It is known that the “Bai Gia Tinh” of the Northern Song statistic of China at that time had 468 surnames, the “Thien Gia Tinh” of the Ming Dynasty had 1,968 surnames. To date, this country has a total of 6,363 surnames, including 3,730 single family names, 2,475 double family names, 146 three-letter family names, seven four-letter family names and five five-letter family names.
During the development process, many surnames in China have gradually disappeared, until now completely forgotten. Just like the 4 families below, born on the Hoa Ha line, disappearing over time.
1. Tu Mon surname
Tu Mon is a double family, different from the existing Do family.
In “Vuong Mang Story” there is a record: “Huu Do Lang is lacking in Do Mon district” (roughly translated: the young master of the Do Mon family, who lives in Do Lang district). In “Traditional customs – Cam unique” also shows that the country of Qin has a character named Do Mon Cao. It can be said that the Tu Mon family really existed in Chinese history.
Legend has it that, during the Han Dynasty, there was an official named Tu Mon, but after offending the Emperor, this mandarin was demoted to a commoner. To continue living, he had to work as a butcher.
Because of the business mind, the butcher shop is growing, from a small shop to a big flea market. Nowadays, Tu Mon is also the name of a famous meat market in China.
However, because people with the surname Tu Mon were very few, they could not develop into a large family. According to historical development, the descendants of Tu Mon felt that this family name was too fishy (the word “tu” in Chinese means slaughter and slaughter), so they changed it to another family name. Later, the Tu Mon family also gradually disappeared.
2. Last name Le
The surname Le is a special case in the Chinese surname system. The script of this family is a combination of 3 sets of “dao” (刕 has the pronunciation /li/), converted to Sino-Vietnamese sound is Le, different from the Le family (黎) that we often hear.
In the book “Bach Gia Tinh” there is no record of the Le family having 3 sets of “knife”, but “Thien Gia Tinh” does.
Accordingly, according to legend, the Le family originates from the Dao family. Initially, a man named Dao Quy had many enemies in the country of Thuc, so his descendants were extremely afraid of retaliation. There is no other way, the descendants can only change the Dao family name to the Le family name to avoid the consequences of killing their descendants.
But, the enemy of Kieu Quy never came, so the grudges also faded over the years. In the end, the Le family name was once again changed to the Dao family name, from which the Le surname also disappeared. Although it was only for a short time, the Le surname really did exist.
3. Thao Thiet surname
It is known that Thao Thiet is a divine beast in ancient myths, described as a fierce beast, with great power, very greedy, eats whatever you see, is a symbol of greed and lust. .
In the “Son Hai Kinh” it is described: In Cau Ngo mountain, on many pearls, under many fields, there is a fierce beast named Thao Thiet, the shape of a goat body, a human face, eyes under the armpits, teeth like tigers, fingernails like feet. people, cries like children’s voices.
In fact, the surname Thao Thiet is derived from the surname Tieu. At that time, Emperor Wu’s eighth son, Tieu Ky, failed to compete for the throne with Crown Prince Tieu Dich, then was beheaded in the gorge. After ascending the throne, Tieu Dich gave the Tieu Ky family the name Thao Thiet. In fact, this is a punishment of Tieu Dich for Tieu Ky, so that descendants will later bear the blame for the mistakes of their ancestors.
However, after the death of the Liang Dynasty, the people surnamed Thao Thiet in turn changed to another surname, and at the same time did not return to the Tieu family. From then on, the Thao Thiet surname completely disappeared.
4. They Succeed
We all know, “success” is a noun, expressing the meaning of glorious achievement that everyone wants to own. But Thanh Cong is also a surname in Chinese history, mainly to pay tribute to the story of Xia Yu ruling the water. He was a legendary Emperor in ancient China, famous for his anti-floods, establishing a hereditary system in China by establishing the Xia Dynasty.
Legend has it that because of his dedication to solving the flood in the Yellow River, he did not return home for a very long time. Just got married, said goodbye to his wife to go to do big things.
During the time of water treatment, he passed by his house three times but never visited his family. He missed the moment when his wife gave birth to a child, and not long after he heard his wife talking to the child as he passed in front of the house. Because the flood situation at that time was extremely dangerous, he could not ignore it.
After Ha Vu successfully ruled the water, his descendants thanked him by calling his family by the surname Thanh Cong. But up to now, this family name has completely disappeared, leaving a deep feature in the flow of history.