王姓是一个源头众多、族派纷繁的姓氏。以汉族来说,有的是周文王的后代,有的是虞舜的子孙,有的则是殷商比干的后代。后来不但许多外族不约而同地改姓了这个汉姓,而且还有一些人也被赐姓为王,譬如,《汉书》上就曾提出,燕王丹之玄孙嘉,曾被王莽赐姓王氏;来自西域胡支氏的王世充也冒姓王。这么一来,姓王的人想要从姓氏上去追溯自己的血统,就几乎是不可能的事了。 Wang surname is a source of numerous, tribal faction surnames. For the Han nationality, some are the descendants of the Zhou Wen king, some are the descendants of Yu Shun, while others are the descendants of the Shang dynasty. Later, not only many foreign nationals invariably surnamed the surname of the surname, but also some people have also been surnamed Wang, for example, “Han” had put forward, Yan Wang Dan Xuan Sun Jia, Wang Wang Wang was given surname; from the Western Regions Hu Shi’s Wang Shichong also surnamed Wang. In this way, it is almost impossible for a man named Wang to trace his own descent from the surname.