Zēng's surname comes from two sources:

1, from the surname, descendants of Yu Xia, taking the country name as the surname. According to legend, during the reign of Shun Di, Gun's wife gave birth to Yu because of dream of eating's barley, so Shun Di gave Yu a surname. According to Shi Ben, Compilation of Yuanhe Surnames and Textual Research on Surnames, Yu Xia's fifth Sun Shaokang once sealed his youngest son Qu Lie in a place called "Mountain" in the northwest of Cangshan County, Shandong Province. This house in Shaokang was built by Dr. Sun Yat-sen in Shan State. It has been under attack for nearly two thousand years after Xia, Shang and Wednesday dynasties. It was not until the Spring and Autumn Period that it was destroyed by the State of Ju in 567 BC. At this time, the prince, who suffered from the pain of national subjugation, went to neighboring Lu to be an official. Later, he replaced the original country name "Tan" as his surname. Later, when he entered the city, he said that he left the old city, and he was called Zeng, which has been passed down from generation to generation and has been passed down to this day.

According to relevant information, foreigners or foreign surnames assume surnames, and Tujia, Yi, Miao and Li ethnic minorities all have this surname.

The ancestor of the most popular surname: Qu Lie (Yan Hou). In the period of Emperor Shun in ancient times, Gun's wife gave birth to Yu because she ate coix seed in her dream, and Emperor Shun gave Yu a surname. Shao Kangfu, the fifth grandson of Yu Xia, revived Shi Xia and once sealed his youngest son Qu Lie in the "mountain" land (in the northwest of Cangshan County, Shandong Province). Since then, Zhi has experienced Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, and attacked each other for more than two thousand years. It was not until the Spring and Autumn Period that it was annexed by the State of Ju. At this time, with the pain of national subjugation, the King of Wu of Zhi went out to be an official in neighboring Lu, and his son and grandson took the original country name Zhi as their surname, and then withdrew from the city, saying that they left their old city and called Zeng. Qu Lie became the ancestor of Zeng.

Second, the distribution of immigrants.

Zeng's surname originated in the northwest of Cangshan County, Shandong Province. In the pre-Qin period, the great descendants who fled to Lu were officials in Lu, and that's how they survived. At the same time, it spread to surrounding areas, making Zeng clan people spread all over Shandong, Hebei and other places. During the Qin and Han dynasties, people surnamed Zeng were always called "dutiful sons" and respected as "saints" by feudal rulers, which made them famous and prosperous. Sun Zengle, the eldest son of Zeng Shen, was a county magistrate in Shanyin, Western Han Dynasty, and Huan, the son of Zeng Le, had two sons: Xu Heguang. The fourth generation of Guang hoped to build a house for Fufeng (now southeast of Xingping City, Shaanxi Province), and his second son Yu Hechang moved to Jizhou (now Jixian County, Hebei Province) and Qingzhou (now northeast of Zibo City, Shandong Province) respectively. According to Zeng Baozhi's grandson, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, in order to avoid Wang Mang's rebellion, 1000 clan members moved from Shandong to Jiyang Township in Luling County (southwest of Ji 'an City, Jiangxi Province), which was an auspicious home. There were two sons: Chen and Wang Yi. Zeng Shen, the fifth grandson, Zeng Shen, had three sons: Jue, Lao and Lu. I live in Nanfeng, Fuzhou (east of Guangchang County, Jiangxi Province), which is a house in Fuzhou (west of Linchuan City, Jiangxi Province). Sun Zengzhen, the 10th Sun Zengzhen, once explained, suddenly moved to Shaozhou (now the south of Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province) to avoid chaos. His son Zeng Yong moved to Qianzhou (now Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province), and the 11th Sun Zengzong moved to Jiaozhou (now Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province). At this time, before the end of the Han Dynasty, the people of the Zeng family had been migrating constantly, or because of official fatigue or war, and had entered Shandong, Hebei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Guangdong and other provinces respectively. With a large population and wealthy families, several large counties have been formed. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, wars were frequent year after year, and the society was always in turmoil. Coupled with the "Yongjia Rebellion" at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the gentry of the Central Plains moved southward on a large scale, so during this period, Zeng also entered the southern provinces in large numbers. One of them moved to Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), and the others moved to Shujun (now Chengdu, Sichuan), (now Nanchang, Jiangxi) and Wu Jun (now Jiangsu). Therefore, before the Tang Dynasty, Zeng's surname had spread all over the country, celebrities were constantly emerging, and the family power was growing day by day, gradually becoming one of the most famous surnames in China. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, social stability, clan development accelerated, and expansion and diffusion became fashionable. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, some people moved to Fujian. At the end of the Song Dynasty, due to the war and foreign invasion, Zeng moved several times. During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Zeng's surname once spread to various places, and some people spread to Taiwan Province Province and overseas. Today, Zeng has a large population in China, especially in Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangxi and other provinces. The Zeng population in these four provinces accounts for about 66% of the Han population in China. Zeng is ranked 38th in China and16th in Taiwan Province Province, with a large population, accounting for about 0.49% of the Han population in China.

Third, historical celebrities.

Zeng Dian: Zi, also known as Zeng, was born in Wucheng (now Nanwucheng, Weizhuang Township) in the Spring and Autumn Period. Father of Zeng Shen, one of the seventy-two sages of Confucius. Together with Yan Hui's father Yan and Mencius' father Meng, it was enshrined in the shrine behind the Confucius Temple in Qufu. The Analects of Confucius contains him and Luz, You Ran, Gong Xihua and Confucius sitting together to talk about their personal interests. When he talked about his personal interests, he stopped playing drums and said that he would put on spring clothes in late spring, take five or six like-minded adults and six or seven teenagers to take a bath in the Yihe River, blow on the dance stage and then sing back. After listening to this, Confucius greatly appreciated it, sighed and said, Your thoughts are the same as mine! When Ji Wuzi, the doctor of Lu, died, Ceng Dian mourned for "leaning against the door and singing" and was called a madman in Lu. In 739 (the twenty-seventh year of Tang Kaiyuan), "Su Bo" was posthumously sealed. 1009 (the second year of Song Dazhong Xiangfu) sealed "Laiwu Hou". 1530 (the 9th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty) was renamed as "Zeng Shengren".

Ceng Zi: Zeng Shen was born in Nanwucheng (now Feixian County, Shandong Province) at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. He is a disciple of Confucius and is famous for his filial piety. According to legend, "The University" was written by him, and was called "Zongsheng" by later Confucianism.

Zeng Tan: A native of Quanling in Han Dynasty. Elected as, worship is still. It is common for an official to be tired of being a talented person.

Zeng Yu: the eldest son of Zeng Shen, the grandson of his great parents, was born in Fufeng (now southeast of Xingping, Shaanxi). Worship the official and persuade the doctor.

Zeng Wan: General Han Zhennan led his troops to conquer southern Xinjiang and expand the territory of Nankang County. Later, it was named Nankang Yi Shi.

Ceng Hui: Zeng Qing's grandson, Zeng Qing's second son, once served as an official attendant at Dr. Wu Sanqi, Guanglu, Yin Qing, in the south of the town. imperial academy toasted and served as an imperial consultant.

Ceng Fang: In the Tang Dynasty, he served as the county magistrate of Cheng Xiang. At that time, people were suffering from miasma, and Ceng Fang used drugs to help them. People came to seek medical advice one after another.

Ceng Bu: A native of Nanfeng (now Jiangxi Province) of Jianchang Army in the Northern Song Dynasty, he was a scholar during Jiayou's reign. Participated in Wang Anshi's political reform and served as three secretaries. During Hui Zong's administration, he advocated reconciling the old and the new.

Ceng Yi, a native of Jinjiang, Fujian, was a poet at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty. He can write poetry and prose. He has compiled "Lei Shuo" and compiled a large number of documents about Qi religion into "Tao Shu".

Once upon a time: Ganzhou, Jiangxi, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was sentenced in Jiangxi and Zhejiang. His poetics is Jiangxi School with distinctive style. Lu You once studied poetry from him.

Ceng Gong: a writer of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zigu (10 19- 1083), a native of Nanfeng (now Jiangxi Province), was known as Mr. Nanfeng. Jia You was a scholar who tried to edit and collate historians' books and was praised by Wang Anshi. Prose is plain and soothing, good at narrative reasoning and pays attention to the structure of rules and regulations. It is one of the "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties". Some articles are not full of the conformism of the incumbent at that time, and advocate changing the "degree of legal system" on the premise of "conforming to the wishes of the former king" There is "Yuanfeng Class Draft". In addition, "Longping Collection" is also entitled "Made".

Zeng Lu: a newcomer in the Ming Dynasty, he was eager to learn since childhood, learned from the past and learned from the present, and was famous for his writings. Later, he took the assistant minister of does as a teacher and wrote Daming Ji Li, which spread all over the world.

Zeng Qiong: a native of Futian, Fujian, an outstanding painter in the Ming Dynasty. He is good at drawing portraits, and he is called "looking in the mirror, it looks great". His painting methods were all the rage, and his disciples were numerous and outstanding, so he was called "Chen Bo School" by people at that time.

Zeng: A native of Jiangdu, Jiangsu Province in the Ming Dynasty, he was a scholar during Jiajing period. He once served as assistant minister of Shandong Taishou and Shanxi Taishou Military Department.

Zeng Sheng: Zeng Zhensheng was born in Limeskin, pingshan town, Shenzhen, Guangdong. Participated in the "December 9" Anti-Japanese National Salvation Movement, and was elected as the chairman of the Workers' Anti-Japanese Presidium of Sun Yat-sen University and the chairman of the Guangzhou Anti-Japanese Federation Presidium. 1936 joined China. 1937 worked in the local area before, and later joined the guerrillas and transferred to the army. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, he served as secretary of the Hong Kong Seafarers' Working Committee, minister of trade union organization department, secretary of the CPC Huiyang Baoan Working Committee, chief of the Guangdong Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps, and commander of Dongjiang Column. During the war of liberation, he served as vice president of East China Military and Political University, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Bohai Military Region, deputy commander and commander of Guangdong and Guangxi columns. After the founding of New China, he served as deputy commander of Guangdong Military Region, commander and political commissar of Pearl River Military Division, deputy chief of staff of South China Military Region and first deputy commander of South China Sea Fleet. Member of the Standing Committee of Guangdong Provincial Committee, Third Secretary of Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province and Mayor of Guangzhou, Vice Minister and Minister of Communications of People's Republic of China (PRC), and Consultant of the State Council. 1955 was awarded to Shaojiangjun Street. He has served as a deputy to the First, Second, Third and Fifth National People's Congress, a member of the Fifth the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) and a deputy to the 12th National People's Congress, and was elected as a member of the Central Advisory Committee. He is the author of Memoirs of Zeng Sheng.

Zeng Wendi: Hou Liangren. Astronomy, divination, Huangting and housekeeping books are all-encompassing, especially proficient in geography.

Zeng Zhiyao, Chen Zheng (950- 1007), a native of Nanfeng, was an essayist in the Northern Song Dynasty and the grandfather of Ceng Gong and Ceng Bu. He is the No.1 scholar in Nanfeng since the Northern Song Dynasty. He used to be Liv's master book, Liangzhou's secretary for joining the army, Zuo Lang's works, Zhejiang's transshipment ambassador and Jingxi's transshipment ambassador. I have been called Shouzhou, Thailand, Quanzhou, Jiangsu, Yangzhou and Hubei. The official was a doctor of rites, and later he was appointed as a doctor of official department. During his tenure as an official, Zeng Zhiyao reduced the exorbitant taxes and levies of the people, observed the sufferings of the people, and made a lot of noise wherever he went. In Shouzhou, when everyone left the office, Shouzhou people stayed so many times that they couldn't do it for several days. After that, they quietly left Shouzhou with two soldiers riding alone. Zeng Zhiyao is outspoken and dares to expose people's mistakes. He protested to the doctor Wei Yao that he knew Suzhou and what he did was illegal. Others were afraid to speak, so he was impeached and Wei Yao was dismissed. Therefore, Yao often offended many dignitaries because of his fierce words on the memorial, and was demoted or transferred many times. After his death, he gave advice to doctors and princes and sealed lord protector. Zhi Yao has written a lot in his life, including 30 volumes of Fairy Wings, 80 volumes of Taiji in Guangzhong, 30 volumes of Before Going through the Customs, Yao Ji in Xiao Xi 10, The Collection of Straight Talk 10, and 3 volumes of Chen Wei Yao Ji.

Ceng Gongliang: Zheng Yuezhong is a famous figure in the Northern Song Dynasty. He is a native of Jinjiang, Quanzhou (now Fujian Province), famous for his familiarity with laws and allusions, and once edited General Theory of Jason Wu.

Zeng Guofan: Westernization School and the Leader of Xiang Army in the Late Qing Dynasty. Originally known as Zicheng (1811-1872), the word was Bohan, and its name was Sheng Di. A native of Xiangxiang, Hunan Province, Daoguang Jinshi, once served as a bachelor of cabinet and governor of Liangjiang, and later died of illness in Nanjing. There is The Complete Works of Zeng Zheng Wengong.

Ceng Jize: Zi Jiegang (1839- 1890), the eldest son of Zeng Guofan, was a diplomat in the late Qing Dynasty. He pays attention to current affairs, reads widely and is familiar with western languages. At first, I made up the foreign minister of the household registration department with a shadow, and then I attacked the marquis. Guangxu was appointed ambassador to Britain and France in the fourth year (1878) and ambassador to Russia in 1880. During the Sino-French War, I advocated the war of resistance. 1885, served as the deputy envoy of the naval yamen, and was later appointed as the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War and the Prime Minister's Minister of State. In 1887, he wrote China's Theory of Sleeping First and Waking Later, arguing that "Qiang Bing" takes precedence over "rich countries". Zeng Huimin's posthumous works are collected here.

Ceng Guoquan: Zeng Guofan's younger brother, whose real name is Fu Yuan (1824- 1890), was born with Shu Chun. From 1856, he began to fight the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom army, entered Tianjing (now Nanjing) in 1862, and captured Tianjing in July 1864, and won the title of the first earl. From 65438 to 0866, he served as governor of Hubei Province, and later resigned due to the defeat of Nian Army. Re-use 1875, successively served as the governor of Shaanxi and Shanxi, and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. 1884 was promoted to Governor of Liangjiang.

Zeng Yungan: A native of Yiyang, Hunan Province, a phonologist. He has served as a professor at Northeastern University, Sun Yat-sen University and Hunan University, and is the author of Five Notes on Qieyun, A Textual Study of Yu Mu Gu, and Reading Shangshu.

Fourth, the county hall number

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Lu County: In the Western Han Dynasty, Xue County was changed to Lu State, where it was ruled (now Qufu, Shandong Province). It is equivalent to Qufu, Tengxian and Surabaya counties in Shandong. Jin changed to Lu county.

Tianshui County: Founded in the third year of Ding Yuan in the Western Han Dynasty (BC 1 14), it is located in Pingxiang (now the northwest of Tongwei County, Gansu Province). It is equivalent to Tongwei, Qin 'an, Dingxi, Qingshui, Zhuanglang, Gangu, Sol Zhang and other counties in Gansu, as well as the northwest of Tianshui, the east of Longxi and the northeast of Yuzhong. The Western Jin Dynasty moved its capital to Shangtuo (now Tianshui City). The Northern Wei Dynasty is equivalent to today's cities and counties such as Shui, Qin 'an and Gangu.

Luling County: In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was located in Shiyang (now northeast of Jishui, Jiangxi), and the Three Kingdoms moved to Gaochang (now northwest of Taihe, Jiangxi). It is equivalent to the area south of Yongxin, Xiajiang, Lean and Shicheng in Jiangxi.

Luyang County: Han Zhi County, located in Lushan County, Henan Province.

Wucheng County is located in Jixian County, Shanxi Province.

2. Hall number

Three provincial halls: Zeng Shen, a disciple of Confucius, attaches great importance to self-cultivation and checks himself from three aspects every day: (1) whether he has done his best for others; (2) Have you broken your promise when you get along with your friends? (3) Have you reviewed what the teacher taught you? The "Three Provinces Guild Hall" got its name from this.

Wu Chengtang: Zeng surname source. Shao Kang, the emperor of Xia Dynasty, named his youngest son Qu Lie Zhuang (in the northwest of Cangshan County, Shandong Province) and established three dynasties of Xia, Shang and Zhou. In 567 BC, it was destroyed by the state of Ju, and the king of Wu fled to the state of Lu, which was later called Wucheng, which is now Jiaxiang County of Jining. "Tan" belongs to Yi (Tang) and is called Zeng. Wu Zeng's grandson Ceng Dian is a disciple of Confucius. Zeng Xian's son once participated in the study of Confucius and was honored as a "saint" by later Confucianism. Wucheng is the birthplace of Zeng's ancestor, hence the name "Wuchengtang".

Chasing the Far Hall: It means that people in Nanwucheng (now Feixian County, Shandong Province) participated in "cautiously chasing the Far" at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period.

In addition, the main church names of the Zeng family are: Luyang Hall, Dunben Hall, Zongsheng Hall, Shouyue Hall, Yangzhi Hall and Wenruo Hall.

Clan characteristics of verb (abbreviation of verb)

1. Zeng people have been all over the country for a long time.

2. Zeng's surname is famous for benevolence, filial piety and courtesy.

3. The lines of Zeng surname are arranged neatly and closely, which has obvious characteristics of the times and clan.

4. The lines of Zeng's surname are arranged orderly. Because a famous man named Zeng was once a disciple of Confucius, he was called a saint in the world, and his descendants are also saints, so the word generation of Zeng family also refers to the "life word generation" of Confucius family, that is, "I hope to say that I will inherit it, I will prosper and prosper, I will celebrate the prosperity of Zhao Xian, make Dewei look down on you, show my admiration for Qin Shao, and build a stable and prosperous future."