Deng is an important figure in the Wang family and one of the founders of the Wang family. According to genealogy, Deng was one of the founding fathers of Wang. He was born at the end of 1 1. His ancestral home is Xinghua Prefecture, Fujian Province, and he is the first15th ancestor of the Wang family. In the genealogy, Deng Yigong is honored as the founder of Deng Yigong Temple, and his genealogy is also recorded as Deng Yigong. In the Wang family, Deng is regarded as a respected figure, and his family background is also regarded as the orthodoxy of the Wang family.

Qigong is the ancestor of Qigong, also known as Kaizu and Zhaozu, named Zhao Kui. Wang's genealogy records that his name is Shi Zonggong. The real patriarch's name is Feng Xiugong, whose ancestral home is Langya (now Linyi) in Shandong Province, and Yinbu is the supervisor. During the Huang Chao Uprising in the late Tang Dynasty, the Wangs moved from Langya to Taihe County, Ji 'an, Jiangxi Province.