A Comprehensive History of Chinese Surnames. Zhou Surname (Illustrated Edition)

Author: Wang Daliang, Li Qiongying
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: The origin of the Zhou surname has two sources: First, Ji Lie, the son of King Ping of the Zhou Dynasty, was enfeoffed in Runan, where the locals called him Zhou Jia. Thus, his descendants adopted Zhou as their surname. Second, Zhou Chang, a legendary general under the Yellow Emperor, also had descendants who took Zhou as their surname. The ancestors of the Zhou surname are Ji and Zhou Chang. The ancestral seats of the Zhou surname include Runan, Luijiang, Xunyang, Linchuan, Chenliu, Peiguo, Tai Shan, and Henan.
This book aims to organize the civilization of the Zhou surname and clarify its origins. It is an illustrated comprehensive history that includes numerous exquisite illustrations related to the ancestors, figures, ancestral seats, artifacts, documents, famous scenic spots, and historical sites of the surname. It should be noted that some illustrations do not correspond one-to-one with the text, hence the name "illustrated book" rather than "illustrated commentary."