“姓”字是由“女”字和“生”字组成的,《说文解字》解释为:“人所生也。”远古人类只知其母不知其父,姓就代表了一个人的母系血统,一个始祖母所生的后代即为同姓。所以,“姓”体现着母系社会的特征。远古的人们把氏族繁衍的功劳归于某种神秘的力量。比如,在周人的传说中,他们的始祖母姜螈因踩了熊的脚印而生了后稷,因此周人以熊为图腾,并姓子,“子”就是卵或蛋的意思。 “Surname ” character is composed of “Female ” and “生 ” word, “Explain Word” is interpreted as: “Ancient people also. ” The father and the surname represent the matriarchal descent of a person, and the descendants born of an ancestor mother are the same surnames. Therefore, “surname ” reflects the characteristics of matriarchal society. Ancient people attributed the power of the clan to some mysterious power. For example, in the legend of the Zhou people, their grandmother, Jiang Jiang, had stepped on the footprints of the bear and posed Houji. Therefore, the Zhou people use the bear as a totem and the surname, “Zi” is the meaning of an egg or an egg .