The Origin of Yuan Family

Yuan's family mainly comes from his descendants.

According to legend, Shun, one of the five ancient emperors, is a descendant of Zhuan Xu. Born in Yao ruins (now northeast of Heze, Shandong Province), he got his surname. He once lived in Guimi River (now Jinyong, Shandong Province), so his descendants have Guimi surname. Among the descendants who took Gui as their surname, there was Chen Ren, who was called Chen Hou after the destruction of Shang Dynasty (Wanqiu, now Huaiyang, Henan).

Guiman 1 1 The grandson's surname is Zhu, and his picture is named after his grandfather, which is hereditary in the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, because of the same pronunciation as Yuan, Yuan, Yuan, Yuan, Yuan and Yuan, later generations took these six words as surnames respectively. "Chronicle of Yuan Shu" says that there are five families with one surname and six characters.

According to Records of Annals, Genealogy and Yuan History, Yuan Yi is also an iron and a jade. Chen Hugong descent. Eighteen Sun Zhuangbo was born in Zhu, with the word Bokui. Sun Tao Tu, named after Wang Fu, is called Tao Tu. Also painted by Yuan Tao. Generation is Chen Shangqing. Then Yuan. Historically speaking, Yuan's family was authentic, which led to Yuan's family in Runan and Yuan's family in Chenjun.

Migration distribution

Yuan's ancestral home is Huaiyang, Henan Province. By the time of the Western Han Dynasty, his descendants had been officials for generations and became prominent local families. Yang Xia is Yuan's ancestral home, belonging to the Jin Dynasty, so the county is Yuan's favorite. Since then, Yuan's family, who migrated all over the country, was mostly a branch, and all thought it was the name of Tang. By the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yuan family who moved to Runan had developed into a prominent local family.

From Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties to Sui and Tang Dynasties, the descendants of Yuan in Runan formed many branches for reasons such as official career and refuge. After continuous reproduction and development, it became an aristocratic family at that time, forming Pengcheng, Jingzhao, Dongguang, Taiyuan, Huayin, Xiangyang, Puyang and Yichun counties.

Yuan Nanqian began before the Tang Dynasty, and by the time of the Song Dynasty, it had become a prominent family in the south, with Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Jiangxi being the most widely distributed. Yuan entered Fujian before the Song Dynasty, and moved from Fujian to Guangdong and other places after Yuan's distribution in the Song Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Yuan family had spread all over China, and it was the most popular among the Yao people in Guangxi, Yunnan and other provinces.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yuan surname