The surname Yang is a descendant of Cheng Boqiao, looking out of Hongnong, Kansai

The surname Yang is also a glorious and ancient surname. However, there have always been different opinions about the origin of Yang's surname. Some say that he got his surname because of his official position, while others say that he was named after the local people. It is difficult to find a clue. However, there is a recognized fact-the surname Yang comes from the surname Ji, and is a descendant of King Wen of Zhou and a descendant of the Yellow Emperor.

"Surname Compilation" says: "Prince Wu of Zhou, Tang Shuyu, was granted the title of Jin, and he disowned Zi Qi and gave birth to an uncle. The emperor named him Marquis of Yang; the son of the country took the country as his surname." According to this Paragraph record. It can be seen that the surname Yang comes from King Wu of Zhou, that is, the most impressive among the many sons of King Wen of Zhou.

The Yang Kingdom established by Bo Qiao was located in the southeast of present-day Hongtong County, Shanxi Province. Therefore, the birthplace of the Yang surname should be in Shanxi. Later, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Yang State was annexed by Jin State, one of the Five Hegemons at that time.

However, the statement in "The Genealogy List of Prime Ministers in the Book of Tang Dynasty" is somewhat different from that in "The Collection of Surnames". Although the book also believes that the surname Yang comes from the surname Ji, it points out that the person originally named Yang was Shangfu, the son of King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty, not a Boqiao from the Jin Dynasty. That is to say, he was named Marquis of Yang by the Zhou royal family, so it was Shangfu who got the surname from his official position, not Boqiao.

Han people with the surname Yang multiplied in the north of the Yangtze River more than 1,000 years ago. At that time, the Yang family was a prominent and prominent family, producing many well-known figures in history. For example, during the Warring States Period, they advocated "plucking a hair to benefit the world, do nothing", and sang like Mozi who advocated universal love. Yang Zhu of Taiwan; Yang Jian, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty, etc. are all well-known figures.

Ranking order of hundreds of surnames

1 Li 2 Wang 3 Zhang 4 Liu 5 Chen 6 Yang 7 Zhao 8 Huang 9 Zhou 10 Wu 11 Xu 12 Sun 13 Hu 14 Zhu 15 Gao

16 Lin 17 He 18 Guo 19 Ma 20 Luo 21 Liang 22 Song 23 Zheng 24 Xie 25 Han 26 Tang 27 Feng 28 Yu

29 Dong 30 Xiao 31 Cheng 32 Cao 33 Yuan 34 Deng 35 Xu 36 Fu 37 Shen 38 Zeng 39 Peng 40 Lu 41 Su

42 Lu 43 Jiang 44 Cai 45 Jia 46 Ding 47 Wei 48 Xue 49 Ye 50 Yan 51 Yu 52 Pan 53 Du 54 Dai

55 Xia 56 Zhong 57 Wang 58 Tian 59 Ren 60 Jiang 61 Fan 62 Fang 63 Shi 64 Yao 65 Tan 66 Liao 67 Zou

68 Xiong 69 Jin 70 Lu 71 Hao 72 Kong 73 Bai 74 Cui 75 Kang 76 Mao 77 Qiu 78 Qin 79 Jiang 80 History

81 Gu 82 Hou 83 Shao 84 Meng 85 Long 860,087 Duan 88 Chapter 89 Qian 90 Tang 91 Yin 92 Li 93 Yi

94 Chang 95 Wu 96 Qiao 97 He 98 Lai 99 Gong 100 Wen