The origin and legend of Jin surname

In Taiwan Province Province, the Jin surname is not among the top 100. During the Warring States Period, there was a doctor named Shang in the State of Chu, who was very popular with the Empress He. Later, it was enfeoffed to Jin (present-day Hunan), known as the gold merchant. At that time, Qu Yuan was a doctor of Chu and a relative of Chu Huaiwang. He is very talented and jealous of Shanxi businessmen. Later, after the death of Jin Shang, his descendants took the fief as their surname and passed it down from generation to generation. In ancient times, most of Jin's aristocratic families came from Hexi. Jin Fu, an expert in water control in Qing Dynasty, was born in Liaoyang (now Liaoning). He used the method of "attacking sand with water" to control the Yellow River, Huaihe River and canals, and achieved outstanding results. His "General Plan for River Regulation" was used as a guide for water control by later generations.

Second, the development of Jin surname

After Jin became a smug surname, perhaps because of the struggle of the imperial court, future generations did not develop in their native place, but could not escape to other countries to survive. This can be seen from the biographies of Jin Juan and Jin Qiang, two founding heroes in the early Han Dynasty (see Historical Records). Jin Juan made her debut in Yan Hong (now Heze, Shandong). Jin Qiang, Quwo, Xihe. Both places are in the north of China. Since the Han Dynasty, the Jin family has lived in Xihe area, and formed the Xihe County of the Jin family here.

In the next 1000 years, the Jin family basically did not make any great contribution or influence to the land of China. Perhaps because of this reason, when the Han nationality in the Eastern Jin Dynasty moved to the south on a large scale, the Jin surname basically did not follow, but stayed in the northern region. There is no Nanjin surname in the historical records from Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties to Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Since the Song Dynasty, especially in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, there have been more and more people surnamed Jin. Talented people come out of the country. This period is an important period for the development of Jin surname, which basically laid the foundation for the development of Jin surname today. Such as Jin Dejin, Jin Rong, Jin Yi, Jin Xueyan, Jin Gui, Jin Fu, etc. , has a certain influence in history. Investigating the ancestral homes of the characters named Jin in this period, both in the north and the south, shows that the surname Jin has flowed from the north to the south at this time, and the time is estimated to be in the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

Third, the current situation of Jin surname

After more than two thousand years' development, the Jin family has developed from a corner to a big surname all over China. On the whole, Jin's surname is within 100-200 of all surnames in China, with a population of nearly 1 10,000, which is distributed all over the country, especially in the north.