There are six main sources: ① from Ji's surname, later, taking the fief as the surname. According to legend, Yao was sealed in the Tang Dynasty before he proclaimed himself emperor, and later in Tao (now northwest of Dingtao, Shandong Province), so he was called Taotang people. Cried one of his descendants. (2) from the discipline, after out, with professional life as the surname. Before Yao became a tribal leader, he once lived in the northwest of Dingtao, Shandong Province, and made pottery as his profession. His place is called Tao Qiu. Some of Yao's descendants took their ancestors' professional names as surnames, forming the Tao family. ③ Take occupation as the surname. Among the seven clans of Shang Dynasty, there are pottery, all of which are professionals who cultivate. After the Spring and Autumn Period, people engaged in pottery making also took "Tao" as their surname. (4) From the surname of Yu, after Yu Shun, the official is the surname. Sun, the descendant of Shun, was an official and was in charge of the production of pottery. His descendants were all named after their ancestors' official positions and called pottery. ⑤ From the surname of Tang, he changed his surname to Tao because he avoided the emperor. According to Biography of the History of Song Dynasty and Biography of Gu Tao, the surname of Song Yuan was Tang, and later it was changed to Tao to avoid the name of Shi Jingtang, the ancestor of Jin Dynasty. His descendants handed down the surname Tao, forming a branch of Tao. 6 from other ethnic groups and ethnic minorities. For example, Manchu, Tuo and Luoshi, Daur Tuqin and Gulong, and Xibe Tokur are all pottery. The Bai, Dai, Jing, Miao, Yao, Yi, Bulang, Mongolian, Hui and other ethnic groups all have Tao surnames. Ancestor: Tang Yao. Migration: Tao surname, ancestral home in Dingtao, Shandong. Before the Zhou Dynasty, Tao's surname was invisible in history books. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the first person who went down in history appeared, that is, Ying Tao, a woman handed down from generation to generation with salvation. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Tao's surname gradually moved southward to the present Lankao area in Henan Province, and then developed, forming Jiyang County, the county with the largest Tao's surname in history. In the Western Han Dynasty, there were Taoshe and an official in Chang 'an, and Taoqing was publicly sealed, and later generations inherited their duties and lived in the local area. During the Han Dynasty, people surnamed Tao gradually moved south to Jiangsu and Anhui and settled in Jiangnan. For example, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hou from Xuzhou and Liyang were all from Danyang (now Xuancheng, Anhui). During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the gentry of the Central Plains moved southward, and Tao surnames from Henan and Shandong began to move southward to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Tao surnames from northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui also crossed the river to enter Zhejiang and Jiangxi. During this period, many famous Taoists emerged in the south of the Yangtze River, such as A Shizhong, the Taiwei of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Tao Kan, a native of Poyang (now Boyang, Jiangxi). Later, he moved to Xunyang Chaisang (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi), and the famous poet Tao Yuanming was his great-grandson. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Xiaochang Xiang Tao Zhenbao and Jin 'an Hou Longtao were both from Moling (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). After continuous reproduction, Dow has formed a huge family and prosperous descendants. Therefore, the Tao surname of later generations took Danyang and Xunyang as county names. Before the Song Dynasty, the development of Tao surname was based on the above two places, and slowly spread to the whole south of the Yangtze River, and a branch of Tao surname entered Hunan. In the Song Dynasty, Tao surname was developed in the north, and it was found in Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and Hebei. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, smoke filled the south of the Yangtze River, and Dow spread to Hunan, Hubei, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. In the early Ming Dynasty, Tao, as one of the surnames of Sophora japonica in Hongdong, migrated to Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Beijing and other places, while the Tao surnames of Hunan and Hubei filled the migration wave in Sichuan with Huguang, entered Sichuan and then migrated to Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. In the Qing Dynasty, Tao's surname had spread all over the country, and some people crossed the sea to Taiwan Province and then moved overseas. Most of the Taos in Taiwan Province Province immigrated from Fujian in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. At present, the Tao surname is the majority in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai provinces, and the population of Tao surname ranks 106 in the country. County Appearance: Jiyang County is located in the Han Dynasty, northeast of Lankao, Henan Province, and west of Jiyang County. Located in Jiyang (now Dingtao, Shandong Province), its jurisdiction is equivalent to the east of Lankao, Henan Province and the south of Dongming, Shandong Province. Move south and then abandon. Danyang County is located in Danyang (Yang) County, where Wanling is located (northeast of dangtu county, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province). Tang merged into Dangtu. Looking for Yang in Xunyang County. Jiujiang in the Tang Dynasty is now Xunyang County, and Jiangzhou was once Xunyang County. Governance in Xunyang (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi). Tang Nuo. Tao Yuanming, a poet in Wuliutang of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is a latent and bright figure in Xunyang Chai Sang. He once offered wine in Jiangzhou and joined the army in Zhenjun and Peng. He resigned and retired due to social unrest and political corruption. There is Wuliu near the house, calling himself Mr Wuliu and writing a biography of Mr Wuliu. Other hall numbers: ① Tangwang County: Jiyang, Danyang and Xunyang. ② ZilitangNo.: Love chrysanthemum, keep yin, be loyal and filial. Word generation: Tao Hunan Ningxiang Word generation: He Yue elite Chun Houxi, Zhong Zukai's successor Junwei, Changming eternal glory, Gui Xian Gan Kun Rui Yingde, the prosperity and beauty of the reformists, and their help to future generations. The Taoists in Luzhai, Guangxi celebrate the whole family, and their descendants will prosper from generation to generation. Taobei in Liuyang, Hunan: Shideke, Jiurong, Good Talent, Harmony for the Country, Jia Qiang. The Tao Dynasty in Wuhan, Hubei Province: Qi Maoming defended morality, and Wei Hongjia corrected the word. Anhui Changfeng pottery ci generation: there is celebration in the biography of virtue, and there is a strong sense of novelty and ambition. The Tao family in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province: Shang Yunchang, who was summoned by Yingxian County to learn Mao Confucianism. The generation of pottery ci in Suining, Sichuan: the court obeyed, the country wrote, the tin learned, and the world prospered. The Taoists in Suihua, Heilongjiang Province: Wen Chong believed deeply, and was handed down from generation to generation, learning to think and learn Tao for thousands of years. Dow in Weihai, Shandong: Jiachuan Zunjunze, Lun Qi Xian Jiasheng, Wei Siguang and Zhibao City. Celebrity: Ying Tao, a virtuous woman in the Spring and Autumn Period. Lu, the daughter of Taomen, whose native place is unknown, was widowed at a young age and raised young orphans. Taking textile as an industry, Lu people heard about it, wanted to get married, and the baby heard about it, so they wrote "Song of Huang Gu" to show it. Read women's biographies here. Tao Qian (132- 194) was a general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The word Gong Zu. Danyang (Dangtu East, Anhui) people. When Emperor Han Ling was appointed as the secretariat of Xuzhou, he was once a member of the Yellow Scarf Uprising Army. Later, he worked as a shepherd in Xuzhou, now southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu. /kloc-in 0/93, Cao Cao was attacked and killed by his department because of his father. In the name of revenge, he entered Pengcheng (north of Xuzhou, Jiangsu) and the two armies fought. Cao Jun killed hundreds of thousands of men and women in Surabaya and was defeated in Tancheng. Unable to attack Tan, we turned to Suiling and other places. /kloc-in 0/94, Cao Jun attacked again and occupied Langya and the East China Sea. He was about to retire from Danyang, but due to the rebellion in Zhang Miao, Cao Jun returned to Yanzhou. He died soon. Tao Kan (259-334) was a general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The word scholar was born in Xunyang, Lujiang, Eastern Jin Dynasty (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi). Young and lonely. At the beginning, he was a county magistrate, and later he raised Lian Xiao. He was appreciated by Zhang Hua as a doctor and gradually rose to the rank of general. Farmers in Jingxiang area of the town revolted and were promoted to Jingzhou secretariat. Because of Wang Dun's jealousy, he was demoted to Guangzhou secretariat. I have nothing to do in this state. I transport hundreds of bottles (bricks) outside the house early every day and move back to the house at night to learn inspiration. Wang Dun was defeated, Jingzhou returned, and General Xi was recruited. In the third year of Xianhe (328), Soviet troops rebelled. He rose up and marched eastward, and was promoted to the leader by Wen Qiao and others. After the chaos, he was promoted to Shi Zhong and Qiu and renamed Changsha Gong. Later, he was the secretariat of Jiangzhou and the commander of Bazhou Military Region. Give fu after death. Forty-one years in the army, diligent in official duties, brave and good at judging. We advocate cherishing "dividing the yin" and oppose "escaping and getting drunk, life is useless to the time, and death is unknown to the future". And good at writing, far and near books sparse, so we have to answer in person, writing like a flow, never stopped. There are two volumes of Sui Shu Jing Ji Zhi, which have been lost. Today, there is an abdication table, and the remaining one, Xiangfeng Fu, which is contained in the Collection of Literature and Art.. Tao Yuanming (365-427) was a poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The word is clear, the name is hidden, the word is deep and clear, and the world number is Mr. Jingjie. Xunyang Chaisang (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi) was born. From the declining aristocracy. When I first served as a wine festival in Jiangzhou, I resigned and went home because I was dissatisfied with the filth of officialdom. Later, he joined the army in Zhenjun and Jianwei. Forty-one-year-old Peng, after only eighty days, resolutely retired because he did not want to cooperate with the gentry society. After arriving in Yixi, he was appointed Zuo Lang for this job, so he didn't. Now there are more than 120 poems and more than 10 articles. These works reveal the contradiction between the poet's political ideal of "helping the poor" and the gentry society of "rejuvenating the society with great falsehood", attack the political darkness and the cruelty of the rulers at that time, and express the poet's full of grief and anger and the "King Kong glare" type of struggle. So Gong Zizhen said, "I don't believe that poets are plain, and Fu Liang is a bit coquettish." Mr. Lu Xun also said, "Tao Qian is great because he is not" all quiet ". Reading the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Jingwei Biting the Micro-wood, Ode to Jing Ke, Narrating Wine, A Long History of Giving Sheep, Antique, Drinking, Fu of Not Meeting the Sensible, etc. Because he lived in seclusion in the countryside for a long time, devoted himself to farming, was close to farmers and lived in poverty, he could sincerely praise labor and simple rural life, which was just the opposite of his dirty official career. Representative works in this field include Gui Xi Ci, Gui Yuan Ju, Harvest of Early Rice in September in Geng Xu, Migration, etc. Among them, Peach Blossom Garden Poetry is a summary of his long-term rural life. The paradise in the Autumn Harvest King Tax embodies the poet's ideal and reflects his strong dissatisfaction with the dark reality. But this is just a utopia after all, branded as "a small country with few people" by Laozi. In addition, his works also promote negative thoughts such as happiness and peace of mind. Shi Tao's artistic achievements are very high. He summed up the fine tradition of five-character ancient poems since the Han and Wei Dynasties, highly developed the sketching techniques of ancient folk songs, and was good at expressing his deep feelings with simple, natural and extremely refined language and seemingly ordinary and intriguing images, forming a unique style of simplicity, nature and meaningful charm. His prose also swept away the beautiful and magnificent style of writing since the Western Jin Dynasty, drifting away from the painting. " It flows from the heart, but there is no chisel mark "("Cold Zhai Night Talk "cited by Li). Due to the proliferation of formalism literature, Tao Yuanming had little influence in the Six Dynasties. Wen Xin Diao Long said nothing about him, and Shi Pin only listed him as a "domestic product". However, after the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Su Shi, Xin Qiji, Lu You and Huang Zunxian in the late Qing Dynasty all worshipped him very much and were influenced by him to varying degrees. There is a collection of Tao Yuanming handed down from generation to generation. Tao Hongjing (456-536) was a Taoist thinker, doctor and writer in the Southern Dynasties. Word bright, secluded in Danyang Moling (now Nanjing) Huayang. At the age of ten, I read Ge Hong's Biography of Immortals and studied it day and night, which shows that I have the ambition to keep fit. My father was killed by my concubine, so he never got married. I have read more than 10 thousand books and know nothing. I am ashamed. Song and Song Dynasties were invited to work for the imperial court, and Qi's was a general in Zuo Wei Hall. In the tenth year of Yongming (492), he resigned and lived in seclusion in Qushan (Maoshan). After Liang Wudi acceded to the throne, he could not be hired by courtesy. However, every time there was an important event in the imperial court, he often asked for advice and was called "the Prime Minister in the Mountain". Mr. Bai Zhen died. Good at Taoism, love mountains and rivers, good at piano and chess, good at calligraphy, proficient in medicine and good at parallel prose. His poems are famous for Zhao Wenhe Fu Answering Poems in the Mountains and Cold Night's Complaints. The original collection has been lost. The Ming Dynasty compiled the Collection of Tao's Seclusion. There are other books, such as Zhen Patent, Notes on Materia Medica, Buque Elbow 10 1 Fang. Tao An (1315-1371), Chen Ming. God respects this word. Anhui Taiping (Dangtu, Anhui) people. "Ming History" contains its "less sensitivity and understanding, more knowledge and history, especially good at Yi". Juren at the end of Yuan Dynasty. Later, he led the elders to welcome Taizu into peace, and granted Zuo Yuanwailang to stay in the shogunate. Know Huangzhou (Huanggang, Hubei) and rent wide folk music. In the first year of Wu (1367), imperial academy was a bachelor, president of the system, and made laws with Li. At the beginning of Wu Hong's life, he ordered the production of imperial edicts and the study of national history. There is a collection of Taoist bachelors. Tao (13 16-? ), a writer in the early Ming Dynasty. The word 90% is wrong, Nancun. Zhejiang huangyan people. Live in Songjiang. At the end of Yuan Dynasty, he gave up his ambition because he was not the top scholar. Work articles, especially deliberate calligraphy. In the first area of the pro-agricultural park, I amused myself with pen and ink. I often take notes from leaves and keep them in flowerpots. The Record of Dropping out of Farming, compiled in ten years, records many regulations, anecdotes, cultural relics and deeds of the peasant army at the end of Yuan Dynasty, and also talks about novels, plays, paintings and poems, which has high academic value. He was an instructor in the early Ming Dynasty. In addition, he is also the author of Book History Society, Four Books and Poems of Nancun. And compiled the novel notes of predecessors into "Shuo Qi". Tao Shu (1779- 1839), minister of the Qing dynasty. The word Ting Yun is from Anhua, Hunan. Li Guan, a Jiaqing Jinshi, was appointed as the Governor of Anhui and Jiangsu and the Governor of Liangjiang. During the Daoguang period, he managed lakes and rivers in Anhui, planned water conservancy in Taihu Lake and dredged Haikou. Maritime grain pilot, the eight statutes of Shanghai Games; We also managed Huainan's salt policy and vigorously rectified the reform. Fifteen things have achieved remarkable results. He is the author of Shu Shu, Poetry Collection, Shu Diary, Chronicle of Tao Huangong, Notes on Tao Yuanming's Poems, etc. Daoguang died in nineteen years. Stone. Tao (1878- 19 12) was a modern democratic revolutionary. The word Huanqing comes from Shaoxing, Zhejiang. In his early years, he aspired to the anti-Qing revolution and twice went to Beijing to assassinate Empress Dowager Cixi, all of which failed. After studying in Japan, he participated in the founding of Guangfu Association and Shaoxing Datong Normal School. Guangxu joined the League in the 33rd year (1907). The following year, he was the editor-in-chief of People's Daily. In the second year of Xuantong (19 10), due to disagreement with Sun Yat-sen, the Guangfu Association was established in Tokyo as the vice president and split from the League. After Wuchang Uprising, he returned to China and served as a senator of Zhejiang military government. After being assassinated. There are National History of China and Brief Case of Zhejiang. Other Tao names are Tao Yu, the general of the Western Jin Dynasty; Tao Zhen, general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty; Han Tao, a poet in Tang Dynasty; Tao Shouli, a painter of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties; Tao Yue, Minister of Song Dynasty, Bi Tao, Poet, Painter of Ceramic Art; Tao Fuheng, a poet in the early Yuan Dynasty; Ming Dynasty painter Tao Cheng; Qing Dynasty poets Tao Shan and Tao Yu, poet Tao Shu, painter Fu Tao, painters Tao Ke, Tao Ke, Fu Tao, etc. Modern Daoists include revolutionary Tao Zhu, PLA general Tao Yong, patriotic general Tao Zhiyue, Kuomintang bigwig Tao Xisheng, educator Tao Xingzhi, ethnologist Tao Yunkui, economist Tao Dayong, sociologist Tao, meteorologist Tao Shiyan, Quyi researcher Tao Chong, painter Tao Jin, film actor Tao Xian-ting and Peking Opera actor Tao Xian-ting.