1, Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi summoned Gong Zijiu, who was in the same room as Guan Zhong. In the Qin Dynasty, Guangling people were called Ping and named Dongling Hou. After Qin's death, due to his poor family, he planted melons in the east of Chang 'an, and the melons were called "Dongling melons". At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Europe was called, and Liu Bang fought against Yu Pei, and the Western Han Dynasty sealed Guanghou. In the Western Han Dynasty, Shouchun of Jiujiang was called a trusted minister, and Emperor Yuanyang was then the magistrate of Nanyang, building water conservancy for the people, which was called "father".

2. Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties

During the Han Dynasty, most descendants scattered in Henan changed their surnames to Shao, and after reproduction and development, they formed aristocratic families in Anyang, Runan and Nanyang. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties of the Three Kingdoms, Shao lived mainly in Anping, Hebei, Anyang, Henan and Runan. Among them, Shao, who lives in Hebei, takes Boling as surnamed tang.

3. Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties

Shao Zhirou was born in Zhenghe, Fujian Province in the Song Dynasty. It can be seen that before this, Shaw had settled here. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the famous philosopher Shao Yong moved from Fanyang, Hebei Province to Huixian, Henan Province with his father Shao Gu. Later, his descendants made a fortune and became a noble family in Luoyang.

In the Song Dynasty, there were many Shao surnames in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu and Fujian, and there were also Shao surnames in Shanxi, Hubei and Hunan. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, with the harassment of nomads from the south and Mongolian cavalry, Shaw was widely spread all over the south of the Yangtze River to avoid disasters. After Shao Yong, he moved to the mountainous area in western Henan. Shao surname in western Henan is mostly descended from Shao Yong.

The current situation of Shao surname:

Today, Shao's surname is widely distributed throughout the country. According to relevant scholars' research, Shao's surname is mainly distributed in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Gansu and other provinces.

Especially in Jiangsu, Shandong, Gansu, Anhui, Hubei and other provinces, the Shao family in these five provinces accounts for about 56% of the Han population in China. There are also Han surnames of ethnic minorities. In Ming and Qing dynasties, there was soil in Dingbian, Yunnan, and the Han surname was Shao. Among the Eight Banners of Manchuria in Qing Dynasty, Wu Yashi's Han surname was Shao; In addition, Yao, Yi, Mongolian, North Korea and other ethnic minorities also have Shao surname.

Extended data:

From the surname Ji, it is the Yellow Emperor, after Emperor Yan. According to historical records such as Tongzhi, Clan Strategy, Taking the City as Home, and Wan's Genealogy, the ministers in the early Zhou Dynasty were called Kang Gong, Zhou Tongzu and Ji. Named after the city, this ancient house is named Chen, in the southeast of Fengxiang County, Shaanxi Province, hence the name or.

Shortly after the Spring and Autumn Period, Nanzhao was annexed by Chu and Shaanxi by Qin. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, in 5 13 BC, Gong Ying was killed by the people in Beijing and China because he was involved in the battle for the throne of the Zhou royal family. When the state of Zhao dies, the descendants are scattered, that is, Zhao is the surname. Among them, Zhaoyuan, east of Yuanqu, Shanxi, entered Gulaishui City, north of Yixian County, Hebei Province, and Huimin Shaocheng, Shandong Province, east. These are the remains of Zhaoren's migration.

The history of Ji surnamed Shao is also 3 100 years. Shao and Zhao were commonly used in ancient times. In history books, "Shao" was often used before the Han Dynasty. After the Three Kingdoms, Shao was used more. Runan and Anyang in Henan Province were the first to ask people to switch to Shao.

According to custom, Shao and Zhao have been divided into two surnames among contemporary people, and Shao is the most common surname among Han people. The official use history of Shao surname is only more than 2000 years. Because this branch is the main body of Shaw, the descendants of Shaw respect Zhao Gong as the ancestor of Shaw.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Shaw