu, learned the skill of training dragons. As the dragon trainer of the Yellow Emperor, he was given the surname Dong by the Yellow Emperor. In the past, he lived in the northwest of Tao County, Shandong Province. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the two unique sons of Zhou Dynasty doctors were in charge of the classics of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, so they were also called Eastern Teachers, because his duty was "Du Dong Jinshi". The capital ginger promoted during this period is now in the southeast of Yicheng, Shanxi Province. Because of this, Dong Shi was sent from Yicheng.
Dong Shi was also distributed in Dingtao, Gaoqing, Guangzhou, western Guangdong and Maoming in the Han Dynasty. North China of Huazhou; South China; Wu chuan; Dianbai, Zhanjiang, Gaozhou, Xinyi, Guangxi; Ziyang and Deyang in Sichuan, Yuyao in Zhejiang, Xiangyang and Zhijiang in Hubei, Fuzhou in Fujian, Yuzhou, Yichuan, Nanyang, Kaifeng, Qixian, Xinyang and Lingbao in Henan. By the Sui and Tang Dynasties, in addition to the above areas, some places in Anhui, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and other provinces now had Dong's residence. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Gushi (present-day Henan) came to Fujian with Wang Chao and Wang. Before the Ming Dynasty, Dongshi had spread all over southern provinces. Ziyang, Deyang and Sheyang in Sichuan, Xiangyang and Zhijiang in Zhejiang, Fuzhou and Yuzhou in Fujian, Yichuan, Nanyang, Kaikou, Qixian, Xinyang and Lingbao in Henan. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Dong people lived in Anhui, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Taiwan Province Province, Nanyang Islands and some countries and regions in Europe and America during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and Dong people lived all over the world during this period. Changhua, Tainan and Chiayi in Taiwan Province Province, as well as Taipei, Hsinchu, Nantou and Penghu. Dong lives everywhere. Before the Ming Dynasty, Dongshi had spread all over southern provinces.
Dong Zhongshu, a philosopher and master of Confucian classics in the Western Han Dynasty. In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Dong Xuan who used to be the envoy of Luoyang. Because Princess Huyang, the younger sister of Guangwudi, was killed by him during the day, the princess sued Guangwudi, and Guangwudi forced him to kowtow to the princess to make amends. He fell to the ground with his head in his hands, but he never looked down. Guangwudi was angry and called him an "injunction".
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in Lintao, Longxi (now Min County, Gansu Province), there was a Taishi Dong Zhuo; During the Three Kingdoms period, Dong He, a native of the south county (now Hubei), joined hands with Zhuge Liang to assist Zhuge Liang; During the Three Kingdoms period, in Fuzhou, Fujian, there was a man named Dong Feng, who was good at medical treatment and never received money for helping people treat diseases. During the Northland period, there was a diplomat named Dong Fan who went to the Western Regions. The prime minister of the Dezong period in the Tang Dynasty was Dong Jin, and there was a pianist named Dong Lan. There was a famous painter named Dong Yuan in the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties, and Dong Jieyuan, a state-owned opera writer in the Jin Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, there were famous painters Dong Bangzheng and Qinhuai prostitute Dong Xiaowan. Dong Bangda, a writer and painter named Dong Shuo, lived in the Qing Dynasty. In modern times, there was a great proletarian revolutionary in China, one of the founders of China Production Party, one of the outstanding leaders of the Party and the country, and Dong Cunrui, a hero of liberation fighting. In today's China 100 most popular surnames, Dong ranks 29th.