Chaogui (朝癸里)

From giving and changing surnames. During the period of the Three Kingdoms, after Zhuge Liang settled on "Ai Yi" (Ai Yi is the ethnic group of the ancient Ai Yi Kingdom, the ancestors of the current Dai and Thai ethnic groups, and the present Baoshan Ai Mountain in Yunnan), he gave the surnames of the local minorities Zhao, Zhang, Yang, Li and so on. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Xianpu people had a compound surname of Li Li. After the emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang, the policy of Sinification was implemented, and the Chinese character surname was changed to Li. Li Simo of the Tang Dynasty was originally a Turkic Turk (Eastern Turkic) named Ashnasmo. Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty bestowed his surname on him as Li. Li Jiaqing, originally a spider-sheath clan member, surnamed Ru. His name was Chang. He migrated to Youzhou and was an officer stationed in the north. Because of his military exploits, he was given the surname Li and renamed Jiaqing. Li Guochang, originally a Zhu Xieren (Zhu Xie was the name of the West Turkic tribe in the Tang Dynasty), named Chixin, was the son of Zhu Xie Ruyi, the Shatuo Turkic chief. Because of his merits in defeating the Pang Hsun rebel army, he was given the surname Li and called Guochang. In addition, the Hui, Miao, Zhuang, Yao, Bai, Hao, and Jewish clans all have the surname Li. The large-scale granting of surnames by the Tang Dynasty was a huge turning point for the Li clan.The people who were given the surname are well documented in various historical books.According to "Lu Shi" and "Tang Shu · Prime Minister's Pedigree Table": Xu Clan, Xu Clan, An Clan, Du Clan, Hu Clan, Hong Clan, Guo Clan, Mah Clan, Xianyu Clan, Zhang Clan, Abu Clan, Ah Luo Clan, Sheli Clan, Dong Clan, Roc Clan, Zhu Ye Clan, etc., were all given the surname Li for meritorious service.