Among hundreds of surnames in China, which surnames are the most popular? What are the legends and stories?

Former Sun Zhou was the most popular surname in ancient China. In the Yuan Dynasty, in order to prevent the oppressed Han people from rebelling, the Mongols planned to slaughter the most popular Han people all over the country, and stopped people on the road to ask their surnames, and killed them if they were the five most popular people. So the arrangement of the most popular names changed later.

There is also a saying that "Liu is half of the world", because after Liu Bangli's Han Dynasty, all his disciples were made kings. As a result, the Liu family was too prosperous and understaffed, and many Liu's children became civilians without titles and official positions, so there were straw sandals sellers. This also reflects the prosperity of Liu from the side.

There were many Zhu surnames at that time. Zhu Yuanzhang raised Zhu surname with the marrow of the world. At the end of the Ming dynasty, Zhu's children reached one million, which can be called the most prosperous, but they were almost killed by the Qing dynasty. After Kangxi seized Zhu Cilang, the fifth son of Chongzhen, he put his whole family to death in Lingchi. Asako Kang said, "Although Zhu has no intention of rebellion, he has no intention of rebellion." Become as famous as Qin Gui.