Chapter 18 The Eight Surnames of the Preface are traced back to their origins

Hua Xue was looking up, Chen Yuan saw Hua Xue in a daze, and saw that it was getting late, so he went to cook, but Hua Xue was still in a daze when the meal was ready. Chen Yuan had no choice but to interrupt: "Have you come up with it?" There's nothing to think about later, it's getting dark, let's eat. ”

Hua Xue came back to her senses from the family history, and when she saw that it was innocently dark, she was quite embarrassed, hehe laughed a few times and fooled the past, and honestly accompanied Chen Yuan to eat, and did not say anything "food without words", as long as she was not chewing anything, she picked up good words and praised Chen Yuan's craftsmanship.

Chen Yuan knew that Hua Xue was flattering her, but he couldn't help but be happy. In fact, Chen Yuan also understood in his heart that he came to cook for him every once in a while, he had never boasted like this before, and it seemed that he had really learned badly.

Hua Xue has just retrieved her family history, and she already has a general understanding of her ancestral relatives. Taking advantage of the interval between cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, I searched for the origin of the surname "Xing" in the history books. Compared with the two, Hua Xue has a case in her heart.

The two packed up the dishes and chopsticks, and Hua Xue said to Chen Yuan: "Sister, I have some ideas about my sister's surname, and I said to listen to my sister, sister, you can think about it yourself." ”

Chen Yuan nodded, waiting for Hua Xue to explain.

Hua Xue said: "The meaning of the surname is to trace the roots and clarify the bloodline. If you find a random word, you can use it as your sister's surname, which is disrespectful to your sister. The younger brother also hopes that the elder sister will draw a line with the past, but the origin of the blood cannot be denied. The younger brother thought about it, but it was better to trace the change of the surname, trace the root of the ancient surname, and directly change it back to the ancient surname. It not only does not forget the root of the bloodline, but also seems to have a long history and noble bloodline. ”

Chen Yuan had a sense of uncertainty: "A long inheritance? Noble blood? ”

Hua Xue nodded and explained in detail: "Sister should know the Qufu Kong family, because of Confucius's legacy, since the Han Dynasty, although it has been war-torn for a long time, it has been inherited intact. Although it can't be said that there is really any noble bloodline, those who hear it are all in awe. This is the ancient inheritance, the legacy of the ancestors. ”

Of course, Chen Yuan knew about the Confucius family. At least on the bright side, the Confucius family is the oldest family with the most inheritance. Confucianism pays attention to respecting teachers and respecting the way, and naturally does not dare to offend the descendants of Confucius, the "most holy teacher". The family of Confucius has a family history, and the descendants of the past generations are also quite competitive, and Confucianism emerges in endlessly. In that dynasty, there was a scholar Kong Zhenyun, who was the sixty-second grandson of Confucius.

But Chen Yuan still didn't understand Hua Xue's suggestion, and remembered that Hua Xue mentioned his life experience before, and muttered: "Am I really some kind of 'princess left behind the people'?" How else does it come to say 'noble blood'? ”

Chen Yuan asked: "The big man surnamed 'Chen', sister I know a lot. I can also sing "Yushu Backyard Flowers". But you should know that my sister's original surname was Xing, and I really haven't heard of any ancestor surnamed Xing who is enough to be called noble in blood. You don't say Xingtian, do you? ”

"Xingtian?" Hua Xue exclaimed!

Xingtian is a general under Emperor Yan, and his head is broken and resurrected. Others don't understand why, but of course Hua Xue understands that Xingtian was obviously resurrected because of "Changchun Gong", but for some reason, something went wrong when he was resurrected.

Hua Xue knew that Xingtian was indeed a very close category of her own people, but she really hadn't thought about this before. After thinking about it for a while, I felt that it was better not to make up nonsense about the affairs of the ancestors, it was neither respectful nor necessary.

So he said to Chen Yuan: "Xingtian and his sister's surname 'Xing' is not a word, right?" Why did my sister think of him? ”

Chen Yuan didn't understand why Hua Xue reacted so much, and replied: "It's not that you said 'tracing the roots of the ancient surname', what else is 'long-standing inheritance and noble bloodline'?" I can think of a big person who can have this kind of evaluation related to the surname 'Xing', and the only one who can have this kind of evaluation is Xingtian. ”

Hua Xue finally understood, shook her head and explained: "My younger brother has read the book "Yuanhe Surname Compilation" edited in the Tang Dynasty before. Among them, it said: 'The fourth son of the Duke of Zhou was sealed in Xing, and then he was destroyed by Wei, and the descendants took the country as their clan'. "Zuo Biography" also said: 'Fan, Jiang, Xing, Mao, Yin, sacrifice, Zhou Gong's Yinye'. Therefore, the surname 'Xing' can be traced back to its roots, and it is not the 'punishment' of Xingtian, but the surname of Zhou Gong. Does my sister know what Zhou Gong's surname is? ”

Chen Yuan glanced at Hua Xue: "You don't think I'll say, 'Of course Duke Zhou's surname is Zhou', right?" ”

Hua Xue didn't speak, just laughed.

Chen Yuan said helplessly: "Sister is not deceiving you. Although my sister has not read the Four Books and the Five Classics, she has read "The Romance of the Gods". Zhou Gong is obviously the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou, and of course his sister knows his surname Ji. ”

Hua Xue applauded: "Sister is so amazing!" Reading the script is also so serious. Yes, exactly. Sister, do you think that 'Ji', one of the eight surnames in ancient times, is it considered 'a long inheritance and noble bloodline'? ”

Chen Yuan was relieved in his heart, and secretly laughed that he was still so willing to fantasize, how could there be so much royal blood flowing outside.

"Absolutely. But what about the 'Eight Ancient Surnames'? ”

"My sister may not know that before the Suiren clan, human beings had always lived with their mother's tribe. Therefore, before ancient times, most of the surnames representing the tribe were next to the female character. The eight surnames of antiquity are basically the origin of most surnames in the Central Plains. However, there are many specific sayings for the eight surnames in ancient times. The more orthodox way of saying it is 'Ji, Jiang, Ji, Ying, Fei, Fei, Yao, Yao'. ”

Hua Xue said as she dipped her hands in water and wrote on the table, so that Chen Yuan could see that each of them had the word "female".

Chen Yuan was curious: "Ji's surname is Zhou Dynasty, is Jiang Taigong?" Is it the Qin Dynasty that won? What are the other sources? ”

Hua Xue shook her head: "It's not right." My sister is right, but that's not the source. ”

Chen Yuan was even more curious: "Not the source?" What is that source? ”

Hua Xue explained: "Although the "Historical Records? The Yellow Emperor Benji says, "The Yellow Emperor, the son of Shaodian, is surnamed Gongsun and is called Xuanyuan." But because he has lived in Ji Shui for a long time, for some reason, he changed his surname to 'Ji'. Therefore, the surname 'Ji' originated from the Yellow Emperor. This is 'a long inheritance, noble bloodline'. The only thing that can be compared to it is Emperor Yan's surname 'Jiang'. ”

Of course, Hua Xue knew that the Feng surname of the Suiren clan was far older than these, and the eight surnames of the ancient times all originated from this, but it was an ancient surname, which was even older, and there was no reason to "compare" it with the surname "Ji", and there was no need to explain it to Chen Yuan.

"The surname Ji is as old as Ji Jiang, and the representative figure is Dayu."

Xia Yu is obviously the descendant of the Xia tribe said by Da Huaxue, and the surname Ji and Ji are obviously the same as the Gongsun family and the Xia family that Da Huaxue said. But there is no need to say these things to Chen Yuan, Xiaohuaxue knows it in her heart.

"Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng is certainly the most outstanding descendant of the surname Ying, but the ancestor of the surname Ying is Gaotao."

"Who is this?"

Hua Xue actually read from the book, he didn't know who Gaotao was, he pretended to be stunned for a moment, it seemed strange that Chen Yuan didn't even know this, and quickly searched in his consciousness, who is Gaotao?