China has been a country of etiquette since ancient times, when asking for other people's names, in order not to arouse the other party's disgust, we will say: Your surname? Then the other party will reply like this: I am exempt from your surname.
In fact, we are all ordinary people, and the main purpose is to bring the relationship between the interrogator and the interrogator closer. All over the country, the frequency of this sentence is very high, but many people do not know that in the past, there were three surnames when others asked you your surname, and it was not necessary to say that it was not expensive.
The first is the national surname. It is the surname of the emperor of the dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, Li was the national surname, and in the Qing Dynasty, Ai Xin Jue luo was the national surname, so why can't those who have the national surname say that they are exempt from the nobility? As I mentioned earlier, to be free of money is to be disrespectful. Many emperors will change the names of their brothers and emperors after ascending the throne, which can be homophonous, but not the same word, which shows the importance that the emperor attached to his name in the feudal era.
Then if someone mistakenly says that the emperor's surname is not honorable, this is not good, then there is a fear for life, even if you have not thought of rebellion, the emperor will feel that you are disrespectful and suspect that you are malicious. Therefore, no matter which dynasty you are in, the national surname can not be said to be free of value, and the people of the people are also tacit.
This is followed by the Kong surname. Who will first think of people with the surname Kong? Of course, confucius, the influence of Confucius on China is not clear in three words, the Middle Ages since ancient times attached importance to Confucianism, and Confucianism is also one of the three religions. Confucius and his descendants were all named "Yan Sheng Gong" by the feudal dynasty, and were also worshipped as emperors by the emperors of successive dynasties, so the surname of Kong is also needless to say.
After all, the emperors of all dynasties have respected Kong and Respected Kong, even if the Manchus of the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Kangxi also bowed to Confucius, so as an imperial master, Kong naturally did not have to be called noble, because it was originally a noble surname. Moreover, the ancient Kong surname did not have to pay taxes or servitude, which was the welfare that Confucius left to future generations.
In addition, there is another surname that can be said to be free of honor, that is, the surname Of Zhang, where is it honored? Because the surname Zhang is related to the gods and immortals in the sky, it is said that the Jade Emperor was surnamed Zhang when he was in the folk, and he was known as "Zhang Yuhuang". The Jade Emperor is more honorable than the Emperor of the Human World, because he is in charge of the Three Realms, and even the Emperor of the Human World calls himself "The Son of Heaven", that is, the son of the Jade Emperor, so the surname Of Zhang is more honorable than the national surname.
Many people may have a question, that is, since the Zhang surname is so noble, why is it not the first among the hundred family names? This is because "Hundred Family Names" appeared in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty was surnamed Zhao, so it is understandable that the author wrote Zhao in the first place, but if you really compare the various surnames, the Zhang surname is actually the first of the hundred family names.
Resources:
"Chinese Surname Culture", "Gao Shang Yu Huang Ben Xing Jing"