[Xue's territory]

Hedong County, now in the north of Xia County, Shanxi Province.

[Origin of the Xue family]

Books such as "Yuanhe Surname Compilation" and "Tongzhi Clan Brief" all record that the surname Xue originated from the surname Ren. Huangdi's youngest son Yuyang was given the surname Ren because he was granted the title of Ren. Xizhong, the twelfth generation grandson of Yuyang, was granted the title of Xuedi (today's south of Tengxian County, Shandong Province) during the reign of Xia Yu. His twelfth generation grandson Zhonghui was granted the title of Xue during the Tang Dynasty. Zhonghui's descendant, Sun Cheng, had a The daughter's name was Tairen, who was the biological mother of King Wen of Zhou. After King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, he named Cheng's descendants the Marquis of Xue and established the Xue Kingdom. During the Warring States Period, the state of Xue was destroyed by Qi. The son of the state of Xue left the country and became an official in the state of Chu. He took the country as his surname and was called the Xue family.

[Xue's reputation]

Xue Deng's grandson Xue Jian was granted the title of Qianhuhou in the early Han Dynasty. Xue Rengui, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, was extremely brave and had great military exploits. He was granted the title of Pingyang County Duke. In addition, there are Sui Dynasty poet Xue Daoheng, Tang Dynasty calligrapher and painter Xue Ji, poet Xue Tao, writer Xue Yongrui, Northern Song calligrapher Xue Shaopeng, historian Xue Juzheng, Southern Song philologist Xue Shanggong, Ming Dynasty scholar Xue Xuan, and Sanqu writer Xue Lundao , Qing Dynasty medical scientist Xue Xue, reformist representative Xue Fucheng, etc. are all Xue people in history.

The surname Xue is the 48th most common surname in China today.

The surname Xue is the 48th most popular surname in China today. It has a large population, accounting for about 0.42% of the country's Han population. ?

Looking for the roots. There are three sources of the surname Xue: 1. It comes from the surname Ren of Huangdi. According to the "New Tang Book: Genealogy List of Prime Ministers" and "General Chronicles: Clan Briefing", Yu Yang, the son of the Yellow Emperor, was granted the title of Ren, and his twelfth grandson Xizhong was appointed Xia Chezheng. Yu granted him the title of Xue State (today's Xue State, Shandong Province) city), and future generations will take the country as their surname. 2. Comes from the surname Gui. According to "Wu Lu", during the Warring States Period, Lord Mengchang was granted the title of Xue. The Qin Dynasty destroyed the six kingdoms and lost his sacrifice, so his descendants took the surname of Xue. 3. His surname or the surname of another family was changed. A. According to "Wei Shu·Guan Shi Zhi", after Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang, he changed Xianbei's compound surname Chiqian to the single surname Xue; B. It comes from the descendants of King Wen of Zhou's Ji surnamed Feng. In the Tang Dynasty, there was Xue Huaiyi, whose real surname was Feng; C. According to "Tongzhi·Clan Brief", there was Xue in western Liaoning; D. This surname exists in Manchu, Mongolian, Tujia and Korean people today. ?

The surname was Xi Zhong, the ancestor. The surname Xue comes from the surname Ren of Huangdi. Huangdi had twenty-five sons, each with twelve surnames. One of them, named Yuyang, got the surname Ren because he was granted the title of Ren (now Jining City, Shandong Province). The surname Ren was passed down to the twelfth generation grandson Xizhong. Xi Zhong served as Cha Zheng during the reign of Xia Yu and was the creator of Cha. He lived in Xue and was called Marquis of Xue. Later, the seventh generation grandson of the ancestor said that he was successful, and the whole country moved to Zhi, and the name was changed to Zhiguo. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, Zhou Boji Li married Da Ren, a daughter of Zhiguo, and gave birth to a son, Ji Chang, who later became King Wen of Zhou. When King Wu conquered Shang, he was restored to the title of Marquis of Xue. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi dominated the princes, but Marquis Xue refused and was deposed as an earl. In the late Spring and Autumn Period, Mr. Xue became an official in the State of Chu. The people of Xue moved to Xiapi (now Pizhou, Jiangsu Province). King Huai of Chu gave him Pei land as a food town. Xue Guo lived in Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties for sixty-four generations. During the Warring States Period, the country was destroyed, and its descendants took the country as their surname and called it Xue. They respect Xi Zhong as the ancestor of the Xue surname. ?

Reproduction, Spread and Migration As mentioned above, the surname Xue originated in Xuecheng, Shandong Province, and later moved to Pizhou, Jiangsu Province. Some data show that during the Warring States Period, the surname Xue had spread to Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Henan, and Hebei Provinces. For example, Xue Ni, the great-grandson of Xue Gongzi Deng, was once the commander of Chu. Xue Guangde, the grandson of the fifth generation of Jian Dynasty, was the imperial censor of the Han Dynasty. Guangde's grandson Xue Yuan settled down there because he served as the governor of Huaiyang. Xue Lan, the eighth grandson of Xue Han, the legitimate grandson of Xue Yuan, was killed by Cao Cao. His son Xue Yong came to Shu from Liu Bei and became the prefect of Shu County and settled there. Yong's son Xue Qi surrendered to Wei after the fall of Shu, paid homage to Dr. Guanglu and moved to Shu. His family was in Fenyin, Hedong (now Wanrong, Shanxi), and his name was "Shu Xue". Xue Qi was the founder of Hedong County. Xue Qi's eldest son, Sun Hui, was named "Northern Ancestor", his second eldest son, Sun Diao, was named "Southern Ancestor", and his third eldest son, Sun Xing, was named "Xizu". During the Three Kingdoms period, the three sons (Ying, Sun, and Jian) ??of Xue Zong, a native of Zhuyi in the state of Wu, were all crown princes and Taifus, and were called the three masters of the state of Wu.

He praised Western constitutional monarchy, advocated the development of Chinese industry and commerce, and wrote "Ten Types of Complete Works of Yong". Xue Yue: A native of Lechang, Guangdong, a senior general of the Kuomintang, Baoding Lu