According to historical records, Shao Kang, a descendant of Dayu and a sage of Xia Dynasty, enfeoffed his youngest son to Ladi, where he established his country. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Chu was destroyed and the King of Wu fled to Lu. In order to show that he did not forget his ancestors, the king of Wu took the word ""off his ear as his surname and became the ancestor of Zeng's surname. Zeng's surname had never been out of Shandong before the Han Dynasty, and it didn't begin to wander until after the Western Han Dynasty. After the late Ming Dynasty, they began to migrate to Taiwan Province Province and overseas. Zeng people are now widely distributed all over the country.
Zeng's origin
According to statistics, in terms of population, it was the 38th surname of China, accounting for 0.49% of the national Han population, with a population of more than 6 million, especially in Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian and other provinces.
The origin of Zeng surname
There is only one Zeng, and there has never been a second Zeng. Now, all Chinese people surnamed Zeng are descendants of King Wu of Zeng, the true ancient saint Yu Xia for 4,000 years.
After the revival of Shao Kang Xia Dynasty, slavery developed greatly. In order to strengthen centralized rule, Shao Kang enfeoffed the people to various places for governance. Qu Lie, Shao Kang's youngest son, was enfeoffed to Zeng and established the country. Shao Kang gave Qu Lie land, in the north of Fangcheng County, Henan Province. After Xia was destroyed by Shang, his relatives with the same surname were either taken as slaves of Shang or forced to migrate in all directions. Only people stayed in the Central Plains.
After Zhou Wuwang ruined his business, he was made a viscount and moved to Cangshan County, a city in the northwest of Linyi. Because China was a small country in the Spring and Autumn Period, it was often bullied by Ju, Zhu and Lu. In order to improve the relationship with the neighboring countries, they established a marriage relationship with the more powerful Lu country. In the fourth year of "xianggong" (569 BC), Lu asked Jin, the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, to take it as his vassal state, and provided some tributes to the allies on behalf of Lu.
Previously, Lu Xigong's daughter married Junshitai and gave birth to a wizard. Soon, Mrs. Shi married another Ju daughter, and wanted to be the heir after giving birth to the child, which endangered the witch's position. China's approach to Shanxi and Shandong naturally met with opposition from the State of Ju. In October of the same year, the State of Ju and the State of Yue joined forces to attack the State of Yue, and the State of Lu sent doctor Zangge to send troops to rescue them, and the result was a crushing defeat. The following year, people attended an alliance meeting of Jin, Song, Chen, Wei, Zheng, Cao, Ju, Zhu, Teng, Xue, Qi and Wu in Qi State (now Puyang, Henan Province) to unite against Chu, and the country got a breathing space. In 567 BC, because the country relied on Lu as the backing, it left Ju in the cold, and Ju seized the opportunity of Lu's neglect of help and went out in one fell swoop.
After the country perished, subjects, including the King of Wu, fled to Lu to live. In order to show their determination not to forget their ancestors and leave their homes, they removed the word ""from their ears (the right ear called "Yi" and the ancient country called Yi) as their surnames, so they got the surname Zeng.
For a long time, the Zeng family has never been taken as a surname by foreigners, nor has it been taken as a surname by foreigners. It is one of the few relatively pure surnames. Because the Zeng family was a family before, the Zeng family has always forbidden intermarriage with the same surname.
Among the ethnic minorities, only a few people in Beijing, Yi, Tujia, Buyi, Manchu, Miao and Li are surnamed Zeng.
A brief account of Zeng immigrants
Zeng's family originated in Shandong and did not leave Shandong before the Han Dynasty. Since the Western Han Dynasty, it has spread in Shandong area. In the Western Han Dynasty, Ceng Guang moved the capital of Changsha (now Hunan) and Fufeng (now southeast of Xingping, Shaanxi). Later, Zeng Yu and Zeng Chang moved to Jizhou (now Jixian County, Hebei Province) and Qingzhou (now southeast of Zibo City, Shandong Province) respectively. After the Follwed Rebellion, Ceng Zhi led a clan of more than 1,000 people from Shandong to ji yang Township in Luling (now southwest of Ji 'an City, Jiangxi Province), and spread to Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong and other places. Therefore, Ceng Zhi is also known as the originator of the Zeng family in the south of the Yangtze River. Since the Qing Dynasty, Zeng people began to migrate to Taiwan Province Province and overseas.
Zeng surname generation
Generation is the lineage relationship in the family, also known as generation and generation line. Ci generation is the representative word of generation. The genealogy of each family in ancient China is very particular and serious, and the genealogy of each family is often an indispensable content. Moreover, in the Qing Dynasty, feudal rulers gave Zeng Yan and Confucius and Mencius a unified name.
In the sixty-first year of Kangxi (1722), the sixty-third school of Zeng's surname ("school" is synonymous with "biography", "generation" and "world") began to use the words 15 given by Rendi ... >>
Which dynasty did Zeng's family originate from? Zeng (Zēng) is a descendant of Huangdi in Xuanyuan and the sixty-third grandson of Xia (Yu). Changyi, twenty-five sons of the Yellow Emperor, was once the ancestor. Changyi gave birth to Zhuan Xu, Zhuan Xu gave birth to Gun, and Gun gave birth to Yu. Yao Ming-yu's father, Gun, managed water for nine years. After Shun succeeded Yao to the throne, he still ordered Gun to control water. As a result, it was costly and failed to eliminate the flood, so he killed Gun in Yushan and ordered Gun Yu Zi to continue water control. After Yu was appointed, in order to control the flood, it lasted thirteen years from the age of twenty. He walked in the house three times and didn't go in. He finally eliminated the flood by dredging. Because of his great historical achievements, Shun succeeded Yu as the leader of the tribal alliance. The late Buddha was called Dayu. After Yu succeeded to the throne, he enacted a criminal law to severely punish those who disobeyed orders, and his power became more and more powerful. Many years later, Boyi, the son of the leader of Dongyi tribal alliance, was old and weak. According to the abdication system at that time, he should be the heir, because both father and son had helped Yu to control water. However, after Yu's death, many tribal leaders opposed Boyi and surrendered to Yu's son Qi. Qi joined forces with tribal leaders, killed Boyi, and established the first slave country in China's history-Xia Dynasty. Its capital is Yangcheng, which is now the southeast of Dengfeng County, Henan Province. Qi Zhongshengkang, Kang Shengdi Xiang, Shao Kang and Shao Kang made the second son Qu Lie Viscount Kun, and established a country in Kun (now Xiangcheng Town, Cangshan County, Linyi City, Shandong Province), which was the beginning of the country. In ancient times, fief was the surname, so Qu Lie took him as the surname from now on. Shao Kang's house was built in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties and lasted for nearly two thousand years. It was not until the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, 567 BC, that it was destroyed by the State of Chu. At this time, the prince who was in the pain of national subjugation ran to neighboring Lu to be an official. After taking the original country name ""as the surname, he went into the city and left the old city, called Zeng, which was the beginning of Zeng. Later generations respected Wu, the son of Qu Lie, as the ancestor of Zeng. From Qu Lie to Zai Wu to Zeng, from 54 to Wu, and from 58 to Zeng.
Zeng Shen, commonly known as Nanwucheng (now Nanwushan Village, Mandong Town, Jiaxiang County, Jining City, Shandong Province, and Nanwu Village, Weizhuang Township, Pingyi County, Linyi City, Shandong Province) was born in the late Spring and Autumn Period. Born in the fifteenth year of the Zhou Dynasty (505 BC) on October 12th, he became a teacher with Confucius at the age of sixteen. Inherit Confucius' filial piety. The cultivation method of "I visit my body three times a day" (Analects of Confucius) is put forward. Learning to be excellent is to be an official), and he thinks that "loyalty and forgiveness" is Confucius' consistent thought, and puts forward the thoughts of: being cautious in the end (handling parents' funerals with caution), pursuing the distance (cherishing the memory of ancestors), respecting people's virtue and not going to school (planning school). His words and deeds are recorded in Dai Dai. According to legend, the book "University" was written by him, and later generations respected it as "Zongsheng". At present, all Zeng surnames are based on living in Gong Sheng and Zeng Shen.
Zong Shenggong Zeng Shen was the founder of the Zeng family in Wucheng. Zeng Shen, the fifth grandson of Wu Zhi, was born in East Road and later moved to Wucheng. At the age of sixteen, I worshipped Confucius as my teacher. Kong Ji (Zi Zisi), the grandson of Confucius, studied in the Senate and passed it on to Mencius. Therefore, Zeng Shen inherited Confucius' way and inspired Mencius School, which not only inherited Confucius' Confucianism, but also developed and made achievements. His political views of self-cultivation, self-cultivation and filial piety, which have influenced China for more than two thousand years, still have valuable social significance and practical value, and are rich in ideological and moral nutrition for building a harmonious society today. Zeng Shen finally entered the hall of great Confucianism with his achievements, and was called the five great saints together with Confucius, Mencius, Yan Zi (Yan Hui) and Zi Sizi.
How did the "Zeng" in the hundred surnames come from the Zeng family, and the descendants of the Yi surname have the blood of the Yellow Emperor. At present, the Zeng family accounts for about 0.49% of the Han population, with a population of more than 6 million, especially in Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Hubei, Fujian and Jiangsu provinces. The population ranks 32nd among surnames in Chinese mainland and 16 in Taiwan Province province. According to textual research, Zeng's family began with Shao Kang, a sage of Zhongxing, and it has been more than 4 180 years since then. Tracing back to the source, it is the descendant of ancient sage Yu Xia. Of course, they are the most glorious descendants of the Yellow Emperor. Because, Yu Xia, who has made contributions to water control, is the descendant of Zhuan Xu Levin, one of the "Five Emperors", and Zhuan Xu Levin is the grandson of Xuanyuan, the Yellow Emperor. From this point of view, the people surnamed Zeng in later generations are of course the most noble descendants of the Yellow Emperor. When it comes to the ins and outs of the Zeng family, it's a long story. It turns out that Shao Kang, the fifth grandson of Yu Xia, once sealed his youngest son Qu Lie in a place called "Guo" when he revived the Summer Room. This place is the famous "Guo" in ancient times. Then Shao Kang's house was attacked from generation to generation in China for nearly two thousand years, and it was not until the Spring and Autumn Period that it was annexed by Chu. At this time, the prince witch of this country, in the pain of national subjugation, went out to neighboring Shandong and became an official there. At the same time, in the name of the old country, it is called "going to the city as Zeng" and taking Zeng as the surname. In this way, from generation to generation.
The origin of Gao surname: the origin of surname
Gao (Gāo) surname has four sources:
1, from Jiang. According to New Tang Book? According to the Prime Minister's Pedigree Table, Yuan He's Compilation, Guang Yun and other materials, the eighth Jiang Taigong Sun Xi was given a high surname by his grandfather and son for his contribution to Qi Huangong. According to legend, Emperor Yan Shennong took Jiang as his surname because he lived in. Yan Di 16 Sun Jiang Boyi assisted Dayu in water control, and was named Lu Hou, so his descendants also took Lu as their surname. Jiang Shang, Jiang Boyi, the 37th generation grandson of Jiang Taigong, also known as Lu Shang, helped to destroy the Shang Dynasty and was sealed in Qi. Qi Chuan went to Sun Wengong and Lv Chi, the seventh squire, and Chiyou's son was sealed in Gaoyi, called Gongzi Gao. According to the aristocratic etiquette of the Zhou Dynasty, when his grandson Lu Ting is the surname, Gao Qiu's 8-year-old flatterer is the court minister, and Mars's son Xiao Bai is the monarch, that is, Qi Huangong. Gaotuo is the ancestor of the Gaoshi family in Bohai Sea. Sun, Gao Nashi, was pushed out by Sun Egg in Qi State and went out to swallow it together. Sun Gaohong, the tenth son of Gao Zhi, was the Lord of Bohai Sea in the Eastern Han Dynasty. As a result, the Gaos in Bohai began to multiply and became the largest Gaos group.
2, from the word Wang Fu as the surname. According to Tongzhi? According to the introduction of genealogy, the son of Qi Huigong was called Gongzi Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period, and later generations took the word as their surname. For Shandong high. Qi: Yes, son.
3. The compound surname is simplified from the word "Gao". Such as the family of Gaoche, the family of Gaotang, the family of Levin and the family of Gaoling.
Judging from his surname. According to the Book of the Northern Qi Dynasty, during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, Emperor Murong Yun of Houyan claimed to be a descendant of Levin, so he changed his surname, and his descendants changed their surname to Shan, which was called Gao. During the Northern Qi Dynasty, Levin, Wen Xuandi gave the Xianbei people an and Yuan the title of Xianbei people, followed by Yuan, the Han surname, who was named "Gao" because of his meritorious service in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Murong in Xianbei and Zhen Shi in Korea were later changed to Gao Shi; In Wei Dynasty, the Xianbei people had Lou's family, which was later changed to Gao's. Jurchen Shilie and Shi, Manchu Gaojia, Tong Jiashi and Jews who entered Kaifeng in the Northern Song Dynasty all changed their surnames to Gao. In the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Longzhi's surname was Xu. Because of his father's friendship with Gao Huan, he changed his surname to Gao.
Ancestor: Gao Xi. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Sun Wengong and Lv Chi, the son of Jiang Taigong VI, were named Gongzi Gao in Gaoyi (now southwest of Yuzhou City, Henan Province). Gao's son and his son are good friends. At that time, Sun started civil strife in the age of ignorance and killed him. Unite the ministers to quell the civil strife, make Sun ignorant, and make his son a monarch, that is, later. Because of his meritorious service in quelling the chaos, he was named Shangqing, and Gao, the son of his grandfather, was named Gao. So the surname Gao was born. As the ancestor of Gao, he was respected and loved by generations of descendants.
Second, migration distribution.
Although Gao originated in Henan today, Gao was mostly in Qilu after the Spring and Autumn Period. According to historical records, from the Warring States to the Qin and Han Dynasties, the surname Gao may have moved to Hebei, Liaoning and other places. During the Qin and Han dynasties, with the separation and integration of the political situation, the population moved frequently, and people with high surnames gradually moved in Haihe River basin, the upper and lower reaches of the Yellow River, the Huaihe River basin and the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. During the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, wars were frequent, and people with high surnames moved to the south on a large scale, and the "Guangling" county was formed during this period. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was recorded that Chen and his son led the army to explore Henan County, among which Gao participated, and Gao Gang, a member of Henan Gao surname, moved to Fujian (now Fujian Province). At this time, Dezhou (now Jingxian County, Hebei Province) was still the main settlement of Gao's surname since the Eastern Han Dynasty. During the Five Dynasties, people from Shi Xia, Shaanxi Province (now Sanmenxia City, Henan Province) established Nanping State in Jiangling Prefecture (now Jingzhou City, Hubei Province). Gao, a native of Taiyuan (now Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province), went to Sichuan as an official during the post-Shu regime. During this period, there were activities of people with high surnames in Jiangnan and Jiangbei. In the Song Dynasty, Gao moved from the Central Plains to the south of the Yangtze River to escape the war. For example, the descendants of Gao Qiong in Kaifeng settled in Haining, Lin 'an, Wenzhou and Yin Shan, and he Fei Gao Che settled in Jinling. During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, people with high surnames were mostly concentrated in the southeast, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Today, Gao surnames are mainly distributed in Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Yunnan and other places. In the history of China, 65,438+04 people were crowned king, and the regimes of Beiqi, Yan and Jingnan were established. Gao is the first surname in China, with a large population, accounting for 1.2 1% of the Han population in China.
Third, historical celebrities.
Gao Chai: A native of Shandong today, a native of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period. One of the seventy-two disciples of Confucius, he was excellent in character and learning.
Gao Yang: A native of Jingxian County, Hebei Province, the son of Gao Huan, was in charge of the Eastern Wei regime for many years and established the Northern Qi Dynasty on behalf of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. There were six emperors in the Northern Qi Dynasty who reigned for 28 years.
Gao Shi: a poet in the Tang Dynasty, as famous as Cen Can ... >>
The origin of China's surname Chinese surnames existed before the Three Emperors and Five Emperors (about 5,000 years ago). According to legend, the earliest origin of surnames is related to the totem worship of primitive people. Clan tribes not only worship totem as a god, but also regard it as the unified clan name. In primitive tribes, totem, clan name and ancestor name are often the same. Over time, the name of totem evolved into the common symbol of all members of the same clan-surname. There are many legends about the evolution of totem into surname. According to textual research, the monarch of Yelang Kingdom is the king of bamboo, and the subjects take bamboo as their totem, and their surname is bamboo. According to historical records, there were foxes and snakes in Jin, dogs in Han, wolves and deer flags in Three Kingdoms and leopards in Three Kingdoms. Through these strange names and surnames with the same names as animals and plants, such as Luo, tiger, ant, cow, sheep, bird, dragon, bamboo, dragon, tea and chrysanthemum, we can vaguely see the indelible historical imprint of totem worship on the origin of surnames.
The formation of surnames is not only closely related to totems, but also closely related to women. At that time, it was a matriarchal society, only knowing that there was a mother and no father. Therefore, "surname" is composed of "female" and "born", which means that the earliest surname is the mother's surname. Archaeological data show that there are less than 30 surnames in the bronze inscriptions of the Western Zhou Dynasty, but most of them come from women, such as Jiang, Yao, Si, Ji, Wa, maid, pregnant, concubine, kindness and win. Not only ancient surnames are related to the word "female", but even the word "surname" itself comes from the female side, which is probably the characteristic product of matriarchal clan system. Women are in a dominant position in production and life, and group marriage is practiced. Brothers and sisters can marry. Under this system, children only know their mothers, not their fathers. Therefore, there are many stories circulating in the myth that "a saint without a father was born in heaven". Many ancient surnames came from the female side, which shows that our ancestors experienced the traces of matriarchal clan commune.
In Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, people had surnames and surnames. In the development of ancient clans, the title of "teacher" was derived. Legend has it that when the Yellow Emperor ruled the world, there was already a "famous soil". The generation of surnames was the largest and most frequent in the Zhou Dynasty. In the early years of the Zhou Dynasty, in order to control the conquered vast areas, the vassals were enfeoffed on a large scale. And the descendants of these vassal States all take the country name as their surname. In addition, similarly, the vassal states enfeoffed the domestic doctors of Qing Dynasty, and the descendants of the doctors took the enfeoffed country as their surname. Since then, various forms of surnames have emerged, and the number of surnames far exceeds the number of surnames. However, only aristocrats have surnames, while the poor have no surnames, and surnames have become a unique symbol of aristocrats. As for aristocratic women, no matter how they are called, they should follow their surnames, which reflects the authority and rigor of the ancient feudal patriarchal clan system in China. By the Warring States period, earth-shaking changes had taken place in society, and the old aristocrats declined and some of them became slaves. This shows that there is no need for aristocratic families to exist.
The surname comes from the name of the village where you live or the tribe to which you belong. "Shi" comes from the monarch's fief, knighthood, official position, or the title added according to merit after death. So nobles have surnames, and famous people have surnames; Civilians have surnames, and famous people have no surnames. Men and women with the same surname can get married, but men and women with the same surname cannot get married. Because China people have long discovered this genetic law: consanguineous marriage is bad for future generations. The emergence of surnames, historically, in the pre-Qin period, "Mandarin? "Yu Jin" records that "the Yellow Emperor did it for pumping water, so the Yellow Emperor did it for pumping water". Zhou Yu recorded that "I, Ji Min, fell from the sky". This shows that surnames are appellations representing races with common blood relations. It is not allowed to marry between the same surnames. This is the regulation of the marriage system in the Zhou Dynasty. " Men and women have the same surname, but life is not sweet "("Zuo Zhuan? Twenty-two years), "if you don't marry with the same surname, evil things will not be born" ("Mandarin? Jin Opera). The ancients knew for a long time that marriage between close relatives would produce bad offspring. In order to distinguish the similarities and differences between male and female surnames and decide whether to get married, it is very necessary to indicate surnames in female appellations. It can be seen that the role of surnames in ancient times is mainly "heterogeneous" and "heterogeneous marriage".
The system of different surnames was used until the end of the Warring States Period. By the Qin Dynasty, the old aristocracy collapsed, the feudal patriarchal clan system in the Western Zhou Dynasty basically ended, and the old clan and surname system was also eliminated. In the Western Han Dynasty, there was little difference between surnames. When Sima Qian wrote Historical Records, he simply confused surnames. "Since Taishigong, surnames have been mixed. This record was called' Zhao' in Qin Shihuang and' Liu' in Emperor Gaozu, and the same is true." (Gu Mu Zhi Lu) Since then, China's surname and surname have been combined into one, or the surname is colloquial, or the surname is surname. People's surnames are simple and convenient, and there is no distinction between high and low, and civilians are also ... >>
The origin of the Zeng family is development? At present, most common surnames originated in the Zhou Dynasty four thousand years ago. Although many surnames share the same word, there are many sources. Some of them cannot be traced accurately. But Zeng surname is one of the few surnames with clear and pure sources.
According to relevant historical records, the Zeng family came from Huangdi and Xiongshi. Governing the world on behalf of Shennong. Last name is gongsun. Five passes on. No last name. Therefore, Zeng is a descendant. The Zeng family has never been taken as a surname by a foreigner or a foreign surname for a long time. Now China people surnamed Zeng are descendants of Saint Yu Xia. They were a family more than 4,000 years ago.
Zeng's family comes from Yu's family and is a descendant of the ancient emperor Dayu. Yu has three sons, and the youngest son, Shao Kang, restored the Xia Dynasty in 2079 BC, making the second son a monarch. In 567 BC, China was destroyed by Lu. The prince of Wu fled to Lu and lamented that the city had been lost. Where is the city? . He went to Yicheng and took the country as his surname.
Because Zeng was born in Shandong, he has been developing in Shandong in the early days, which is now Shandong. In the Western Han Dynasty, he began to migrate to Hunan, Shaanxi, Hebei, Shandong and other places. Zeng's southward migration began in the late Han Dynasty, about the 8th century. At that time, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty. Ceng Zi's fifteenth grandson was a Shanhaiguan Hou in the Western Han Dynasty, and his ancestors were not ashamed to be an official for Wang Mang. Therefore, Wang Mang wants to destroy Zeng's family. According to ancestors, the family moved from Wucheng, Shandong Province to Luling, Jiangxi Province, which is now Ji 'an, Jiangxi Province. Today, most Zeng people come from this vein.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao uprising. In 880 AD, Zeng Yanshi, an envoy of the Tang Dynasty and the prefect of Guangzhou, led his family to attack Fujian with the Wang Chao. In 886, he settled in Longtoushan, Quanzhou City, Jinjiang, and became the founder of Longshan Sect. During the Song Dynasty, some of them moved from Fujian to Guangdong. In the Qing Dynasty 1642, Zeng Zhenci, a Fujian native, moved to Taiwan Province Province, becoming the first Zeng surnamed person to arrive in Taiwan Province Province. Since then, Zeng has moved to Taiwan Province Province and Southeast Asia, such as Singapore, Malaya and the Philippines.
Zeng ranks 385th among hundreds of surnames. Ranked 38th among surnames in China and16th in Taiwan Province province. Zeng's main settlements are Lu, Luling, Wucheng, Changsha, Fufeng, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Jiyang, Nanfeng, Shaozhou, Qianzhou, Jiaozhou, Huiji, Shujun, Hanoi, Nanyang, Jiangxia, Xiangyang, Ninghua, Changle, Meixian, Pingyuan and Zhenping.
The Zeng family originated in Shandong today, so the main development and reproduction place of the Zeng family in its early days was in Shandong. Later, the Tseng family migrated to the west and south. At the latest in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, four settlement centers were formed, namely, Shandong, Jiangxi and Henan and Gansu provinces today. The specific migration process is as follows: it once spread from the fifth generation to Zeng Shen and lived in Wucheng (now southwest of Feixian County, Shandong Province). Sun Zengle, the eldest son of Zeng Shen, was the capital of Shanyin County in the Western Han Dynasty. Zeng Le's son Zhong has two sons: Yi and Guang. Guang's great-grandson Zeng Zifang was born in Changsha (now Hunan) and lived in Changsha. Fang is the son of You, and Jia has two sons: Bao and Xu. Zhuan Xu lives in Fufeng (now southeast of Xingping, Shaanxi Province) as Fufeng House. The second son Yu and Chang moved to Jizhou (now Jixian County, Hebei Province) and Qingzhou (now northeast of Zibo City, Shandong Province) respectively. According to Zeng Baozhi's grandson, in order to avoid Wang Mang's rebellion, he led thousands of clan members from Shandong to ji yang Township, Luling County, for the benefit of Jiyang House. There were two sons: an interpreter and an interpreter. Sun Zengcheng, who once participated in the fifth session, has three sons: Gui, Lao and Lu. Slightly living in Nanfeng, Fuzhou (now Guangchang East, Jiangxi), it is a house in Fuzhou (now Linchuan West, Jiangxi). Sun Zengzhen, the first generation of 10, who was once expounded, suddenly moved to Shaozhou (now South Shaoguan, Guangdong) and became a house in Shaozhou. Ceng Yong, the son of Zeng Miao, moved to Qianzhou (now Ganzhou, Jiangxi) and lived in Qianzhou. Sun Zengtong, the 11th Sun Zengtong, moved to Jiaozhou (now Guangzhou, Guangdong) to live in Jiaozhou. During the Yongjia period of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Zeng family moved to Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). In addition, some people moved to Shu County (now Chengdu, Sichuan), (now Nanchang, Jiangxi), (now Suzhou, Jiangsu), Hanoi (now Qinyang, Henan), Nanyang (now Hubei), Jiangxia (now Xiangyang, Hubei) and other places. He moved to Fujian in the late Tang Dynasty. In Tang Xizong, Wang Chao entered Fujian from Gushi, Gwangju, and Zeng's family also moved between Zhang Quan and Fuxing. In Song Dynasty, Zeng moved from Nanfeng to Shibi, Ninghua, Fujian. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, he moved from Ninghua to Changle, Guangdong. In the Qing Dynasty, Fujian native Zeng Zhenci moved to Taiwan Province Province. Since then, people from Fujian and Guangdong have been migrating to Taiwan Province Province or Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States. At present, it was the16th surname in Taiwan Province province. ...& gt& gt
Who knows the origin of Confucius, Mencius and Yan Zeng's four surnames? On the land of China, only four surnames are called "Tian Tong Genealogy". These four surnames are Kong, Meng, Zeng and Yan. The ancestors of these four schools can be traced back to Kong Qiu, Mencius, Zeng Shen and Yan Hui, respectively, and the word generation used by the four schools has been exactly the same for thousands of years. This seemingly unrelated problem of substituting Chinese characters actually reflects the epitome of a national lineage.
It is said that the descendants of these four Tian Tongpu don't need to say "free expensive" surname.
As we all know, Confucius, also known as Kong Qiu and Zhong Ni, was a great thinker and educator at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period and the founder of the Confucian school. The theories of Confucius and his students not only influenced the development of China for thousands of years, but also profoundly influenced the thinking and behavior patterns of everyone in China. In the eyes of westerners, Confucius is undoubtedly a thinker on an equal footing with Socrates and Plato.
Monk is also the most important representative of Confucianism. The people-oriented principle of "the people are the most important, the country is the second, and the monarch is the light" is a wise saying that has influenced many rulers.
Zeng Shen is actually the teacher of the teacher (Zi, the grandson of Confucius). His position in Confucianism has not been recognized for a long time, and it was highly recognized after the Tang and Song Dynasties. He inherited, developed and contributed to Confucius' Confucianism. His views on political stability, self-cultivation and filial piety have influenced China for more than 2,000 years, and are called "enlightening Mencius by inheriting the Tao".
Yan Hui, the most proud disciple of Confucius, once commented that "Yan Yuan only knows the holiness of Confucius." Yan Hui's concept of "harmony between man and nature" shows respect for objective laws and is a spiritual treasure of that era (I remember quoting and expounding it when I interviewed civil servants).
The origin of Zeng surname
The origin of the Zeng family The descendants of the Zeng family have the blood of the Yellow Emperor.
According to textual research, Zeng's family began with Shao Kang, a sage of Zhongxing, and it has been more than 4 180 years since then. Tracing back to the source, it is the descendant of ancient sage Yu Xia. Of course, they are the most glorious descendants of the Yellow Emperor. Because, Yu Xia, who has made contributions to water control, is the descendant of Zhuan Xu Levin, one of the "Five Emperors", and Zhuan Xu Levin is the grandson of Xuanyuan, the Yellow Emperor. From this point of view, the people surnamed Zeng in later generations are of course the most noble descendants of the Yellow Emperor.
When it comes to the ins and outs of the Zeng family, it's a long story. It turned out that Shao Kang, his fifth grandson, once sealed his youngest son Qu Lie in a place called "Guo" when he revived the Summer Room, which was the famous "Guo" in ancient times. Then Shao Kang's house was attacked by his grandson for nearly two thousand years in China for generations, and it was not until the Spring and Autumn Period that it was annexed by Chu. At this time, the prince of Wu took the pain of national subjugation and went to neighboring Lu to be an official. At the same time, in the name of the old country, it is called "going to the city as Zeng" and taking Zeng as the surname. In this way, from generation to generation.
The Origin of Brilliant Family History
A Long History of Zeng's Family is the earliest surname book Shiben. The book points out: "Xia Sheng's family, the second son is superior to others, and the latter is extinct. Prince Wu Shilu went to Beijing in the name of Zeng. " In addition, ancient books about surnames, such as the compilation of surnames and the textual research of surnames, also have the same records.
In addition to such a splendid family background, the Zeng family is luckier than others, that is, although it has always been famous and highly valued, it has never been found that it has been occupied by a foreign nationality or surname for a long time. In other words, in the past, all the surnames in the world were descendants of the Prince of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period, all of whom were ancient sages Yu Xia, a veritable "family of 4,000 years ago". Therefore, the Zeng family has always forbidden intermarriage with the same surname.
This ancient country is located in the east of Shexian County, Shandong Province. In other words, the Zeng family was born here. Everyone's hometown is in Shandong!
According to the records in the textual research of surnames, the Zeng family took Lu and Luling as their noble families, that is to say, this family used to take Lu and Luling as their breeding centers. Lu is from Shandong; Luling refers to Ji 'an in Jiangxi now. Zeng's understanding of Luling began when his grandchildren crossed the river to live in Luling. In other words, seeing Luling began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. At present, if there are genealogical records of the Zeng family around the world, we can find that most of their ancestors came from Lu or Luling in the past.
The big family in the south
Zeng, who first appeared in Shandong more than 2000 years ago, is a descendant of Zeng. Later, why did you "look out of Luling" and form another breeding center in Ji 'an, Jiangxi? On this issue, there is a record in the "Wu Family Tree" collected by counties and towns in Taipei for reference. The genealogy is like this: "Zeng took the city as his surname, and Wucheng was born in Shandong. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, he did not become an official and moved south. He once lived in ji yang County, Yuling, Zhang Yu, and moved from Longtan, Yongfeng County, Jiyang to Lanxi, Jishui. "
It can be seen that the Zeng family, which originated in Shandong, moved to Jiangxi as early as two thousand years ago when Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, and because they disdained to live under the usurper's * * *, they started a new world in Luling area. Then, with Luling as the center, they migrated and multiplied in all directions, especially Fujian and Guangdong in the south, which was their main goal of outward development. Therefore, the Tseng family has always been a huge family in the south of China.
Regarding the spread and reproduction of the Zeng family in the south, there are two documents for reference: "The Preface to the Family Tree of Zeng Family in Qingyuan, Jinjiang" records: "The Zeng family originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, and its descendants are scattered. The people who live in Shandong are not Zeng's family. During the Guangqi period in Tang Xizong, Wang Chao entered Fujian from Gwangju, and all the refugees from the Central Plains moved. The Zeng family also moved between Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and Fuxing. Jinjiang was once the ancestor of Yan, and it was also the secretariat of Gwangju "; "Xingning Zeng Family Tree" said: "The official names Lu Guogong, Song Zhenghe and Ren Chennian moved to live under the stone wall in Ninghua County, Fujian Province. Children Zhong Hui, Zhong Hui, Zhong He, unable to live in peace due to the harassment of Song Yuanbing, moved from Ninghua to Jiayuan, Changle County, Guangdong Province. Zeng, who now lives in Xingning, Meixian, Pingyuan, Zhenping, Wuhua, Longchuan, Huizhou, Heyuan, Heping, Guangzhou and Xinning, are all descendants of this ancestor. "
Ceng Zi is highly respected.
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