The evolution of the Chinese minorities' family names is a fascinating story.

It mirrors the tortuous but remarkable human interaction and integration of minority ethnic groups with the majority group in China over the millennia.

All these ethnic mixing stories in ancient China exemplifies the fact that human history is full of great successes and great failures.

From these stories, it is obvious that whatever one's background and ethnicity, what is important is one's sense of human decency, justice, compassion and open mindedness.