Nangong Shi, the ancestor of the Nangong clan.

However, what his surname is, there is no record in the history books.

The surname system during the Zongzhou period was very complex, and the surname and the surname were separated.

People in the two-week period are only called by their first name, not their surname.

After all, those who can have clans are all nobles, and the possibility of nobles having the same surname is too great.

The "surname" represents the clan from which it was born.

The surname cannot be changed, but the family name can be changed.

Generally, after the merit is sealed to other places, the clan will change with the fief.

For example, during the Warring States Period, Shang Ying, he was surnamed Ji, Gongsun, and martingale, and was a patriot, and later made meritorious contributions in the Qin State, and was given to Shang Yu 15 Yi by Qin Xiaogong.

So in the history books, sometimes he is called Wei Ying, sometimes he is called Gongsun Ying, and sometimes he is called Shang Ying.

But no one would ever call him "Ji Ying".

Because Ji is a surname, the surname represents his clan.

"Surname" is a status symbol, which means to represent one's birth lineage, but it is not mentioned in daily life.

It's like there are 56 ethnic groups in modern China, and everyone comes from different ethnic groups.

But when introducing and calling each other, they may introduce themselves as members of the XX clan, but they only call their names in daily life.

Even if it is written, it is impossible to specifically write "Han Li Si" and "Manchu Zhang San" and the like.

So in fact, Qin Shi Huang is not called "Win Zheng", Win is his surname, not called, and he should be called "Zhao Zheng" in that era.

Nangong Shi is the same, "Nangong" is just his clan.

But what his surname is, Tai Shi Gong didn't say, and Tai Shi Gong mentioned his historical documents before, and he didn't say it.

However, in 1979, in Yidigang, the northern suburb of Suizhou, in the tomb of the nobles of Zeng Guo unearthed, there were two bronze Ge, which were engraved with two inscriptions.

"The son of Muhou, the grandson of Xigong, once attacked (work) Yin Ji's use."

"King Sun Ji of Zhou is self-sufficient."

The Muhou here is, of course, not the Jin Muhou, but a Muhou of Zeng.

And the Great Attack Yin is an official position in charge of the government-run handicraft industry.

This Zeng Guoda attack Yin named Ji Xian is the son of Zeng Guo Muhou and the grandson of Xigong.

But he also claimed to be the grandson of the king of Zhou.

"Wang Sun" means the descendants of the royal family.

This shows that the lineage of Hou Jun of Zeng Guo is the same as that of King Zhou, and they are all surnamed Ji!

Since the Dingshang unearthed from the M1 tomb of Wenfeng Pagoda has an inscription on the word "Zeng", it can be determined that this is a tomb of the Marquis of Zeng.

And the source of Zeng Hou's bloodline can be determined to be the vassal state surnamed Ji through the inscription engraved on Ge by Ji Xian.

Now the newly unearthed bell in the tomb has found that Zeng Hou engraved on the bell how his ancestor "Nangong" founded the Zeng Kingdom.

And this "Nangong", Chen Han and Professor Li, inferred through the inscription that they should be the famous four friends of King Wen, Nangong Shi!

So, tie these threads together.

You can fill in the missing parts of the historical materials!

If Chen Han and Professor Li's interpretation is correct, this "Bo Shi" is really Nangong Shi.

That shows that Nangong Shi, King Wen and King Wu are both surnamed Ji.

This is not surprising, after all, King Wen's four friends were ministers in the Zhou State when King Wen was not ready to cut down merchants.

Zhou Guo didn't suddenly jump out of the stone.

The Zhou tribe was born in the early Shang period, and by the middle of the Shang Dynasty, it had become a powerful state under the Shang Dynasty.

Before King Wen, Zhou had been passed down for many generations.

And in that era of Shiqing Shilu, if you can be a minister in the Zhou State, you must be a nobleman, and the nobles of the Zhou State must have something to do with the surname Ji.

Just like in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, most of the secretaries of various countries were distant relatives of their own countries, or their ancestors were the princes of a certain vassal state, and because of the failure of the political struggle, they went to other vassal states to develop.

For example, in the Jin Kingdom, there have been eleven families serving as six secretaries for six hundred years.

Six of the families belonged to the Jin dynasty, and three were the Zhou dynasty, all of whom had the surname Ji.

Only the Fan family is surnamed Qi, and the Zhao family is from the surname Ying, not the surname Ji.

Now work backwards through the clues given by the inscription.

Nangong Shi, as an important minister in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, is it reasonable to be born with the surname Ji?

Reasonable, that's so reasonable!

This also explains why Nangong Shi can become the right-hand man of King Wen and Wu.

Why was King Wen imprisoned by King Wen and Zhou seemed to have no way to overthrow the rule of Yin Shang, Nangong Shi would do his best to save King Wen and rebel with him.

Because they are of the same kind!

As soon as such a complete reasoning unfolded, Chen Han, who was still a little uncertain and hesitant about whether the inscription was "suitable" or not, immediately let go of the apprehension in his heart.

At least along the reasoning, if this inscription really refers to "Nangong Shi", then the current explanations are all reasonable and can withstand scrutiny!

Moreover, the most important point is that since Zeng Guo is Gongsun Shi's feudal state, and he was sealed here in Suizhou.

"Heaven Descends"

That question of whether Zeng Sui is the same country or not will also add a heavyweight piece of evidence!

According to historical records, Suiguo was an important state surnamed Ji in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, which was divided into more than ten princely states in the eastern Han Dynasty, and was the most powerful one.

Undertake the important mission of protecting the "southern soil" of the Zhou Dynasty!

Referring to the inscription on this bell, Chen Han completely connected a reasonable conjecture in his heart.

He looked at Professor Li with blazing eyes, and said slowly: "Professor, the inscription says that King Wu let the Nangong Mansion be in the soil, and the king will protect Huaiyi, and there will be Jiangxia." ”

"At first, I didn't understand this sentence, but now I seem to understand it."

"During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the place occupied by Huaiyi was roughly east of the Han River, that is, modern AH, Jiangsu and other regions."

"The earth means the place where the rivers meet."

"There is Jiangxia, and the Jiangxia here refers to the place where the Han River and the summer water converge!"

"And Suizhou and Zaoyang are at the confluence of the Han River and the summer water, and later Jiangxia County was established here in the Western Han Dynasty."

"In this way, Zeng Guo completely overlaps with Sui Guo in terms of description and actual feudal territory!"

"Before the appearance of the Wenfeng Pagoda tomb group, the earliest archaeological discovery of the Zeng Kingdom was only in the middle and late Western Zhou Dynasty, and it is not yet certain whether this Zeng State was a Suiguo that was sealed in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty."

"But the inscription on the bell of Tomb M1 clearly records that Zeng Guo is a vassal state surnamed Ji that was sealed in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty!"

"This undoubtedly proves once again that Zeng Guo is Suiguo!"

It's just that when the historical records were recorded, it was recorded incorrectly, and the word "Zeng" was mistakenly recorded as "Sui". ”

Chen Han was full of confidence, feeling that his guess was absolutely correct.

But Professor Li frowned and did not agree with his view.

"However, how to explain that later generations have surnames based on Suiguo as their ancestors?"

"Even if outsiders call it wrong, will their own country not even know if their own surname is Zeng or their surname?"

"After the fall of the country, why did the Zeng Guo clan change their surname to Sui, instead of changing their surname to Zeng, or Nangong?"

Now there are two surnames in Huaxia.

One is from the surname Qi, a descendant of the Du family, and is related to the Fan family, one of the six secretaries of the Jin State.

Their ancestor was Du Bo, the doctor of King Xuan of Zhou, who was killed for offending King Xuan of Zhou, and later Du Bo's son fled to the Jin Kingdom, so he had three clans: Sui, Fan, and Shi.

The other branch originated from Suiguo.

After the death of Suiguo in Chu, his descendants took the name of the country as their surname.

Among them, this branch of Suiguo is the mainstream, most of the country has surnames, and the ancestors are from Suizhou, Hubei, Xiangyang, and the ancestral shrine is also in Suizhou.

If Zeng Guo is really Suiguo, then how to explain that the Zeng Guo clan, who called themselves "Zeng" and "Zeng Hou" on the bronze, changed their surname to Sui after the fall of the country?

The "Suiguo" recorded in historical documents is definitely not a simple record error, and it can be explained by mistakenly recording "Zeng" as "Sui", which does not make sense at all!