"Eight ancient surnames."

"Wow, I didn't expect that the surname has such profound knowledge."

"Sure enough, Professor Huang's hundred surnames are not simple."

When it came out of ancient times, not only the audience was shocked, but also the friends in front of the TV were also shocked by the history of the "Eight Ancient Surnames".

"So, let's talk about the Ji surname among the eight major surnames. Everyone may be familiar with the Ji surname. Huangdi is named Ji Xuanyuan. So, why is Huangdi Ji surnamed Ji? Everyone, you may think this is a difficult question to answer. Just like my surname Kong, someone asked me, why is my surname Kong? In fact, this question is also easy to answer, because my father's surname is Kong, so my surname is Kong."

This answer made everyone laugh: "Similarly, why did Huangdi's surname Ji? Because his father's surname is Ji. However, after asking this question, I want to ask another question, then, why is his father's surname Ji..."

Everyone laughed again.

"In fact, this problem is not a brain teaser, just like the world's first university teacher who taught a university must have never been to university. The first one in the world who had a surname must have no surname. Therefore, the surname was born on a certain basis. This reason is because Huangdi was born in Jishui, so Huangdi and the ancestors of the tribe at that time both had surnames Ji."

"So, what about the Jiang surname? Who will you think of in history? There is a relatively famous person in history whose surname is Jiang. His name is Jiang Shang, also known as Jiang Ziya. He was the founding prime minister of the Zhou Dynasty. However, earlier than Jiang Shang, there was another person's surname Jiang. This person was Yan Emperor. Yan Emperor was born in the Jiangshui area, so Yan Emperor had the same surname as the tribes at that time."

"As for the other surnames Ying and Yao... these surnames actually have a lot to do with our human ancestors."

Kong Shujun was fully prepared and said in one breath that he was about to come down. The audience in front of the TV only felt that a new world was opened. Not only did they learn about the inheritance of the Baijia surname from Kong Shujun, but they also learned about the cultural activities of human ancestors in ancient times through the Baijia surname.

Needless to say, when Kong Shujun talked about the eight ancient surnames, the ratings of the Baijia Forum were rising rapidly.

Of course, the culture of surnames has not been finished.

Not only did he not finish speaking, but in fact, Kong Shujun only spoke a little bit. After a few seconds, after everyone digested it, Kong Shujun continued to speak: "I talked about surnames before. After talking about surnames, then let's talk about clans. What is clan? Many people may know about surnames, because we all have surnames. Although we cannot fully understand the inheritance and history of surnames, we finally know what the surname is. However, people may not have heard much about clans, or they simply don't know."

A surname is a complete system, so in the surname system, it should have a surname and a clan. To fully understand the entire surname, you should know what the surname is and what the clan is.

Before, Kong Shujun talked about his surname, and many listeners had a rough understanding of the surname. When talking about the surname again, they became completely unaware of the surname. Just as Kong Shujun said, they only knew the surname, but they didn’t know at all. However, it was precisely because of this unknown, which attracted them extremely.

Surnames and surnames are closely related to our surnames. I am afraid that anyone is extremely interested in surnames.

Therefore, when we talked about this, the ratings of the Baijia Forum increased by 10%.

Of course, Kong Shujun in the lecture was not aware of ratings and other things. However, even if he didn't know, he understood that the audience must be very interested in "Shi". Just like him, even as a dignified professor, he once showed any academic enthusiasm for the surname system when he was studying surnames.

Kong Shujun didn't know why it was.

If you have to find one reason, it is the surname culture that has lasted thousands of years.

Although many people have not studied the surname culture, the surname culture has been passed down for thousands of years. Even though many people don’t know how their surnames come from, they have always had an incomparable sense of identity and even pride for their surnames.

"It doesn't matter what the clan is before. Although we basically no longer use clans now, we can still see the clans from many ancient books or some pre-Qin figures. Take Huangdi as an example. When many historical documents introduce Huangdi, they will say that Huangdi's surname is Ji and his name is Xuanyuan. The clan in Xuanyuan is the clan we are going to talk about. So, what is clan? Clan is actually a branch of the clan, or it can be said to be a clan."

Speaking of this, an audience member who didn't understand stood up and asked, "Professor Kong, I still don't understand. You said that clan is a kind of surname, but at that time, there was already a surname, why do you still need clans? Just like us, it's enough for us to have a surname now, and it doesn't matter whether or not clans have one."

Regarding the student's question, Kong Shujun nodded and said, "Student, you asked your question very well, which is exactly what I want to say. As this student said, since you have a surname, why do you still need a clan? Since clan is also a kind of surname, do you have to give a small surname in the surname?"

"Of course, for modern us, of course, we don't need it. We only have a surname. However, for the age of ancient times, it was very necessary. And this necessity is still something we have to start with the matriarchal society."

Surname culture is not just surname culture.

The emergence of surname culture was also closely related to the social environment at that time.

Understanding surnames not only allows us to follow the roots and ask about our ancestors, but also allows us to understand the changes in the social environment in ancient times.

"The early tribes were maintained through matriarchal society. Such a time was passed down for many years, and it was not possible to know the specific years. However, when productivity was improved, when traditional hoe farming agriculture transitioned to plow farming, strong men were freed from relying on matriarchal society and became a patriarchal society dominated by patriarchal authority.
Chapter completed!