The Zhou family name is a family name with a long and complex history, dating back to the time of the ancient Yellow Emperor. The Zhou family name originated from the surname Ji, a descendant of the Yellow Emperor.
Introduction to the Zhou Surname
Zhou, dense also, from use, from mouth. There are two main branches that make up the contemporary Han Zhou surname: the ancient Zhou state and the Ji surname. The third branch of the Zhou surname originated from a change of surname from a foreigner. The Zhou surname has a history of more than 5,000 years. The contemporary population of the Zhou surname has reached more than 25 million, the ninth largest surname in the country, accounting for about 2.02% of the national population. The distribution of the Zhou surname in China is now mainly concentrated in Hunan, Sichuan, Jiangsu and Hubei provinces, accounting for about 34% of the total population of the Zhou surname. Hunan is the largest province with 10% of the total Zhou population. There are as many as 19 counties of the Zhou surname, Runan, Lujiang, Xunyang, Linchuan, Chenliu, Peiguo, Taishan, Henan, Huainan, Yong'an, Hezha, Linru, Huayin, Hedong, Qinghe, Jiangling, Chang'an, Zhaoshu, and Wugong. The Zhou family name also has many hall names, in addition to the same name as the county name, there are also Ailian, Fine Willow, Duhu and other hall names, and the commonly used hall name is Fine Willow Hall.
The total blood type distribution of the Zhou population is: type 0 accounts for 34.7%, type A accounts for 29.4%, type B accounts for 27.4%, and type AB accounts for 8.5%.
I. From the surname Ji
1. It is from the surname Ji, using the name of the country as the surname. The grandson of Houji, the father of the ancient male (i.e. King Tai of Zhou), was forced by Di, and led his people to migrate from Tai to the Zhou Yuan under Qishan in Shaanxi Province, which has been known as the Zhou Clan ever since. Ji Fa, the great-grandson of Gugong, succeeded his father, Ji Chang, and united the vassals to conquer the Shang Dynasty and establish the Zhou Dynasty. After King Ping, passed to the 24th king of the Zhou Blushing King, in 256 BC was destroyed by the Qin Dynasty, with King Blushing as the head of the royal family, were abolished for the common people, moved to the northwest of present-day Linru County, Henan Province (present-day Ruzhou Qingyang Ancient City generation). The local people called them the Zhou family, and they took "Zhou" as their family name.
2. It was King Ping of Zhou who had a son named Ji Lie, and he was sealed in Runan (now Henan Province), which was called the Zhou family by the local people, and later evolved into the Zhou family name.
3, is the Eastern Zhou Zhuang Wang, Zhou Gong Ji Dan's descendant Zhou Gong Hei shoulder attempted to kill King Zhuang and change the Prince K, the matter leaked was killed, its descendants also known as the Zhou, which is also from the Ji surname of the week.?
4. It is from the Ji's change of Zhou. Tang Xiantian years, Tang Xuanzong named Li Longji, in order to avoid taboo, the Ji changed to Zhou.
Second, the foreigners to Zhou name
One is the Xianbei people in the compound name of Heru, later changed to Zhou.
The second is the Zhou surname is also a minority to change surnames, the Northern Wei Dynasty Wei Xian emperor's second brother Jin Nai changed to Zhou. After Emperor Xiaowen moved to Lodu, he changed his Xianbei surname to the Chinese surname Zhou.?
Third, in addition to the above sources of the Zhou family, the Northern Zhou, Tang, Houliang, and then there are due to the change of surname, given the surname into the family name, as well as the adventurous for the king's surname into the Zhou family.?
The Zhou family name has its ancestral roots in Henan Province, where it mainly flourished in the early days. From the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty, there were Zhous in the Central Plains? Zhou surname evolution
Southward migration is recorded. Tang Gaozong general chapter years, Chen Zheng, Chen Yuanguang father and son into the Fujian Zhangzhou, accompanied by Zhou generals. From the Kangxi and Qianlong years of the Qing Dynasty, Min, Guangdong Zhou successive people migrated to Taiwan, and then many people settled overseas.
In The Hundred Surnames, the Zhou surname ranks fifth. According to the current population statistics, the Zhou surname is the ninth largest surname in China. The Zhou surname is also one of the oldest surnames in China, and there are many surnames that even originated from the Zhou. According to legend, Houji, the ancestor of the Zhou people, originally lived in Tai (southwest of present-day Wugong County, Shaanxi Province), and Gong Liu moved to live in Youdi at the end of the Xia Dynasty. In the late Shang Dynasty, the nomadic Rong and Di tribes constantly invaded the Zhou people, making it impossible for the Zhou people, who were engaged in agriculture, to live in peace. At this time, Gugong Danfu led his clan to move to the Zhou Yuan (present-day Shaanxi Weihe Plain area), clearing land for farming, building clan temples and palaces, and also repairing strong city walls, and henceforth called them the Zhou clan.? ]
Gu Gong's great-grandson, King Wu of Zhou, established the Zhou Dynasty, which lasted about 800 years. In 256 B.C., Qin destroyed the Eastern Zhou, abolished King Blushing of Zhou as a commoner, and moved him to Scrupulous Lone (northwest of present-day Linru County, Henan Province). The local people said that King Blushing was a descendant of the Zhou family and called him the Zhou clan, which was called the Zhengzong clan in history. Spring and Autumn, Zhou Gong Dan's descendant Zhou Gong Hei shoulder ruling in the Zhou Dynasty, he attempted to kill Zhou Zhuang Wang, instead of Prince K, because of the leakage of the matter was killed, his descendants are also known as the Zhou family; change the name of Zhou's family name in the Northern Wei Dynasty when the Xianbei royal family Punai family, generation of the northern region of the Heru family, the Northern Weekly Putun family. In addition to the Tang Dynasty to avoid the Tang Xuanzong name taboo, Ji courtiers also changed their surnames to Zhou, the Five Dynasties, Houliang gave 汭姓周.?
As far as we can tell, the Zhou surname has a prestigious lineage that resides in Runan County (60 miles southeast of present-day Runan County, Henan Province).
Historical figures
Duke of Zhou
Anciently, the Duke of Zhou, said to be a title in the Zhou Dynasty, and those who received the title assisted the King of Zhou in governing the world. The first historical Duke of Zhou, surnamed Ji Dan (c. 1100 BC), also known as Shu Dan, was the fourth son of King Wen of Zhou, Ji Chang. He was called Duke of Zhou or Duke Dan of Zhou because his fiefdom was in Zhou (north of present-day Qishan, Shaanxi Province). He was an outstanding statesman, militarist and thinker in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, honored as the founder of Confucianism, and one of the most revered ancient saints in Confucius' life. There are many historical references to the Duke of Zhou. The more famous one is Zhou Gong's interpretation of dreams mentioned in the I Ching. It is also said that Premier Zhou Enlai is compared to the Duke of Zhou.
Zhou Bo
Native of Pei (present-day Pei County, Jiangsu Province), Zhou Bo was the founding Marquis of Wu during the Western Han Dynasty, and was given the title of Marquis of Li by Liu Bang, and was known as: "Marquis of Jiang".
Zhou Yafu
199 BC - 143 BC, a famous general and militarist during the Western Han Dynasty, Han Chinese, native of Pei County (present-day Pei County, Jiangsu Province). He was the second son of the famous general Jiang Hou Zhou Bo, and was also very famous as a military man in history. During the Rebellion of Seven Kingdoms, he commanded the Han army and pacified the rebels in three months.
Zhou Yu
A famous general of Wu during the Three Kingdoms, he was a native of Shucheng, Anhui Province. He united with Liu Bei*** to resist hundreds of thousands of Cao Cao's army and defeated Cao Cao's army by burning Red Cliff.
Zhou Chu
A native of Chaoyangxian, Jin (present-day Yixing South, Jiangsu Province), Zhou Chu was a typical character who changed his ways and became a good man, reaching the rank of the Imperial Historian.
Zhou Xing
Native of Chang'an, Yongzhou (present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), he was a cool official during the Tang Dynasty's Wu Zetian period, and served as the minister of the Autumn Officials and the left minister of the Shangshu.
Zhou Chen
Native of Jishui (present-day Jishui, Jiangxi Province), he was a minister of the Ming Dynasty and served as the Minister of the Ministry of Public Works.? Zhou Gong
Zhou's son
Runan Zhou's son, Wu County people also, died his name, home in Kunshan County. Yuanhezhong, to Mingjing Shangdi. Selection, get lieutenant Kunshan. Both of the official, not to the eup dozens of miles, sheds in the reverse travel.
Sunday Fang
Jingzhao (now Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty, specializing in portraits and Buddhist paintings. His style of painting was "simple and strong in clothes, soft in colors, and rich in style."
Zhou Wenrui (周文矩)
Jurong (now in Jiangsu Province), a painter in the Southern Tang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, specializing in figure paintings, especially of ladies, with most of the subject matter taken from the court life.
Zhou Yue
[Song] Zifa, brother of Qi. He was the official guest of the Langzhong. Cursive calligraphy proficient, erudite and legal, but the real line is not as good. As a handsome half-heated, elegant and unrestrained, although it can not say wonderful, in the ability to be superior. When the saint, Qingli (IO23 to I?O488) between the book to show scholars, open and close ZongShang. However, the end has not succeeded in its industry. Set of ancient and modern books and more body method for the Shuyuan ten volumes. Huang Tingjian cloud: "Zhou Zifa pen ShenZhuo, is the ancient law, if it is penmanship gesture like SuZiZhan (shi), will feel between the lines of dense, not far from the ancients to go, not only alone in the present generation evil." According to Chen Tuan's "Wuji Tu", he wrote "Taiji Tu Shuo", and the master of science Zhu Xi once esteemed him as the founder of science. Zhou Bangyan: a famous lyricist of the Northern Song Dynasty, a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. In his lifetime, he created many new words and tunes, which had a great influence on the later generations, and opened the precedent of the Southern Song Dynasty's metrical word school. Zhou Deqing: a famous phonetician of the Yuan Dynasty, a native of Ga'an, Jiangxi Province. He is the author of "Zhongyuan Yinyun", which is the founder of the Northern Yinyun Rhyme Book.
Zhou Peigong
Han nationality, a native of Guanyan Village, Macheng Town, Duodao District, Jingmen City, Hubei Province, a person of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties in Chinese history? Zhou Bangyan
Things, both civil and military, just and resolute courage, talent, scrupulous, well versed in the governance of the world, y for the people of the road, is one of the important strategists around Kang Xi. The process of pacifying Chahar and Wu Sangui rebellion has made great achievements, saving the Qing Dynasty in danger. Zhou Bangyan? Zhou Bangyan was a famous lyricist of the Northern Song Dynasty, a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He wrote many new lyrics and tunes in his lifetime, which had a great influence on the later generations, and was the forerunner of the Southern Song Dynasty's metrical school of lyrics. Zhou Deqing? Zhou Deqing was a famous phonetician in the Yuan Dynasty, a native of Gao'an, Jiangxi Province. He was a native of Gao'an, Jiangxi Province. He was the author of "Zhongyuan Yinyun", which was the first rhyming book of the northern sound. Zhou Deqing was a famous scholar of phonetics in the Yuan Dynasty.
Zhou Shuren
Native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, Lu Xun was a great writer, thinker, and revolutionary, and the founder of modern Chinese literature, with works such as Diary of a Madman, The Scream, and Indeterminacy. Zhou Zuoren is the younger brother of Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren) and the older brother of Zhou Jianren. Zhou Zuoren is a famous modern Chinese essayist, literary theorist, critic, poet, translator, thinker, pioneer of Chinese folklore, and outstanding representative of the New Culture Movement.
Zhou Enlai
Ancestrally from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, he was born in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, and was an early member of the Chinese ****anese Communist Party? Zhou Enlai
, one of the founders of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), an outstanding revolutionary, statesman, militarist and diplomat. The first Premier of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China, he devoted himself to the cause of the Party and the people, selflessly sacrificed everything he had, established great achievements, and won the love and respect of the Chinese people and people of the world.
Zhou Xu De
Sichuan Yongchuan people (1913-1975), the word Runwu, famous bacteriologist. Zhou Dunyi is a descendant of Zhou Dunyi, who graduated from the Medical College of the West China Union Medical College in 1936 and received his M.D. from the West China University and the State University of New York, U.S.A. He is also a member of the Chinese Academy of Medicine. Zhou Xu De lifetime: the Central People's Government of the Western Sichuan Provincial Office of the Deputy Director of the Department of Health, Southwest Medical Education Committee; since 1952 as the Sichuan Provincial People's Government of the Director of the Department of Health, until his death in 1975 in Chengdu, in office for 23 years.? Zhou Xude was a delegate to the first, second, third and fourth sessions of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and a delegate to the National People's Congress. He was the director of the Sichuan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, vice president of the Provincial Red Cross, organizing committee member of the Central Committee of the Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party, vice chairman of the Sichuan Workers' Committee, president of the Chengdu Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, and executive member of the Sichuan Association for the Popularization of Science. He has conducted in-depth research on the classification of bacteriology and clinical detection of bacteria, and has edited books such as Experimental Tutorial of Bacteriology.
Zhou Shiqing
1918-1993, a native of Zhuyuan Village, Huqiu Town, Anxi County. In 1958, he entered Fujian College of Traditional Chinese Medicine for further study, and in February 1960, he entered Chengdu College of Traditional Chinese Medicine for further training in typhoid fever. After September of the same year, he taught in the Typhoid Teaching and Research Department of Fujian College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 1978, he was promoted to Associate Professor and Director of the Teaching and Research Department, and in 1987, he was promoted to Professor. He was promoted to associate professor in 1978 and director of the teaching and research department in 1987. He has served as a director of the Fujian Branch of the Chinese Medical Association of China, a consultant of the National Research Association of Zhongjing Doctrine, and an honorary professor of the Henan Zhang Zhongjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, among others. He has been practicing medicine for more than 60 years, with excellent medical skills and rich writings, publishing "Treatise on Typhoid Fever", "Heat Disease", "Southern Medical Story", "Min Min Medical Story" and so on with more than 1 million words. He has published more than one million words, such as "Treatise on Typhoid", "Southern Medicine", "Min Medical Story", etc. His works are listed in "Contemporary Famous Old Chinese Physicians" and "Collection of Chinese Physicians".
Zhou Xuan
Born in 1918 and died in 1957, Zhou Xuan was a famous movie star and singer in the 1930s and 1940s, whose songs, such as "The Songstress at the End of the World", "When Will the King Come Again" and "Shanghai at Night", have been covered many times and are still in circulation.
Zhou Peiyuan
1902.08.28?-?1993.11.24, a native of Yixing, Jiangsu Province, was born on August 28, 1902, and graduated from Tsinghua School, the predecessor of Tsinghua University, in 1924, and was awarded a doctoral degree and the highest honorary prize in 1928 by the California Institute of Technology. He went to the University of Leipzig, Germany, and the Higher Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, to engage in scientific research. Under the guidance of Albert Einstein, he was engaged in the study of relativity, gravitation and cosmology. His research results on the theory of turbulence are internationally recognized as "the founding work of modern turbulence values". He was also engaged in theoretical physics research. After returning to China, he became a professor at Tsinghua University and Southwest Associated University. After the founding of New China, he served as professor and president of Peking University, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, member of the Academic Department of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, acting chairman and chairman of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, vice chairman, chairman and honorary chairman of the Central Committee of the Jiu San Society, vice chairman of the fifth, sixth and seventh sessions of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), president of the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament, and president of the China Association for the Advancement of International Science and Technology, and held many important positions. On November 24, 1993, Comrade Zhou Peiyuan, a famous political activist and scientist in China, passed away due to illness. At the age of 91.
Modern stars
Chou Yun-Fat
In 1974, he was admitted to the third phase of TVB's artiste training class, and then starred in successive serials such as "Frenzy", "Struggle", ? Chow Yun-Fat
The Man in the Net, Shanghai Tang, A Thousand Kings Group, The Smiling Proud Wanderer, Su Beggar, and Kindred Spirits. He gave his name to the note is "steamed bread soaked in rice" (congee Yunfa), this is his harmony; even in Hollywood, his English name is only "CHOWYOU-FAT" is not easy to remember and read, this is his cool; he rarely return to Hong Kong, but never into the U.S. citizenship, but he is not a naturalized American. He seldom returns to Hong Kong, but never into the U.S. citizenship, he said "to be Chinese, cool", this is his pride. You know, May 18th is his 50th birthday, the hero half a hundred, but still a hero.
Chou Sing Chi
Shanghai, born on June 22, 1962 in Hong Kong. After graduating from secondary school, he was admitted into the 11th night training class of TVB, and became a TVB artist in 1983, and in the same year, he was assigned to be the host of the children's program '430 Shuttle', which he did for four years.In 1987, he was assigned to act in a drama, and the first drama he acted in was 'Journey of Life', and then he starred in 'He Comes from the River and Lake' and other dramas, and the one that got the most acclaim was 'Gai Shi Hao Man', where his unique acting style was featured. In 1988, he was recognized by director Lee Hsiu-hsien as one of the leading roles in "Pioneer of Thunderbolt". In 1988, he was recognized by director Lee Hsiu-hsien as one of the male leads in "The Pioneers of Perak" and won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 25th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan. His illogical and neurotic acting skills have created a "no-nonsense" culture that has become an important part of Hong Kong's culture, and as a result, the movies in which he has acted have broken box office records, bringing Hong Kong's comedies another way out and a high point, and he has been hailed as the "King of Comedy".
Zhou Xun
Zhou Xun, like a hibiscus in clear water, is seen as a "little elf" full of spirit. From "The Legend of the Palace of Daming", to "Orange is Red", to "Smoke and Rain", each of her plays are so attention-grabbing ...... Zhou Xun is not a typical beauty, but with alternative temperament to win, but also with a dual personality, so she is not stuck in a specific image: "I used to be a dancer, but never studied acting, never went to drama school, so I don't have to go to a theater school. Zhou Xun is not a typical beauty, but she has an alternative temperament and a dual personality, so she's not stuck in a specific image: "I used to study dance, not acting, so I'm not in a drama school.
Jay Chou
The new musician of the e-generation, who sings in the style of R&B combined with classical Western Chinese music, is a recognized musical talent with a uniquely perfect singing voice and musicianship, influencing a generation of dynamic newcomers. In addition, Zhou Dong in the movie and write a book both have a little attainment Oh! Jay Chou is the most revolutionary and indicative singer-songwriter in the Asian pop music scene after 2000, and is known as the "King of Asian Pop". He broke through the original theme of Asian music, form, fusion of diverse musical materials, to create a variety of song styles, especially the fusion of Chinese and Western styles of hip-hop or rhythm and blues is the most famous, is the creation of Chinese pop music "Chinese style" of the precursor. Jay Chou's emergence broke the stagnation of the Asian pop music scene for many years and opened a new page for the Asian pop music scene!
Chou Yu-Min
Heavy eyebrows and big eyes, with a clean-cut, modest gentleman's appearance. He is nicknamed "Chai Chai" and is known as the "Girl Killer". In his personal photo album "wandering dream", both to show his unprecedented variety of shapes, but also with a mood diary, fully improve their affinity. The charming "son" will show off his handsome sunshine and bright smile.
Zhou Jie
Famous actor, born on August 5, 1970, his representative works include "Return of the Pearl", playing Fu Erkang; "Junior Bao Qingtian", playing Bao Zheng; "The Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes", playing Yang Kang
Zhou Huajian
By his real name: Zhou Huajian? Stage name: Zhou Hua Jian Breast name: Si Niu? Nickname: Tape Recorder (because when I was a kid with my friends, I either talked or sang) Place of birth: Hong Kong (Sai Ying Pun)? Date of Birth: December 22, 1960? Highest recorded single album sales: Flower. Heart (4 million copies in Asia), Love Follows (1 million copies in Taiwan)? Total album sales: more than 35 million copies
Chou Chuan-hsiung
Generally known by his stage name Xiaogang. Taiwanese singer-songwriter and music producer. His father is from Public Security, Hubei Province, and he graduated from the Environmental Engineering Department of Taiwan's Southeast Technical College. 1989, he broke into the singing scene with the stage name "Xiaogang", and was originally packaged as an idol singer; in 1998, he began to publish his works under his own name, gradually demonstrating his creative strength. His birthday is June 7th. He is known as the "godfather of love songs" and "a singer who sings and writes well".
Zhou Libo
The originator of the Haiku culture, Zhou Libo joined the Shanghai Comic Troupe in 1981, and studied under Zhou Bochun, a veteran of Shanghai's comedy and opera scene. He became famous in the late 1980s, and his performance style is unique, combining the cold-faced comedy of various schools of thought, without losing the humanistic talent of flirting and mockery.
Zhou Pen-chang
The winner of the "2005 Supergirl" Guangzhou singing section, Zhou Pen-chang rose to fame, and there are a group of die-hard "Pen fans" on all the major BBS. Men's clothing, wearing glasses, singing R& B, this is Zhou Penchang consistent appearance, but also let her become a super girl in the alternative image.