在上古时代,姓和氏不是一回事,氏是从姓那儿派生出来的。从秦代开始,姓氏开始合二为一。现在我们中国人的姓,大部分是从几千年前代代相传下来的。考其来历,大致可分为12种类别:1.以姓为氏。姓作为氏族公社时期氏族部落的标志符号而产生,其后人有的便直接承袭为氏。母权制氏族社会以母亲为姓,所以那时许多姓都是女字旁。如:姬、姜、姒、姚等。 In ancient times, surnames and is not the same thing, from the surname was derived from that. From the Qin Dynasty, the surname began to merge into one. Now, most of our Chinese surnames are handed down from generation to generation thousands of years ago. The origin of the test, can be broadly divided into 12 categories: 1. Surname as clan commune during the tribal clan symbols generated, followed by some people will be directly inherited as. Matriarchal clan society as a mother, so many surnames are next to the word. Such as: Ji, ginger, 姒, Yao and so on.