1, from the surname. According to the famous words and deeds record draft and the new Tang book, prime minister pedigree table, etc. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Bozong, the great grandson of Duke Huan of Song Dynasty, was an official in the Jin Dynasty. He was born in and went to the State of Chu, where he had dinner. Most of his descendants take his place of residence as their surname and only call it Zhong.
2. From the surname. The descendants of Boyi in the Zhou Dynasty (also known as Fei Da, the ancestor of the ancient Won surname) were sealed in the middle (near Huaiguan, Anhui) and were annexed by Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. People in China are called Zhong Lishi, and one of them changed the clock into a clock. The Tang people wrote in Yuan He's Family Name Compilation: "After Zhong, the great-grandson of Huan Gong, Bo Zong, was an official in Jin, born in Chu, and separated because of food. Because of his family name, his descendants were named. Zhong Yi and Zhong Jian are friends of Bole. Xiang Yu will be, and the surname Zhong is Zhong. " What is said here is Yin's younger brother. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Song State was established in the south of Shangqiu, Henan Province under the seal of Zhou Gongdan, and it was the founding monarch of the Song State. Duke Huan of Song Dynasty was the first 19 monarch of Song Dynasty. His great-grandson, Bo Zong, was a doctor in the State of Jin, and was called "Jin Sheng". But he was killed for his loyalty and daring to remonstrate with the ruling family. Zhou Li, the son of Bo Zong, fled to Chu, and later served as Taizai, eating in Li Zhong (now northeast of Fengyang, Anhui). His grandson takes Yi as his surname and is divided into two surnames, one of which is a compound surname. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there were Yun Gong, doctors, people who were good at listening to Qin and Bole who were good at drumming. At the end of Qin Dynasty, Zhong Limei and Lu Yiren (southwest of Haizhou Town, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province), a general of Xiang Yu, succeeded by his second son, began to live in Yingchuan Changshe (northeast of Changge, Henan Province). In order to avoid enmity, the province "left" the single surname of Zhong.
3. Take the official as the surname. According to Zuo Zhuan, in the seventh year of Lu Chenggong (584 BC), Zheng people "imprisoned foreigners and sacrificed Jin"; In the fifteenth year of Lu Chenggong (576 BC), "Jin San harmed Bo Zong, killed him, and was jealous of his father. Bozhou ploughed to Chu. " It can be seen that before the arrival of Chu State, there was already a Zhong family in Chu State. Therefore; In Dialectics of Ancient and Modern Letters, the poet Deng in the Song Dynasty said, "I am the grandson of Yi, but the grandson he built in his childhood is also a non-state tiller", and "today I should say that I am the first official of Chu, and the city where I eat is also my surname". However, where is Zhong Yi's ancestor "Food City"? Deng didn't say it, and it was not recorded in ancient books. Therefore, Zhang Shu of A Qing Dynasty believed that Zhong Shi should take the official as his surname. According to Zhou Li Chun Guan, in ancient times, there was an official named Zhong Shi who specialized in ringing bells and playing music. According to Zhang Shu, the earliest branch of Zhong's family took Guan as its surname and was a descendant of Duanle Gongguan.
4. From other countries. For example, when Emperor Gaozu of the Northern Wei Dynasty had a Qiang Zhong Fu, Zhong Jishi of Manchuria and Zhong Ole of Yugur changed the single surname to Zhong, and now Taiwan Province aborigines, Jewish descendants, Lahu, Mongolia, Hui, She, Miao and Yi nationalities all have this surname.
Ancestor: Cabbage. Weizi is an ordinary brother in Di Xin, Shang Zhouwang. He was originally sealed in Wei (near Yin Ruins), so he was called Cabbage. He was originally a prince and should inherit the throne. After Zhou Wuwang was still destroyed, Wei Zi was sealed in Song State, so Wei Zi became the founding monarch of Song State. Huan Gong, the 19th monarch of the Song Dynasty, had a great-grandson named Bozong, who worked as a doctor in the State of Jin, and was called the "Golden Sage". But he was killed because he dared to speak out and offended the ruling dignitaries. Zhou Li, the son of Bozong, fled to Chu. Later, he was massacred, and his food was collected from Li. Later, his son and grandson took his place of residence as their surname, that is, Li Zhong (at the same time, they separated a compound surname Li Zhong), and they respectfully called Cabbage the ancestor of Li Zhong.
Second, migration distribution.
Zhong originated in Anhui, and Henan was the breeding center around the Han and Jin Dynasties. Among them, Zhong, who moved to Yingchuan Changshe, became famous all over the world with Zhong Lie as his ancestor from the beginning, and later became the main source of Zhong's surname in all parts of China. Zhong surname in pre-Qin period mainly lived in Hubei and Hunan. Since the Han Dynasty, Yingchuan Changshe has been the center of Zhong's development and reproduction. In the Western Jin Dynasty, Sun Zhongya, a famous hermit of Yingchuan VII, crossed the river with the Jin family and lived in Jiankang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). Zhong entered Fujian in the Jin Dynasty, and some people moved to Zhejiang. The Eastern Jin Dynasty died in Liu and Song Dynasties, Zhong was promoted to Shang Yuan (now Nanjing, Jiangsu), Zhong Shan moved to Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), Zhong Xian moved to Qianzhou (now Ganzhou, Jiangxi), and Ming Zi Zhong Chao was born in Shibi Village, Ninghua, Fujian. During this period, the surname Zhong moved southward to Jingling (now Tianmen County, Hubei Province), and later dispersed throughout Hunan and Hubei. Sun Zhongyu, the seventh son of Zhongya, moved to Gannan County (now Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province) to avoid Hou Jing's predicament. At the end of the Southern Dynasties, there was a general, Zhong Shixiong, who was called "the leader of Lingnan" in history. Lingnan refers to the south of Wuling, that is, the area between Guangdong, Guangxi and northern Vietnam, which shows that the surname Zhong was also rooted in the ethnic minorities here during this period. In the early Tang Dynasty, Zuo and Zhong Dexing entered Fujian with Zheng Chen and Chen Yuanguang and settled in Fujian. In the Tang Dynasty, Zhong was also distributed in Shanxi, Sichuan, Guangzhou, Guangdong and Hefei, Anhui. From the Five Dynasties to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, a series of disturbances occurred in the north. Except for some people scattered all over the country, most of them live in Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Meizhou, Chaozhou and Xingning. During the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhong was moved to Anhui, Henan, Hebei, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places as one of the surnames of people who moved locust trees in Hongdong. In the third year of Qing Qianlong (1738), Zhong, a native of Meizhou, came to Taiwan Province with his wife and children and set up a business in Taiwan Province Province. After the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, people from Fujian and Guangdong crossed the Taiwan Province Strait and the South China Sea to seek survival in Taiwan Province Province and Southeast Asia, thus making the power of the Chinese reach beyond the mainland. Today, the Zhong family is widely distributed all over the country, especially in Guangdong, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Guangxi, Hunan, Zhejiang and other provinces. The surname Zhong in these six provinces accounts for about 83% of the Han population in China. Zhong is the 56th surname in China with a large population, accounting for 0.38% of the Han population in China. Zhong Kui
Zhong Limei
Zhong's name is Zhong You, a calligrapher of the Three Kingdoms and a famous calligrapher Hou Dingling; Zhong Rong, a literary critic in the Southern Dynasties, is one of the two legendary strange men named Zhong in the Tang Dynasty: Han Zhongli, one of them, and Zhong Kui, who is good at catching ghosts; Yuan Dynasty dramatist Zhong Sicheng; Zhong Xing, a writer in Ming Dynasty; Modern strategist Zhong Chibing, etc.
Zhong Limei (? 200 years ago), Lu Yi Township, Hanyu County (now Lu Yi Township, Guanyun County). When Chu and Han contended, Zhong Limei was the general of Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, and made friends with Han Xin. In the fourth year of Emperor Gaozu (203 BC), he was besieged by the Han army in Xingyang East. Xiang Yu saved him, and the Han army lost. Xiang Yu pursued the victory and cut off the route for providing foodstuff for the Han army. The Han army was trapped for peace, but Wang Xiang refused. Chen Ping offered a plan to Hanwang: Wang Xiang's loyal ministers are only Yapu, Zhong Limei, Long Qie and Zhou Yin. If you can bribe lobbyists with all kinds of money to alienate their relationship between monarch and minister, and then send troops to attack, Wang Xiang will be defeated. Hanwang used this scheme. Xiang Wang was suspicious of loyal ministers, which led them to run away. Only Zhong Limei followed King Xiang. After Wang Xiang's defeat, Zhong Limei defected to Han Xin. Hanwang was jealous of Zhong Liwei and ordered Han Xin to arrest Zhong Limei, but Han Xin refused. Hanwang also used the plan to pretend to go hunting in Yunmeng and asked the princes to gather in Chen. Han Xin has concerns. It is suggested that you kill Zhong Limei and take his head to see Hanwang to ensure your safety. Han Xin and Zhong Limei discussed this matter, and Zhong Limei said: Hanwang already knows that you are going to rebel and dare not attack you because we are together. If you kill me and go to see Hanwang, you can't come back. Han Xin didn't listen to his advice, and Zhong Limei cursed Han Xin and said, "Gong is not an elder." He also said, "If I die today, I will die at will." Suicide immediately. Han Xin took his head to see Hanwang and was tied up by Hanwang and brought back to the court.