The surname is a symbol of a blood family, and if you look for its roots, you can trace it back to the matriarchal clan system of primitive human society. Because of this, many ancient surnames in China are next to or at the bottom of the female character, and the eight major surnames in the ancient period: Ji, Yao, Concubine, Concubine, Jiang, 嬴, 姞, and 妘, are the most prominent representatives.
Now, thousands of years have passed, the number of extant surnames in China has already exceeded the 50,000 mark, in addition to the common hundred family names, there are many "strange" surnames, which are also quietly taking root. Among them, there is an extremely rare surname, which only 5 people in the country have, and their ancestors are still honorable foreign princes.
On the famous Tumen Street in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, there is a "Xu Shi Su Zhai Restaurant" restaurant and an antique shop, and the owner of the two shops is the same, she is Xu Shi Yin'e. Xu Shiyin'e, born in 1975, a native of southern Fujian, according to her father, the surname "Xu Shi" is only their line, counting her three younger brothers, only 5 of them in the country are Xu Shi family. However, Xu Shiyin'e had checked the information, but she unexpectedly found that there was no surname "Xu Shi" on it.
When she was in school, she once asked her father the source of "Xu Shi", but his father always flashed his words, was annoyed by the question, and even yelled at her with a black face. However, when Xu Shiyin'e was 16 years old, her father, who was about to move overseas to inherit the family business, told her the secret of "Xu Shi" before leaving.
It turned out that the ancestors of Xu Shiyin'e were princes of the kingdom of Ceylon (the ancient name of Sri Lanka). According to the "History of Ming", in 1429 AD, the king of Ceylon sent a prince to China with Zheng He's fleet to meet the Ming Emperor and present ceylon's national treasures to show his sincerity.
However, just as the prince was successfully completing his mission and preparing to board a ship in Quanzhou to return to China, a message came from Ceylon: his cousin suddenly launched a coup d'état and led his troops into the palace, not only slaughtered all the royal family members, but also threatened to kill him when he returned home. Only in this way can he sit firmly on the throne and avoid worries.
The homeland has suffered great changes, and the prince of Ceylon, who has no soldiers and no relatives, has been unable to return to China, and his only way to survive is to change his appearance. Therefore, the prince of Ceylon changed into the costumes of the Chinese people, took the first word of the name "Shi" as a Chinese surname, and settled down in Quanzhou from then on, living a life in anonymity.
Later, when the "Shi" family passed down to the generation of Xu Shiyin'e's grandmother, they encountered the big problem of "no man". In order to pass on the lineage, his grandmother found a man with the surname "Xu" to join the family, so from this generation onwards, the descendants of the family were surnamed "Xu Shi", and then passed it down. Unexpectedly, when Xu Shiyin'e was in her thirties, the tomb of ceylon in Quanzhou was dug up, and in order to protect the family cemetery, Xu Shiyin'e had to stand up and disclose this explosive news.
In 2002, Sri Lankan officials and archaeologists came to Quanzhou, and after paying homage to the Prince of Ceylon, they came to the home of Xu Shiyin'e. After some talking, Xu Shiyin'e, at their gracious invitation, finally decided to return to the "homeland" to see. Later, Sri Lankan officials asked Xu Shiyin'e to return to the palace to live, because after all, she was a princess of a country, which was her right. However, Xu Shiyin'e politely refused, saying that she was Chinese and would not go anywhere.