According to ancient records, Li is a descendant of Ying's biography (Xu), whose original name was Li (marble Li). Because he could not escape, he settled in Luyi County, Henan Province at the end of Shang Dynasty. In order to appreciate (the fruit of a woody plant) being there when he escaped and avoid Yin's pursuit, he changed his surname Li. Li lived in Henan for more than 200 years from the end of Shang Dynasty to the beginning of Eastern Zhou Dynasty. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Li's surname developed to Gansu and Hebei. During the Western Han Dynasty, one of Li's surnames moved to today's Shandong. From about the Eastern Han Dynasty, Li moved to the southwest, distributed in Sichuan and Guangxi. Before the Tang Dynasty, the surname Li mainly developed in the north and only distributed in some areas south of the Yangtze River. The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of China's feudal society, which ruled for nearly 300 years. As a "national surname", Li is the most prominent. There were many descendants of the Li family in the Tang Dynasty. In addition, all those who made meritorious deeds in the Tang Dynasty were given the surname Li, which greatly expanded the population of Li. After the great development of the Tang Dynasty, Li began to move south, mainly for three times. The first time was when Henan Li entered Fujian and opened Zhangzhou; The second time was the Anshi Rebellion, and many people surnamed Li moved south to escape the war. The third time from the Huang Chao Uprising in the late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, due to the long-term turmoil in the Central Plains, Li directly entered Fujian and Guangdong from Chang 'an and Henan. In the history of China, more than 60 people took Li as the king and emperor, and successively established the regimes of Dacheng, Xiliang, Wu, Wei, Tang, Chu, Later Tang, Nantang, Dashu, Dashun and so on. In addition, Li's talent is also passed down from generation to generation. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a famous thinker and founder of Taoism, Li Er (Laozi); In the Tang Dynasty, there were politicians Li Yuan and Li Shimin, and great poets Li Bai, Li He and Li Shangyin. Five pronouns Li Houzhu; Li Qingzhao, a poetess in the Northern Song Dynasty, was a famous Li Xianzhong. Li Shizhen, an outstanding physician in Ming Dynasty, Li Mengyang, a writer, and Li Zicheng, the leader of peasant uprising; Li and Li Xiucheng, generals of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Qing Dynasty, and Li Yu, a drama theorist and writer; In modern times, there were China's earliest Marxists, Li Dazhao, one of the founders of China's * * * production party, geologist Li Siguang and so on. Li Yeyong, who lives abroad, shows many outstanding talents. Chinese-Americans Li Zhengdao and Li Yuanzhe won the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry respectively, and they are world-class scientists. Lee Kuan Yew, a native of Guangdong, was once the Prime Minister of Singapore. Ten financial groups in modern Hong Kong, Guangdong, chaozhou people, Li Ka-shing, etc.