According to historical records, Yuan Lee was a direct descendant of Emperor Levin of Zhuan Xu. Zhuan Xu has a grandson named Hao Tao, who is the housekeeper of Emperor Yao. Li Guan specializes in the reasoning of prison proceedings. Some are like contemporary judges. At that time, the official position was popular as the surname, and Li was also the surname.
At the end of Shang Dynasty, a descendant of Hao Tao, a man named Li Zheng, was loyal to Zhou Wang and made many remonstrances. At that time, Zhou Wang was tyrannical and indulgent, and the rulers and people hated him. Zhou Wang was annoyed with Richard's repeated persuasion, so he killed Richard. After hearing the news, Li Zheng's wife Qihe fled with her youngest son, Li Zhen. Qihe's family was originally from Chen State (now Huaiyang, Henan Province), and wanted to escape back to her family, but she was afraid of bringing trouble to her family, so she fled to western Henan. When we arrived at the "Houyi Market" in yi river Valley in western Henan (that is, the place where Houyi once lived and was later abandoned), the mother and son were already hungry and exhausted, and Xiao Lizhen was dying. There is no one there and it is impossible to find food. Fortunately, Qi Heshi found some "Mu Zi" (wild fruits) on nearby wild trees, and they picked them and ate them, which saved their lives. Mother and son fled to eastern Henan and settled in Guxian (now Lu Yi, Henan), not too far from Huaiyang. In order to show gratitude for saving his life, and to let Li He avoid the pursuit, He Zizhen began to change his surname to Li. This is the origin of the surname Li.
There are countless celebrities named Li in history. From Li Er (Laozi) in the Spring and Autumn Period, there were General Li Mu in the Warring States Period, General Li Guang in the Han Dynasty, and the famous Prince Ma Shimi of the State of Jin. There are many poets in the Tang Dynasty, including Li Bai, Li He and Li Shangyin, military strategist Li Jing and calligrapher Li Yong. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, there was Li Yu, the leader of the Central Committee; Li Qingzhao, a thinker in Song Dynasty; There was an outstanding physician Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty; Li Zicheng, the leader of peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty; Li Yu, a drama theorist in Qing Dynasty; Novelist Li; Li, leader of Westernization School; In modern times, there was Li Dazhao, one of the founders of China's * * * production party; Famous geologist Li Siguang; Li Fuchun and Li Xiannian, outstanding representatives of a large number of patriots surnamed Li, not only won the honor for Li, but also created immortal feats for the Chinese nation.
Li is one of the top five surnames in China and the second largest surname in the world, with a population of more than 87 million. In China, northerners are the majority. Taiwan Province Province ranks fifth. There are also many Chinese scattered around the world.
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The origin of Li's surname is complicated. His ancestor's name is Hao Tao, and Hao Tao is very famous. He is a descendant of the grandson of the Yellow Emperor. When Yao proclaimed himself emperor, he served as "Dali", in charge of judicial work, and presided over the formulation of five kinds of punishments, known as "five punishments" in history. Later generations took office, and after Yu, Xia and Shang dynasties, they took the official position as their surname, so they called it "Li". Until the last years of Shang Dynasty, he was persecuted to death by the terrible Shang Zhouwang in history. The day after Richard was killed, his wife Qi and son fled quickly. Now everyone knows that this rotten king is not easy to mess with. Mother and son fled to the market in Houyi. Because it's really pitiful to have been hiding on the road to escape, I'm starving. Coincidentally, the mother and daughter who had not eaten for three days were saved by a plum tree. Later, when the years were relatively peaceful, Qi and Shi remembered that thrilling past, and they couldn't help but feel grateful for the plum tree that suddenly appeared like witchcraft and spirituality. So it was renamed "Li". (Hao Tao's ancestor was the won surname, so Li came from the won surname. )
In the pre-Qin period, the development of Li surname was relatively slow and had little influence. After entering Wei and Jin Dynasties, Li gradually developed and became one of the five county surnames in the Central Plains at that time. The other four are: Wang, Cui, Lu and Zheng. In the Tang Dynasty, because the emperor surnamed Li, Li got great development. Not only did the emperor give some people the surname Li, but many people changed their surnames and pretended to be Li. Therefore, Li developed rapidly in these three hundred years, from a less influential surname to the most popular surname in China. Before the Tang Dynasty, the surname Li mainly developed in the north. In the Tang Dynasty, there were three major migrations to the south, which made Li's surname spread all over China. Li's main settlements are Longxi, Zhaojun, Dunqiu, Bohai, Zhongshan, Xiangcheng, Jiangxia, Zitong, Fanyang, Guanghan and Nanyang.