Yao-Shun-Yu are considered the first three emperors of the Huaxia civilization, the Sima family during the Western Jin period, the Tuoba family during the Northern and Southern dynasties, and the Aixin Giac La family during the Qing dynasty…
Throughout China’s history, how many Emperors do you know?
It is not uncommon for the large families mentioned above to have many Emperors, holding supreme power.
In the book Thien Gia Tinh, China at that time had nearly 1,200 families, of which 55 were emperors.
The Sima family name appeared earliest in Western Zhou, and did not exist from the beginning, but developed from an official position.
The first was a military official in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and this official was called Sima, after this official’s family used Sima as their surname.
Second, initially Sima came from the Tran or Dien family, then because people in the clan held the position of Sima official, he took this position as his family name.
Third, the Sima family name developed from the Co family name – considered the origin of Chinese family names, appearing from the first stage when Huaxia people began to have the concept of family names.
Fourth, the Sima family originates from the Mi branch of the Mi Nguyet family.
Fifth, in the past, there was a man named Vuong Dao who changed his family’s family name to Sima to escape the disaster of killing himself.
The sixth explanation receives the most consensus.
In fact, the history of dominating the country that the Sima family once recorded was the country established after the death of Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period.
The Sima family took over the power of the Wei Kingdom.
During the Three Kingdoms period, many heroic characters appeared.
After the formation of the Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu), talented people from other countries also passed away one after another, and there were no more talented figures who could turn the world around like Zhuge Liang.
Cao Pi (son of Cao Cao) ascended the throne as consul of Wei and was considered a quite talented Emperor in the Three Kingdoms at that time.
This became a reality when it came to Sima Zhao’s time.
But Western Jin did not last long, a total of more than 100 years.
The Sima family had a population of less than 30 thousand people and had 15 Emperors.
What makes people surprised is that in addition to having many Emperors, Sima Thi was also a lineage that gave birth to countless talented people.
It can be said that from ancient Chinese dynasties to the present, every official position in the royal court has a member of the Sima family.
Source: Sina