Japanese surnames are the most diverse. There are 280,000 surnames, all of which are random, and things around them are often named. For example, those who live in the fields are called Tian, and those who live by the ferry are called Watanabe.
South Korea, on the other hand, is very concentrated, and most of its citizens are concentrated in Kim, Park and Lee.
But when it comes to the most concentrated, it is probably Vietnam, where 40% people are surnamed Ruan. Because of this, Ruan, a surname one hundred miles away from China, can rank among the top ten in the world. Speaking of Ruan's fame in China, the brain hole teacher first thought of Ruan Cishan.
There is a joke on the Internet that Ruan Cishan's name is like Vietnamese (that is, surname), like Japanese (this is like swearing), and his accent is like Taiwan Province Province. His passport is American, but he is actually one of our own. So, where did Vietnam's Nguyen surname come from? Why is the proportion so large?
Of course, Ruan's surname was handed down from China. First, the aborigines in Vietnam have no surnames. Secondly, Viet Nam has been a vassal of China for thousands of years. Since the pre-Qin period, a large number of immigrants moved to Vietnam. For example, after the ancient Shu kingdom was destroyed by Qin, the King of Shu once took 30,000 people to Vietnam to establish a country, bringing culture, technology and, of course, their surnames.
Later, Qin Shihuang ruled this country, and Xiang Jun was established in Vietnam at this time. In Han Dynasty, Jiaozhi County was established. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Vietnam became a place to receive gentry who moved south. At this time, the famous Ruan appeared in Vietnam.
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, everyone knew that there was a Ruan Ji, one of the seven sons of Jian 'an and a member of the seven sages of bamboo forest. His political thought is that we drink and take drugs, and some things can't be hidden. During the Five Chaos Period, Ruan Shi went south as soon as he passed the customs, and went to Vietnam as soon as he left, and settled here.
But at this time, Nguyen is no longer the first surname in Vietnam, and what happened may be one of the things that laid the advantage of Nguyen.
After the Tang Dynasty, China moved from an expanding military empire to a conservative military empire, and Viet Nam was a little confused when it was so far away. Vietnam has Wu Dynasty, Ding Dynasty, Chao Dynasty and Li Dynasty. Generally equivalent to the founding of the Song Dynasty. Vietnam is also a mess, just like China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. In two years, there will be another dynasty.
The Li dynasty lasted for a long time, working for more than 200 years, and was finally replaced by a Chen dynasty. From the beginning of the Chen dynasty, it was faced with the problems of the old and the young in the Li dynasty. After all, the Li Dynasty lasted for more than 200 years, which was the first great dynasty in Vietnam and the most prosperous dynasty in Vietnamese history. As time goes on, the people will generally support it. In order to cut off the thoughts of the young and the old in the Li Dynasty. Ordered all people surnamed Li to change their surnames to Ruan. Why give it to Ruan? I won't think about the specific reasons, probably because Ruan is famous and famous, but he still won't rebel because of his scholarly family.
There is also a saying that during the Song Dynasty, the Ruan brothers of Liangshan went south and came to Vietnam. Nowadays, many Vietnamese Nguyen surnames are descendants of the Nguyen brothers. The Ruan family did come, but this should not be the reason why Ruan became popular in Vietnam.
In short, the name Ruan ushered in the biggest expansion. And formed a habit and became the best place to accept his life. Later, the Ming Dynasty went to war with Vietnam. Daming overthrew the Hu dynasty at that time and ordered all people surnamed Hu to change their surnames to Ruan. Mo Chao is dead, and everyone named Mo has changed to Ruan? Wait, as long as there is a defeated party, the surname is Ruan. More and more people are surnamed Ruan, and finally Ruan is the owner of his own house.
/kloc-At the beginning of the 0/9th century, a Ruan dynasty appeared in Vietnam, and the emperor's surname was Ruan, which became the first surname in Vietnam. But the good times did not last long, and the colonial wind blew up. The French came, and there were more than a dozen Sino-French wars. Vietnam became a colony of France.
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At this time, although Nguyen was the first surname in Vietnam, the people still didn't have Nguyen because there was no surname at all. This surname is also a special product for nobles. People don't take exams and don't need signatures, so they don't have surnames.
When the French came in, something looked wrong. Without a surname, how do you know how many people you rule? Ask the Vietnamese people to start giving themselves their surnames. This is different from North Korea and Japan. After the demise of the Korean kingdom, people had the right to use their surnames, which gave birth to their surnames. Japan was the Meiji Restoration. In order to count the population, the Emperor ordered them to have surnames.
The Vietnamese surname was arranged by the French. Of course, it is easy for the French to arrange things, and there is no need to give everyone a different surname. At first glance, most of the upper-class Vietnamese people who usually deal with each other are surnamed Ruan, so these people are all surnamed Ruan.
In this way, Ruan became popular among the people, resulting in a strange phenomenon that 40% of the people in a country are surnamed Ruan.