The origin is from the Teng family, the 25th son of the Yellow Emperor. It is a surname given by the emperor. Sima Qian said in "Historical Records": "There are twenty-five sons of the Yellow Emperor, and fourteen of them have the surname." The historical book "Guoyu" records that the sixth among the twelve surnames of the Yellow Emperor's sons is the Teng family. According to the records in the historical book "The Genealogy of Ten Thousand Surnames", it is said that during the Yellow Emperor's time four thousand years ago, the Yellow Emperor had twenty-five sons, born to four mothers. The Yellow Emperor gave them fourteen surnames and divided them into twelve compatriots. The clans have the surnames Ji, Ji, You, Qi, Ji, Teng, Zhen, Xun, Yu (Ren), Xi, Huan and Yi, among which the Teng family is included. The word "Teng" in ancient times was "卍", which means field ridge. Because "Teng" and "卍" have the same pronunciation, the ancients used "卍" as "Teng", taking the meaning of the fertile springs and the vast fields. This branch of the Teng family is one of the twelve original surnames of the descendants of the Yellow Emperor. It is the earliest origin of the Teng family. It is indistinguishable from the Chang family and established and multiplied in the ancient Tengzhou area.
Ancient Tengzhou (today’s Tengzhou, Shandong Province) has a long history. The Beixin ancestors of the Dongyi tribe lived on this land 7,200 years ago. The "Beixin Culture" of the Neolithic Age can still be seen today. The ruins have become one of the oldest birthplaces of Chinese civilization.
The second origin is derived from the surname Ji, which comes from the fiefdom of Teng State, the fourteenth son of King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, Cuo Shuxiu, and is named after the country. More than 3,000 years ago, ancient Teng (now Teng County, Shandong) became the cradle of the Shang Dynasty clan. According to historical records, Qi was born from the eggs of Jian Di, the mother of Qi, the founder of the Shang Dynasty, a crow or a swallow. According to the Book of Songs "The story of "The destiny black bird descended and gave birth to Shang" happened here. According to historical records such as "Tongpu of Wanxing" and "Guangyun", in the 11th century BC, in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty after the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou Dynasty Ji Fa named his younger brother and the fourteenth son of King Wen of Zhou Jichang Ji Xiu (also known as Cuo Shuxiu or Teng Cuoshu in history) founded the Teng State in Teng (today's Teng County, Shandong Province), and Cuo Shuxiu became the first king of the Teng State (1046 BC to BC? wait for verification). This is recorded in detail in the historical document "Teng County Chronicles". It was not until the 40th year of King Ji Bian of Zhou Xian in the middle of the Warring States Period (the 27th year of Song Tichengjun, 329 BC) that Yan (Dai Yan), a disciple of Song Tichengjun, drove his brother to Qi State and conquered Song State by force. As the monarch, he called himself King Yan of the Song Dynasty. In the third year of Ji Ding's reign of King Shenliang of Zhou Dynasty (the eleventh year of King Kang of Song Dynasty, 318 BC), King Yan of Song Dynasty established himself as king and was called King Kang of Song Dynasty. He was also known as the last king of Song Dynasty in history. King Kang of the Song Dynasty was very warlike. He was known as the "Five Thousand Horsepower of the Song Dynasty" at the time. He sent troops everywhere and conquered from all directions, during which he destroyed the Teng Kingdom in one fell swoop. It is recorded in the historical book "Historical Records": "King Kang of the Song Dynasty attacked Qi in the east and captured five cities. He defeated Chu in the south and expanded the territory for more than 300 miles. He defeated the Wei army in the west and captured two cities. He destroyed Teng and gained its territory." The Teng Kingdom was destroyed. The specific time remains to be further verified, and new archaeological discoveries are expected. The last monarch of Teng State was called Teng Bo and his name was Ji Wen. After the fall of the Teng Kingdom, the descendants of its royal family fled one after another. In order not to forget the national humiliation and cherish their homeland forever, they took the country as their surname and changed their surname to Teng. From then on, they moved around and scattered in various places. In the Teng family, some people later changed their surname to Uncle Teng in order to avoid harm from their enemies, while others changed it to Teng. Later, Uncle Teng was simplified to the single surname Teng in provincial Chinese.
The two surnames of this branch, Teng and Teng, have the same origin and are not distinguished from each other.
The third origin is from the Sinicization of the Xianbei people's surname. It comes from Lu Teng, the great Sikong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The subject's name is the Sinicization of the ancestor's name. Lu Teng was the great Sikong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. His ancestral home was from the Tuoba tribe of Daibei Xianbei. His great ancestor was Tuoba Qi, and he was the Dongping King of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Lu Teng is the great-great-grandson of Tuoba Qi, with the Han surname Lu as his surname. Among Lu Teng's descendants, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, many people changed their surnames to their ancestors' names, and they were divided into two branches: Teng and Teng, which have been passed down from generation to generation to this day.
The surnames Teng and Teng are from the same origin and are not distinguished from each other. The surnames are often used interchangeably.
The fourth origin is from the Sinicization of the Xianbei people’s surname. It comes from the Chiluo clan of the Murong tribe of Xiyan during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. It is a surname based on the Sinicization of the ancestor’s name. In 385 AD, the former Qin Emperor Fu Jian was killed, and the area originally ruled by the former Qin was divided into many small countries. After Murong Chui rebelled, he led his army to attack Yecheng. Fu Jian's son Fu Pi finally gave up after resisting for a long time and led his troops to retreat to Bingzhou.
Murong Chui also occupied Ye City, but at this time Ye City had been beaten to pieces. Murong Chui felt that it would be better to retreat to the north if he continued to stay in Ye City. Therefore, he led his troops to the north, and after defeating other Xianbei people, they occupied Longcheng and established their capital here. The country's title of "Yan" was restored, which was called "Later Yan" in history. His mortal enemy Fu Pi retreated to Bingzhou and declared to inherit the unification and became the new emperor of the former Qin state.
After Chiluo Xiluoteng surrendered to Murong Chui, he was appointed as Shangshu Lang by Murong Chui, the leader of the Later Yan Kingdom. The descendants of Chiluo Xiluo Teng, in the wave of Sinicization reforms implemented by Tuoba Hong, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, some of them took the homophonic Chinese characters of their ancestors' names as their Han surnames, and they were called Teng or Teng. They gradually became Sinicized and have been passed down from generation to generation to this day.
The two surnames of this branch, Teng and Teng, are from the same origin and are indistinguishable from each other.
The fifth origin is derived from the Mongolian people changing their surnames to Chinese characters. It comes from the Salatuluteng tribe in Mongolia during the Yuan Dynasty. It is a surname that uses the Chinese name of the tribe. According to the historical record "General Chronicles of the Qing Dynasty, Clan Briefing, and Surnames of the Eight Banners of Mongolia": the Mongolian Salatuluten clan, also known as the Salatuluten clan, lived in Kerulun (now the Kerulun River Basin in Inner Mongolia). Later, some Manchus adopted it as a surname, and in Manchu it was Salatuluteng Hala.
After the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the Mongolian and Manchu Salatulu Teng clan had multiple Chinese surnames: Teng, Teng, Lu, Lu, etc.
Origin Six, originated from the Manchus who changed their surnames into Chinese characters. They came from the Jurchen Qiketen tribe in the Ming Dynasty, and the clan name was based on the Chinese name of the tribe. According to the historical record "General Chronicles of the Qing Dynasty· Clan Brief· Surnames of the Eight Banners of Manchuria": Manchu Cikteng clan, also known as Qikteng clan, Cikteng Hala in Manchu, Chinese meaning "arrow shaft", lived in Wula (now Yongji, Jilin) ??for a long time.
After the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Qi Ke Teng family had multiple Chinese surnames: Teng, Teng, Qi, etc.
4. The ancestor who got the surname
Cuo Shuxiu. According to the records in "Guangyun", the surname Teng is the descendant of Tenghou. The descendants of Tenghou take the country as their surname and are called the Teng family. Therefore, all Chinese people with the surname Teng in the world can trace their origins back to the descendants of Cuo Shuxiu, the son of King Wen of Zhou who was granted the title of Teng State 3,000 years ago. The ancient Teng State was located in today’s Tengzhou City, Shandong Province, where It is the earliest place of origin of the surname Teng. Therefore, the descendants of the Teng family regard Cuo Shuxiu as the ancestor of the surname Teng.
Teng Wengong. The Teng family comes from the surname Ji, who is a descendant of King Wen of Zhou and the king of Teng State in the middle of the Warring States Period, after Teng Wengong. When Teng Wengong was in power, the small country "within an area of ??only fifty miles", under the circumstances of "eight hundred princes standing side by side and the seven heroes of the Warring States Period competing for hegemony", not only did not be annexed by the big country, but "the territory was a good country, and it was superior to the twelve princes in Sishang" ", known as "a good country". Therefore, the descendants of the Teng family regard Teng Wengong as the ancestor of the surname Teng.
5. Population Distribution
It is not among the top 100 surnames in both mainland China and Taiwan. The surname Teng originated very early. Huangdi had twenty-five sons, born to four mothers. Huangdi divided them into twelve phratry groups and gave them twelve surnames. Teng is one of them. According to the brief records of the Tongzhi clan, there is another surname Teng that originated from the surname of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty, the surname Ji. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou granted King Wen's fourteenth son, his younger brother Cuo Shuxiu, the title of Yu Teng (southwest of today's Tengzhou, Shandong). Later, the Teng Kingdom was attacked and destroyed by the Yue Kingdom, but it soon recovered. Later, it was attacked and destroyed by the Song Dynasty, so future generations took the country's name "Teng" as their surname as a commemoration. The Teng surname later developed into a prominent family in Kaifeng Mansion, and was known as Kaifeng Wang in the world.
The Teng family name is an ancient, multi-ethnic and multi-origin surname. It ranks 167th on the current surname list, with a population of about 960,000, accounting for 10% of the total population of the country. Around 0.06.
Tengzhou has a long history. The Beixin ancestors of the Dongyi tribe lived on this land 7,200 years ago. There are sites of the "Beixin Culture" in the territory, making it one of the oldest birthplaces of Chinese civilization. .
Teng was founded for about a thousand years, among which the monarchs recorded in historical records include "Teng Zhaogong", "Teng Dinggong" and their son "Teng Wengong". The State of Teng was destroyed by Qi, and their descendants left their original place of residence - today's Tengzhou, Shandong Province - and scattered in Shandong, Henan and other places. According to "Guangyun": "The uncle Xiu of Prince Wen of Zhou Dynasty was granted the title of Teng, and his descendants took the country as their surname." According to the "Wumen Teng Family History", "My Teng family originated from the uncle Xiu, the fourteenth son of King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, who was granted the title of Teng." Teng is now Teng County, Shandong Province.
Teng Zhiyou Kingdom began in the 13th year of King Wu's Yimao, ended in the 36th year of King Jing's reign in Dingsi, and the 639th year of Fan. The seven chapters of "Mencius" contain quite a bit of his practice, but it is impossible to describe it in detail. The descendants multiplied and took the country as their surname. The clans between the Qin and Han Dynasties were not established, and their origins were not very clear. When Emperor Shun of the Later Han Dynasty, Zhonglang General (Teng) Fu began to appear as a Beihai native. Later, there were many people who made great contributions to the history. , although the north and south were moved, the county lines were different, but the origins were not slightly different. Today, there are three types of Teng that can be tested: the first is the Teng of Beihai, which started from Zhonglang Jiang (Teng) Fu... the second is the Teng of Nanyang... the third is the Teng of Dongyang, which started from Siye Gong (Teng) Ling Cong , started from Dongyang in Wuzhou, and lived together in Leiye. After six generations, they divided into three branches and migrated one after another. They reached Qingqi in the north, Bashu in the west, and flowed to Wuhui in the east. Although the factions were different, they all originated from Dongyang. The ancestors of Teng Shu Dianyan in Wujun County also started from Dongyang, with Siye Gong as the originator. The lineage is well documented and the genealogy records are legible..." According to the records in "Guangyun", a prominent family with the surname Teng lived in Nanyang County, which is Near the current Nanyang City, Henan Province, there are also Teng Xianchao and others from the Sixth Society of Xiatang Village, Zhuwangbao Town, Jinchang City, Gansu Province, and Teng Xianwen and others from the Fifth Society of Liuquan Village, Zhuwangbao Town, Yongchang County, Gansu Province.
6. Genealogical Documents
The six-volume genealogy of the Teng family of Zhu Fang in Jiangsu Province was compiled by Teng Shizhong (Republic of China), and was printed with movable type woodcut in Suzhou in the eighth year of the Republic of China (1919 AD). One volume of the biography of the Teng family in Wumen, written by Teng Wenzhao (Qing Dynasty), printed in the 28th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1848 AD)
One volume of the biography of the Teng family in Suzhou, (Qing Dynasty). Written by Teng Wenzhao in the Qing Dynasty, a printed version in the 24th year of the Republic of China (1935 AD)
The genealogy of the Teng family in Nanyang, Yueqing, Zhejiang, the author is yet to be verified, and a woodcut movable type version in the 3rd year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1864 AD).
Five volumes of the genealogy of the Teng family in Wujutang, Youbu Township, Lanxi, Zhejiang, author to be verified, woodcut movable type print in the 27th year of the Republic of China (1938 AD)
The Teng family in Dongyang, Zhejiang. Twenty volumes of genealogy, edited by Teng Tingzhong (Qing Dynasty), twelve volumes of woodcut movable type in the sixth year of Guangxu reign of Qing Dynasty (AD 1880).
One volume of Teng family genealogy in Tai'an, Shandong, written by Teng Xiling (Republic of China). , handwritten in the 19th year of the Republic of China (1930 AD)
Genealogy of the Teng family in Tengzha Village, Xinzhou, Hubei Province, compiled by Teng Liancheng (Republic of China), woodcut in the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937 AD). Movable type printing.
The sixth edition of the genealogy of the Teng family in Jianou, Fujian, compiled by Teng Jinquan and others in the 21st year of the Republic of China (1932 AD), eight volumes of woodcut movable type printing. p>The genealogy of the Teng family in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, compiled by Teng Tingzhong and others in the Qing Dynasty (1881 AD), with twelve volumes of woodcut movable type.
The Teng family genealogy in Nanyang County, Tangxi, Zhejiang Province. Genealogy, compiled by Teng Guiping (Qing Dynasty), and published in seven volumes by Zhongdetang woodcut movable type in the 11th year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1872 AD).
Genealogy of the Teng family in Nanyang, Tangxi, Zhejiang, (Qing Dynasty) Teng Chunkui. Waiting for compilation, nine volumes of Zhongdetang woodcut movable type were printed in the 12th year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1886 AD).
The genealogy of the Teng family in Nanyang, Tangxi, Zhejiang, the author is to be verified, and the 18th year of the Republic of China (1929 AD). ) Two volumes of Zhongdetang woodblock prints
Genealogy of the Teng family in Datang, Lanxi, Zhejiang, compiled by Teng Yushan (Qing Dynasty), and Xileitang woodblock prints in 1905. Seven volumes.
Genealogy of Rangchang Teng family in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, author to be verified, woodcut movable type print of Chongbentang during the Qing Dynasty (remnant version) Note: Rangchang Village, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province from May 1, 2007. Since then, the revision and compilation of the "Genealogy of the Teng Family" has been officially started.
The original "Genealogy of the Teng Family of Jinhua Rangchang" was compiled during the Qingli Year of the Northern Song Dynasty (1041-1048). The last revision was in 1936, and it has gone through eighteen revisions for nearly a thousand years. The first ancestor of the Teng family in Jinhua, Ling Conggong (the director of the Tang Dynasty), lived in the mountains south of Lanxi. Since the Ming Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty in 714, when Ling Conggong was involved in the Three Rites and the Third Time Plan, the family has continued for forty-three generations and has a history of 1,300 years. The fifth generation, Teng Jue (754-840), was born in Nanzhu Mountain. He was a Jinshi and was a doctor of four sects, a minister, a censor, and a prince and concubine. Granted to the Minister of Hubu, Shangzhuguo, Yinqing Guanglu, Zuopushe and Jinzi.
After he became an official, Emperor Li Ang of the Tang Dynasty gave Duke Que a new place of residence, "Jinhua Baisha Xikou", which is Yanshan Kengkou Village (recorded in various historical books). Teng Hao, the 21st grandson of the Teng family in Jinhua (born in Baisha Xikou, Jinhua), became an official after training in Confucianism. He moved to Rangchang Village in the third year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1405) and became the first ancestor (branch) of the Teng family in Rangchang Village. ), and has experienced twenty-three generations so far, that is, the forty-third generation of the Teng family of Jinhua.
The name "Dongyang County" or simply "Dongyang" in the Tang Dynasty is the current "Jinhua" (city). In the Tang Dynasty, "Nanzhu Mountain, Ziyan Township, Lanxi County, Dongyang County", today's full name is: Nanzhu Mountain, Siqian Village, Shanghua Street, Lanxi City, Zhejiang Jinhua (region).
The Teng family genealogy, the author is yet to be verified, the woodcut movable type print of Bingde Hall during the Qing Dynasty (a fragmentary version).
The evolution of Chinese calligraphy of the Teng surname and the origin of the Teng surname compiled by Xun Qingxiang