1, from the place name
From the emperor Shun gave Zhuan Xu descendants in high places of the son of the surname, belonging to the emperor for the family name. According to legend, one of Zhuan Xu's descendants was called Highland Shuan, also known as Liao Shuan in history.
Highland Shuan had a son named Dong Fu, who was very knowledgeable about the habits of dragons (horses), so Emperor Shun appointed Dong Fu as the Dragon Breeder, and asked him to specialize in raising dragons.
Under the careful taming of Dong Father, many dragons learned to perform various dances, and Emperor Shun liked it so much that he appointed Dong Father as the Marquis of Kettle Chuan (present-day Dingtao, Shandong Province), and also gave him the surname of Dong, and his descendants are the Dong Clan, which has been passed down from generation to generation to the present day, and is one of the very ancient family names, known as the Dong Clan proper in history.
The majority of the Dong clan honors Dong as the founder of the family name.
2, from the Ji surname
From the Spring and Autumn period of the Zhou dynasty, the son of the great doctor Xin You, belong to the official title for the clan. Spring and Autumn period, the Zhou dynasty, there is a doctor called Xin You, Xin You's two sons are in the state of Jin as a secretary, responsible for Dongdu (inspection and collection of meaning) Jin's canonical history, to the official name of Dongdu.
The descendants of these two Dongdu were the historians of the state of Jin, and they have been serving as the chief historians of the state of Jin, and their descendants have been called Dongshi (董氏), after the official name of their ancestor, which has been passed down from generation to generation to the present day. One of them, Dong Hu, was the historian of the Marquis of Jin, and his descendants have been called the Hou Clan for generations.
3, from the surname
From the descendants of Wu Hui, grandson of Emperor Zhuan Xu, belonging to the name of the town. According to the historical book "Yuan and surname compilation" records, the legend is that Chong Li is a clan leader to assiduous Dun Dai, bright four seas.
Zhuan Xu appointed him as the Fire Chief, specializing in managing fire. After Zhuan Xu's death, his nephew Gao Xin (the grandson of Xuanyuan) succeeded to the throne as Emperor ?ài (Di Jun), who appointed Chong Li as the official title of "Zhu Rong".
Wu Hui had a son named Lu, because he was sealed in Lu Township (present-day Pingyuan, Shandong Province), so he was called Lu. Lu had a son named Senhu, who lived in Dongdi (present-day Pucheng, Shandong Province), and his descendants took the name of the town as their family name, called the Dong Clan, which has been passed down from generation to generation to the present day.
4, from the name of the place
From the Han Dynasty period Dong Ze, belong to the name of the residence for the clan. Dongze is the name of a large lake in ancient times. It was the hometown of Guan Yu, one of the "Two Heroes of Ancient Shanxi", and there was a huge wetland, which was called "Dong Ze" because of the abundance of "Dong infinite" in the water.
The name "Dong Infinitely" is an ancient name for lotus root, which is still called "Dong Vegetable" in the market in Shanxi and Shaanxi.
Legend has it that Dongze was once "hundreds of miles vast", but was destroyed by human beings and gradually became a salt lake, which finally dried up and disappeared without a trace, leaving only the administrative name of "Yuncheng City Salt Lake District".
The inhabitants of the area around Dongze were called Dongs, and their family name has been passed down from generation to generation.
5, from the Mongolian
from the Han Dynasty period of the South Xiongnu Tu Ministries O carry on - Maodu's tribes, belong to the culture of the Chinese character name for the clan.
Mongolian Huludu Gude's, from the Han Dynasty period of the South Xiongnu Tu ministries Oiyi - Maodu's tribes, in fact, is a branch of the ancient Sushin nation, in the Eastern Han Dynasty once changed the Chinese surname for the Hu's. The Chinese surname is the same as the Chinese name, but the Chinese surname is the same as the Chinese name.
To Wei, Jin, the North and South Dynasties, a branch of the O矣-毛都氏 tribes, and gradually moved north to live in the Daqing Mountains around the primitive forest area (today's Mongolia Kent Mountains), so it is known as the "people of the forest".
The Khitans of the Liao Kingdom and the Dangkangs of the Xixia Kingdom later called them the "Tichis", and the Jurchen during the Jin Dynasty called them the "Huludugud".
With the ancient Turkic "O carry on - Maodu" meaning, the ancient Jurchen language "Huludu Gude" is also "forest, forest people, forest hunters" meaning, because of the later thought of the Tribal name and family name.
In the historical process of Genghis Khan's unification of the Mongolian Plateau, O carry on - Maodu's tribes and Huludu Gude's tribes have become the Mongolia Uliangha tribes under the ministries, and gradually become the Mongols.
Early Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian Huludu Gude's that there is to take the Chinese surname for the Dong's, Hu's, to the middle of the Qing Dynasty, after the majority of the clan crown Chinese surname for the Dong's, a small number of people called the Hu's, and has been passed down from generation to generation.
6, from the Manchu
Chanization of the family name. According to the history of the Qing Dynasty General Records - Clans - Manchuria eight banners surnames "recorded:
1). Manchu Dong E's, also known as Dong E's, Manchu for Donggo Hala, living in Dong E (now Liaoning Huanren, Kuandian area), is one of the famous Manchu surnames, after the middle of the Qing Dynasty, more than the crown of Chinese surnames for the Dong's, Dong's and so on.
(2). Manchu Dongjia clan, also known as Dongjia clan, Dongjia clan, the Manchu language for Donggiya Hala, ancestors were originally Han Chinese, the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty by the Liaodong Xianbei Wuhuan Department of captivity, into the Xianbei people.
After the gradual evolution of the Liaodong female realities, the world of Dongjia City (now Liaoning Xinbin), Jiamuhu (now Liaoning Xinbin), Jiaha (now Liaoning Xinbin folder river village), Hada (now Liaoning Xifeng Xiaoqinghe basin) and other places, more than after the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the crown of the Chinese surname for the Dong's, Deng's, Chen's, and so on.
3. Manchu Juge Hala, originated in the Jin Dynasty female real art tiger department, to the Department for the clan, the Manchu language for Juge Hala, the world of Ula (now Jilin Yongji), Ningguta (now Heilongjiang Ning'an), Saharsa (now the north bank of the Heilongjiang River in the Russian territory of the Bureya River Basin) and so on, is one of the oldest surnames of the Manchu people, after the middle of the Qing Dynasty, more than the crown of the surname for the Dongs.
(4). Manchu Zhuhe哷氏, originated in the Jin Dynasty, the Jurchen Juhu Department, the Manchu language for Juhere Hala, the Chinese meaning of "frozen", the world of Ula (now Jilin Yongji), after the middle of the Qing Dynasty, more than the crown of the surname for the Dong's, the art of the clan.
(5). Manchu Juhu clan, originated in the Yuan Dynasty period of the Jurchen Haitong Mangan Zhu Hu clan, Manchu Juhu Hala, in the Ming Dynasty period of the Chinese surname is Dong.
Expanded:
Dong historical celebrities are introduced:
1, Dong Zhongshu
Dong Zhongshu (179 BCE -104 BC), a native of Guangchuan (present-day Da Dong Fuzhuang Village, Guangchuan Town, Jing County, Hebei Province), was a philosopher of the Western Han Dynasty. He was a doctor at the time of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and taught the Gongyang Chunqiu (Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ram).
In the first year of Yuan Guang (134 BC), Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty issued an imperial edict to solicit strategies for governing the country. Dong Zhongshu, in his famous Countermeasures for Raising Sages and Liangs, combined Confucianism with the social needs of the time and absorbed the theories of other schools of thought.
He created a new system of thought centered on Confucianism, which was y appreciated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who adopted the idea of "Dismissing the Hundred Schools of Thought and Respecting Only the Confucians", making Confucianism the orthodox ideology of the Chinese society, with an impact of more than 2,000 years.
His school of thought centered on Confucian patriarchal thought, mixed with the yin and yang and the five elements, the divine right, the right of kings, the right of fathers, and the right of husbands throughout together, forming an imperial theological system.
He put forward important Confucian theories such as the induction of heaven and man, and the three principles and five norms. Later, Dong Zhongshu served as the minister of the state of Liu Fei, King of Yi in Jiangdu for 10 years; in the fourth year of Yuanshuo (125 BC), he served as the minister of the state of Liu Duan, King of Jiaoxi, before resigning and returning home to write a book four years later.
After this, whenever the court had any important matters to discuss, the emperor would order messengers and court officials to go to Dong's house to ask for his advice, which showed that Dong Zhongshu was still respected by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Dong Zhongshu lived through four dynasties in his life, and spent the peak period of the Western Han Dynasty before he died in 104 BC at the age of about 75. After his death, he was favored by Emperor Wu and was given a burial place in Chang'an's Shimaling.
2. Dong Zhuo
Dong Zhuo (?) was one of the most important figures of the Western Han Dynasty. -May 22, 192), the word Zhongying, Longxi Lintao (now Minxian County, Gansu Province), born in Yingchuan. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was a warlord and a minister of power at the time of Emperor Xian, and his official position was that of tai shi, and he was named Marquis of Ancient China.
At the end of the Huan Di successively served as the assassin of the state, Hedong governor, taking advantage of the end of the Han Dynasty war and court weakness to occupy the capital, the abolition of the lesser emperor to set up Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and hostage orders, the Eastern Han Dynasty regime has existed in name only ever since.
Dong Zhuo grew up in Liangzhou and was a good friend of the Qiang people. At the end of Emperor Huan's reign, Dong Zhuo was recruited to be the chief of the Feather Grove, and later became the military secretary under Zhang Huan, the general of the Zhonglang General, in order to crush the Qiang people in Hanyang, where Dong Zhuo fought with ferocity and skill, and built up a great success.
Dong Zhuo was also involved in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising, the Liangzhou Rebellion, and other battles, and was quite famous. In the sixth year of Zhongping (189), he was summoned by General He Jin and Captain Yuan Shao to lead his army to the capital to suppress the Ten Constant Squire.
Shortly afterward, he had his brother Dong Min join with Wu Kuang to kill his superior, He Miao, and recruited Lu Bu to kill Ding Yuan, quickly annexing the forces of two major warlords in the vicinity. Afterwards, Dong Zhuo abrogated the young emperor and installed Liu Xie on the throne (as Emperor Xian), and soon killed the young emperor and Empress Dowager He, and dictated the administration of the country. He was a powerful and powerful warlord, with an arsenal of armors and soldiers, and national treasures.
In the first year of Emperor Xian's reign (190), Yuan Shao joined forces with the local governors of the Guandong province and started a crusade against Dong Zhuo. In the second year of Chuping (191), Dong Zhuo was defeated by Sun Jian and retreated to Chang'an. Dong Zhuo spread his cronies both inside and outside the imperial court, arrogating to himself a costume and carriage that resembled that of the Son of Heaven, and calling on the three stations.
Wang Yun, a minister of the imperial court, set up a counter-plan to provoke Lu Bu, a general of Dong Zhuo, to kill Dong Zhuo, and succeeded in doing so. In the third year of Chuping (192), Dong Zhuo was killed by his close friend Lu Bu.
3. Dong Yun
Dong Yun (? -246 years), the word Huuzhao, South County Zhijiang (now Hubei Zhijiang), Shu Han important minister during the Three Kingdoms period, the son of the general in charge of the army, Dong He.
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, his father Dong He followed Liu Zhang and served as governor of Yizhou. Liu Bei enthroned Crown Prince Liu Chan as the Crown Prince Wash Horse, and later served as the Yellow Gate Attendant.
In the sixth year of Yanxi (243 A.D.), he was added to the rank of General of State Auxiliary. In the seventh year of Yanxi (244 A.D.), he served as the deputy of General Fei Yi by keeping the Shangshu order as a minister. In the ninth year of Yanxi (246 AD), he died.
At that time, the Shu people called Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wan, Fei Yi and Dong Yun as the "Four Ministers".
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