薛氏圖騰釋義

【釋義】 薛為草名。即賴蒿。一種水生的蒿草。薛字字形從草、從丘、從辛。

【起源】 黃帝的小兒子禹陽的 12 世孫奚仲，創造車，在夏禹時任車正，被封於薛（今山東滕縣），建立薛國，後曾一度遷邳，其裔孫成，徙國於摯，更號摯國。周武王滅商後，復封成的後裔為薛侯，建立薛國。薛國於春秋後期遷至下邳（今江蘇邳縣），至戰國時為齊國所滅，公子登到楚國做官，以原國名為氏，就是薛氏。

• 得姓始祖： 奚仲（造車鼻祖）

• 始祖地： 山東滕州、江蘇邳州

• 郡望堂號： 河東、新蔡、北平；忠諫堂

• 當今排序／人口： 第 78 位／約 347 萬

• 宋版百家姓排序： 第 68 位

• 現存家譜： 106 部

Interpretation of the Xue (薛) Clan Totem

Definition of the Character: "薛" (Xue) is the name of a plant, specifically known as Laihao (marsh sagebrush). It is a type of aquatic mugwort. The structure of the character is composed of the radicals for "Grass" (艹), "Hill" (丘), and "Bitter/Labor" (辛).

Origin: Xi Zhong, a 12th-generation descendant of Yu Yang (the youngest son of the Yellow Emperor), is credited with the invention of the chariot. During the Xia Dynasty, he served as the Chezheng (Minister of Chariots) and was enfeoffed at Xue (modern-day Tengzhou, Shandong), where he established the State of Xue. The capital was later moved to Pi. His descendant, Cheng, moved the state to Zhi and renamed it the State of Zhi. After King Wu of Zhou defeated the Shang, he re-enfeoffed Cheng’s descendants as the Marquises of Xue. During the late Spring and Autumn period, the state moved to Xiapi (modern-day Pi County, Jiangsu). In the Warring States period, it was finally conquered by the State of Qi. Prince Deng of Xue went to serve as an official in the State of Chu and adopted the name of his former state as his surname.

• Ancestral Founder: Xi Zhong (The Progenitor of Chariot-making)

• Ancestral Homelands: Tengzhou (Shandong); Pizhou (Jiangsu)

• Prefectural Seats and Hall Names: Hedong, Xincai, Beiping; Zhongjian Hall

• Current Rank / Population: 78th most common / Approx. 3.47 million

• Song Dynasty "Hundred Family Surnames" Rank: 68th

• Extant Genealogies: 106 volumes