Many people are very interested in Ji Xiaolan’s name, especially historians who have been studying Ji Xiaolan, so here I will tell you about Ji Xiaolan’s name. Let’s take a look at the origin of the name Ji Xiaolan. Is there any meaning or origin behind the name given to him at that time? Here I will analyze it in detail.
The origin of the surname Ji:
Chinese people are very particular about their surnames. Surname and surname were originally two completely different words. At that time, surnames were reserved for women; men did not have surnames and were only called surnames.
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People had surnames as early as matrilineal society. The ancient Chinese characters, "surname", are composed of the two characters "女" and "生", that is, the surname of a woman born into a woman. "Shi" appeared later than "surname" and did not appear until patriarchal society.
The difference between surnames is: the surname is used to indicate the status of the family, and the surname is used to distinguish marriages and determine whether one can marry.
Since there was no special genealogy before, after the Qin Dynasty, after several major social turmoils, surnames became completely confusing. The most fundamental change is that men began to take their surname as their surname. The chaos of the surname system directly led to the chaos of the clan.
There are several main ways in which Han people’s surnames originate:
The first type: taking surnames from natural objects worshiped by totems of different clans or tribes in their ancestors. For example, Xiong, Niu, Yun, Chi, Liu, etc. were the earliest surnames based on the natural objects worshiped by different clans or tribes as totems.
The second type: use the place name or location as the surname. For example, Lu, Han, Song, etc. have their surnames based on the place name; Dongmen, Ximen, Dongguo, Nanguo, Xiguo have their surnames based on the location of their residence. There are more than 200 surnames based on place names or directions, most of which are small countries in ancient China. Ji Xiaolan's "Ji" is the surname named after the place.
The third type: taking the ancestor’s occupation, status, posthumous title or name as the surname. This includes the following four categories -
1. The surname is based on the occupation of the ancestor: for example, a person with the surname Wu is a person who is engaged in divination, and the surname "Wu" is the surname of the ancestor, Shangguan, Sima , Situ, Sikong, etc. are named after official positions. Among the most common surnames in the West, "Smith" means a craftsman, "George" means a farmer, and "Henry" means a ruler. There is a surname in Japan called "Inukai", which refers to people who raise dogs.
2. The surname is based on the status of the ancestor: such as Gongsun, Wangsun, etc., their ancestors should be Dukes or Kings.
3. Use the posthumous names of ancestors as surnames: such as Mu, Zhuang, Wu, etc.
4. Taking the names of ancestors as surnames: This phenomenon is rare among the Han people today, but it was very common in ancient times, especially among the pre-Qin Huaxia people (the predecessors of the Han people). Later, ethnic minorities around the Han also inherited this tradition, a typical example is the surname of the king of Nanzhao in the Tang Dynasty. The first king of Nanzhao Kingdom was named Sheng Luo Pi. Sheng Luo Pi’s son was called Pi Luo Ge. Pi Luo Ge’s son was called Ge Luo Feng. Ge Luo Feng’s son was called Feng Jiayi. Feng Jiayi’s son was called Yi. Mou Xun, Yi Mou Xun's son is called Xun Gequan, Xun Gequan's sons are called Quan Chenglong, Quan Feng and so on. This kind of surname is actually a way for people to remember their ancestors without writing.
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The fourth type: borrowing surnames from ethnic minorities, such as Yuwen, Huyan, Murong, Yuchi, etc. The surnames Kang, An, Shi, He, Shi, etc. also came from the Western Regions (today's Xinjiang) during the Tang Dynasty.
The fifth type: change your surname. The situation of changing surnames is more complicated, which includes the following three categories -
1. Changing surnames due to relocation of residence: the most typical example is the migration of the "Tian" surname from the Qi State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the order of relocation The surnames were changed to "First", "Second"... Nowadays, there are still Han people with the surname "Fifth".
2. Changing surnames to avoid enmity or avoidance: for example, after Han Xin was killed, his descendants split the Korean characters into "Wei" and "Zhuo"; after Sima moved out, his descendants separated Sima, The surnames are "Tong" and "Feng"; after the accident of the person named Zha, his descendants changed their surname to Xiang. In addition, there are people who change their surnames to avoid taking the name of the current emperor, which is called "taboo changing surnames".
3. The surname changed by the emperor, that is, the surname given: When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was campaigning for the second time in Goryeo, a man named Yang took the opportunity to cause trouble. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty said, you can no longer be surnamed Yang. , cut off the head, your family name is "Xiao". What is the original meaning of the word Xiao? It is said that owls are not filial. When the owl gets old, the young owl will peck the old owl. In the end, the old owl was blinded by the pecks and could not run away. In the end, only its head was left after being eaten. So when someone is killed and their head is hung up, they are called "Xiao".
Ji Xiaolan's "Ji" is a surname based on a place name. Where did this place name come from?
According to historical records, after King Wu of Zhou established the Zhou Dynasty, he commemorated the ancestors of the sages and kings. Due to merit, a descendant of Emperor Yan's Shennong family was named Yu Ji (in the southeast of Shouguang County, Shandong Province today) and established the Kingdom of Ji. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Kingdom of Ji was destroyed by the Kingdom of Qi. The descendants of the Kingdom of Ji took the name of the country and passed it down from generation to generation, with the surname Ji. Along with "Ji", there are "Qi", "Fu", "Shen", "Lu", "Jiang", "Xu", "Xiang", etc. who are also descendants of the Shennong family, all of whom also have surnames based on place names.
Here we have to talk about why Ji Xiaolan's descendants have opinions and dissatisfaction with "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan", a TV series that praises Ji Xiaolan?
Because, "Iron Teeth" The biggest mistake in this work "Ji Xiaolan" is that she changed the pronunciation of her last name! In other words, she changed her last name to Ji Xiaolan!
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Someone said, isn’t Ji Xiaolan’s surname “Ji” (j)? You’re right, Ji Xiaolan’s surname is really not “Ji” (j). Not only is Ji Xiaolan’s surname not “Ji” (j), but neither am I. "(j), our surname is "Ji" (Jǐ)! If you don't believe it, you can check any Chinese dictionary or dictionary. We know that the word "Ji" has two pronunciations, the rising tone and the falling tone. Among them, the upper tone "Ji (Jǐ)" has only one meaning: surname.
Here, I would like to briefly introduce the tones of Chinese characters. In ancient China, Chinese characters had four tones: Ping, Shang, Qu, and Ru. With the development of the times, Pingsheng was divided into Yinping and Yangping. The yin level is one tone, the yang level is the second tone, the upper tone is the third tone - the "up" here is pronounced in three tones, and the falling tone is in the fourth tone. The sound is gone. The correct pronunciation of our surname "Ji" should be "Jǐ".