1. Tracing the roots and ancestors
1. It comes from the surname Ji and takes the country as the surname.
In 806 BC, King Xuan of Zhou granted his younger brother Ji You to Zheng (east of Huaxian County, Shaanxi Province, lived in Jilin, and moved to Shi), and he was known as Duke Huan of Zheng in history. The Zheng State moved eastward to Xinzheng in 769 BC and was occupied by South Korea in 375 BC. The Zheng people traveled between Chen and Song Dynasty and took the name of their original country, so they got the Zheng family.
When the Zheng Kingdom fell and Guo was adopted as the surname, there were four branches of the Zheng family: the Nanzheng and Shandong branches were weak, and the two branches in Henan were more prosperous.
Nanzheng Branch:
After Zheng Wugong moved eastward, some Zheng clan members who stayed at the original location (Huaxian County, Shaanxi Province) moved southward to this day when Rong Di invaded. "Nanzheng" was built in the Hanzhong area, and the leader was called Nanzheng Jun. Later it became Nanzheng County of the Qin State. The descendants of his clan also took the surname Zheng and lived scattered throughout Sichuan and Shaanxi.
Dong Zheng branch:
In the east of present-day Feixian County, Shandong Province, there was a very early Zheng family. This was in the early days of the establishment of the Zheng State. The Zhou royal family used the territory of the Lu State to offer sacrifices to Mount Tai. The Fang city was handed over to the state of Zheng for management. During the period of Duke Zhuang of Zheng, the state of Zheng and the state of Lu exchanged Fang and Xu. The state of Zheng only left the place "Bing" (18 miles east of Fei County, Shandong today) as a place to bathe and change clothes in honor of Mount Tai. , and were stationed by clan members. After the fall of the Zheng State, they also took the surname Guo and became the early Zheng family in Shandong. Zheng Guo (Zheng Bang), one of the seventy-two disciples of Confucius, should belong to this branch. Because Bing was in the state of Lu, the Zheng family was also called "Lu people". They multiplied on the spot and became Dongzheng.
Two branches in Henan:
One is after Han destroyed Zheng and moved to Chen and Song Dynasties, after Lu Gong, the son of You Gong, was the "Nanli Jun". It had a greater influence in history. big. As early as when the Zheng State was destroyed by Han, the original nobles of the Zheng State who changed their surname to Zheng defected and scattered among the Chen and Song Dynasties. Since this area was the sphere of influence of Korea and Wei, they were also called Koreans or Wei people respectively after the fall of Zheng. Ju Gong, the son of Lu Gong, served as a senior official in Wei; Ju Gong's son Wuhui served as a senior official in Wei; Wuhui Gong's son Anping served in Wei for the first time, and later took Fan Ju to the Qin Dynasty and became a general in the pass. Later, he was trapped and surrendered by Zhao soldiers. Zhao was granted the title of Lord of Wuyang; Hui, the son of Duke Anping, did not surrender to Zhao with his father, but continued to serve in the Wei Dynasty. Because he resisted the Qin army, he was granted the title of Xinzhujun, and Wei died as a commoner; the eldest son of Duke Hui, Chang, was initially appointed as the county magistrate of Qin and Wu. , later he followed King Xiang of Chu to attack Qin, and was granted the title of King of Han, also known as King Zheng of Han. King Zheng Han was the guardian of Chu. In the second year of the Han Dynasty (205 BC), Liu Bang sent King Sun Xin of Han Xiang to defeat Zheng Chang in Yangcheng and made Xin the King of Han (called King Xin of Han). Zheng Chang believed that enfeoffment was out of date, so he surrendered to Liu Bang and participated in In order to help the Han Dynasty unify, he conquered Pingzhong. The war between Chu and Han entered its third year. "Chu and Han fought against each other, and the chasm formed the boundary." A mighty and majestic scene was staged in Beiguang Wushan. Zheng Zhong, a tribesman and general, suggested to Liu Bang: "The Chu army is strong, so they should build high fortresses and deep trenches without fighting, and wait until the enemy is tired before attacking." Liu Bang accepted his words and won a great victory. Rong, the son of Duke Chang, was from Chen (now Huaiyang, Henan). He participated in Xiang Yu's uprising with his father. Xiang Yu was defeated by the Han Dynasty. Liu Bang asked the original general of Xiang Yu to register so that he could be awarded an official. However, Zheng Rong missed Xiang Yu and refused to register, so he was expelled by the Han. When Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty came out, he died of sorrow and anger. At that time, Rong Gong's son was a native of Chen. He was a chivalrous and righteous man. During the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, he was worshiped as Prince Sheren. At that time, Zheng was afraid of inconvenience to his guests, afraid of being disrespectful to his elders, and afraid of condescending to young people. He often said: "When guests come, no matter they are high or low, they must receive them!" Therefore, Ban Gu, the author of "Han Shu" said: "Zhang Yizhi abides by the law. , Feng Tang’s review of generals, Ji An’s integrity, how can Zheng be so famous as a judge at that time?” At that time, Zheng made a mistake because he believed in slander. He was impeached, sentenced to prison, and released from prison. Become a commoner. Soon he was appointed again and moved to the post of governor of Runan. He died of illness during his tenure and his family had no money left, so he relied on relatives and friends to support the funeral. At that time, Gong's son Tao; Tao Gong's son Zhong (prefect of Jiangdu); Zhong Gong's eldest son Fang, a senior official in Hanzhong, and his second son moved to Pei; Fang Gong's son Ji became the official of Zhao Wangxiang; Ji Gong's eldest son Qi became the prefect of Henan. , admired the virtues of their ancestors and was nostalgic for their ancestral land, they moved their entire family back, and were buried in Guangwuyuan, the ancestral tomb after their death. The eldest son of Qi Gong, Ji (the magistrate of Hua County), moved to Xinye, Henan, and became the ancestor of the Zheng family in Nanyang. Later, it disappeared and passed through several generations. The descendant of Sun Ergong moved to Dali Village (today's Xida Village, Wangcun Town) in the early Ming Dynasty. It is the branch with the largest number of people living in the Zheng family. The "Zheng Family Ancestral Hall in Dali Village" was built, and his descendants moved to surrounding counties, townships and villages. In 1992, a delegation of 23 people from Taiwan's Zheng clan visited the place to pay homage to their roots and worship. It was an unprecedented event.
Qi Gong’s second son, Qi, became the prefect of Xihe in the Later Han Dynasty; Ji Gong’s eldest son, Bin, lived in Gaomi, Shandong, and was a doctor of Han Guanglu; Bin Gong’s third son, Zheng Xing, lived in Kaifeng, Henan (now Kaifeng City) He was a Confucian scholar of the Later Han Dynasty and General Jingnan; Zhong, the son of Xing Gong, was a great agricultural worker of the Later Han Dynasty and was sent as an envoy to the Xiongnu. Because he maintained the dignity of the Han Dynasty, he was worshiped as Zhonglang General. It is said in "Book of the Later Han Dynasty"; An Shi, the son of Zhong Gong, The Chariot and Cavalry General of the Later Han Dynasty; Lin, the eldest son of An Shigong, was the Chariot and Cavalry Commander of the Later Han Dynasty, and his second son was Liang (Liang Sun Chong became the Taifu of the Jin Dynasty, Zong Guanggong, and was posthumously named Cheng after his death); Xi, the son of Lin Gong, and Tai, the eldest son of Xi Gong, The second son Hun.
Zheng Tai, who moved back to Kaifeng, once spread far along the coast and overseas; Zheng Hun's branch moved back to their ancestral homeland and became a prominent clan in the Jin and Wei dynasties. Later, Zheng Xi, Zheng Daozhao, and Zheng Shu's ancestors and grandsons Later, he went to Yanzhou and Qingzhou, Shandong Province to serve as officials.
Another branch of the Zheng family in Henan is after Zhou Gong, the son of the stranded Confucian Duke. Zhou Gong was captured when Han destroyed Zheng. In order to bribe the people of Zheng, in the first year of King Xuanhui of Han Dynasty (332 BC), South Korea sent Zheng Ju, the son of Duke Zhou, to a remote place in Xiaoshanzhiyang (now in the Guangwu Mountain area) to serve as a sacrifice to Lord Jiantu (or Lord Xiaoyang). The tomb of Duke Wu was called the Ruins of King Zheng (now Zhengwang Village). Duke Qiang's son Qiang, in order to avenge the loss of his country, once sent 800 gold to persuade Qin to conquer Korea; Duke Qiang's son Zhu went to Zhao State to consort with Qin for Zhao and help Qin conquer Korea; Zhu Gong's son Guo initially worked as a hydraulic engineer in South Korea. He participated in the control of floods in Yingze and built the Honggou Canal. Later, he was sent to Qin to persuade the King of Qin to build the canal on the order of the King of Han, with the intention of weakening Qin and making it unable to attack Han. The Duke was finally ordered by the King of Qin to dig the "Zheng Guo Canal", which was famous in later generations, which enabled Qin to gain water conservancy, strengthen its national power, and unify the six kingdoms. After Chinese history entered the unification period of the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Zheng family also followed the development of history, taking the Central Plains as the axis and radiating to the surrounding areas. The completion of the Zhengguo Canal made Guanzhong Darang not only solve the food problem that had puzzled the Qin State for many years, but also benefited future generations. Therefore, Zheng Guo was not only a great water conservancy expert, but also the first famous person after people with the surname Zheng got their surname. Zheng Ru, the son of Zheng Guo, and Zheng Ru's grandson had a man named Zheng Hong, who was from Shanyin (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) and was a famous person in history.
The problem of the Zheng surname among ethnic minorities is more complicated, and the relationship with the Zheng surname of the Han nationality is also obvious, that is, the origin of blood is basically different. Among them, the more influential people with the surname Zheng among the Hui people got their surname because they were given the surname by the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Di, who was also the descendant of Zheng Ci, the adopted son of the Ming Dynasty navigator Zheng He. Judging from their pedigree, they were originally foreigners from the Western Regions. The blood flowing in their veins had nothing to do with the Han people. They were assimilated just because they lived in the big Han family, and they adopted the surname usually used by the Han people, Zheng. . As for the Zheng surname among other ethnic minorities, the situation is roughly the same as that of the Zheng He branch of the Hui ethnic group. What can be known today is that in addition to the Hui people with the surname Zheng, there are also Tujia, Korean, Yao, Jing, Naxi, Bai, Hani, Yugu and other ethnic groups.
2. The origin of the Tujia surname Zheng is related to the pronunciation of some families similar to "Zheng". The Tujia people mainly live at the junction of the four provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou, with a population of More than 5.7 million. The surname Zheng in the clan originated very early. Around the Han Dynasty, some people took Zheng as their surname. According to the "Book of the Later Han·Biographies of Nanman and Southwest Yi", during the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were five major surnames among the Nanjun barbarians in Bajun, originating from Zhongli Mountain in Wuluo. One of them was the surname Zheng. Bajunnanjunman are the predecessors of the Tujia people. In the Tang Dynasty, "Manshu" compiled by Fan Chuo also said that the Ba people had four major surnames, and Zheng was still one of them. However, it is generally believed that the early Zheng surname has different meanings from the later surnames, and refers to a tribe with the surname Zheng. It was called Zheng because its pronunciation is similar to the Chinese character "Zheng". In addition, because the pronunciation of the word "Zheng" in Tujia is similar to "Chen", the surname Zheng is sometimes called Chen. For example, in "Manshu", Zheng and Chen are called together, and each has a surname. It can be seen that the reason for the surname Zheng of the Tujia people is that the pronunciation of the family name of some members of the Tujia people is similar to the "Zheng" of the Han people. When it was recorded in the classics compiled by the Han people, they were referred to as "Zheng". It became a custom and was accepted by these Tujia people at the same time.
At present, there are a large number of Tujia people with the surname Zheng, and they still maintain their position as one of the popular surnames. Because it is said that the Zheng surname was divided into the Zhou and Li surnames during the development, so the custom of non-intermarriage among the three surnames is still maintained.
3. Korean people The ancient Korean people lived in the valleys of the Korean Peninsula. It was not until the third king of Silla that they were granted surnames. Among them, the Zhen branch was given the surname Zheng. The Korean people mainly lived in the northeastern region of my country. , with a population of more than 1.9 million, is related to the ethnic groups that lived on the Korean Peninsula in ancient times.
According to recent research results, there are more than 100 surnames commonly used by the Korean people, almost all of which are Han surnames. Among them, there are quite a few users of the surname Zheng. Together with Jin, Li, Cui, and Pu, they are called the five major surnames.
The Korean people take Zheng as their surname, which originated from the ancient legendary era. According to the "Historical Records of the Three Kingdoms" compiled by the Koreans, the early Korean settlers lived in the valleys of the Korean Peninsula and were divided into six tribes. By the time of the third king of Silla, they began to be assigned surnames. Among them, the Jin branch lived in Goang. Shanganzhen Village was renamed as Benbibu with the surname Zheng. Of course, there is another theory in another Korean book "The Legacy of the Three Kingdoms", which believes that the person who was given the surname Zheng at that time was a member of the Shaliang tribe, and the surname given to this tribe was Cui instead of Zheng. From today's perspective, no matter which record is more consistent with the facts, it does not affect the status of the Zheng surname as one of the ancient Korean surnames.
If the so-called granting of surnames by the king of Silla to his people in history books is true, it occurred before the Goryeo Kingdom unified the Korean Peninsula, that is, during the Tang Dynasty in China. The princes and nobles at that time admired the great official surnames of the Tang Dynasty and borrowed these great surnames as their own surnames. So Cui, Li, Zheng and other surnames that dominated the Tang Dynasty at that time were transplanted to the Korean Peninsula and became the surnames of local princes and nobles. Later, Goryeo unified the Korean peninsula, and ordinary people were allowed to use surnames, which led to a rapid increase in the number of local users of the surname Zheng. After nearly a thousand years of development, the surname Zheng finally became one of the popular local surnames. In modern times, people who originally lived in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula moved to the northeast of my country due to famine there, forming the Korean ethnic group. Among them, there were a large number of people with the surname Zheng, which further made the surname Zheng one of the major surnames of the Korean ethnic group.
4. Yao ethnic group The surname Zheng of the Yao ethnic group is one of the twelve Panyao surnames and comes from a very ancient legend. According to legend, in ancient times, Emperor Ping and Emperor Gao were fighting for the world. Emperor Ping offered a reward to capture Emperor Gao, and promised to use the princess as a reward for meritorious deeds. As a result, a divine dog named Panhu killed Emperor Gao, and he was able to marry the princess and gave birth to 6 boys and 6 girls. They married each other and each received a surname. One of them was a member of the Yao people named Zheng. First. Later, in order to escape from taxes and servitude, some Han people came to areas where the Yao people lived together and lived together with the Yao people, and they also called themselves Yao people to the outside world. Over time, these people integrated into the Yao people and became members of the Yao people. Among these people, some also had the surname Zheng.
5. The number of Jing people with the surname Zheng is relatively small. According to household registration statistics in the mid-1950s, there was only one household with the surname Zheng, living in Zhongzhong Village on Liwei Island. It was the smallest number among the 31 surnames at that time. surname. Since then, the number of people with the surname Zheng has increased, but it is far slower than the growth rate of the population with other surnames. It is still one of the smallest surnames among the Jing people.
6. Naxi The Zheng surname of the Naxi is the descendant of the Han people who moved into the Naxi residential area in history, and later integrated into the Naxi. One of them came from Jiangxi and moved to the present-day Lijiang area of ??Yunnan around the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Since then, they have stayed in the local area and multiplied. Today, they are the most influential branch among the Naxi people with the Zheng surname.
7. Hani people The surname of the Hani people with the surname Zheng originated relatively late. It is generally believed that the surname was not used until the middle of the Ming Dynasty. According to the "Lin'an Prefecture Tusi Official Chronicle", in the early years of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, the prefect Chen Sheng gave the local chieftains the eight surnames "Zhao Qian Sun Li, Zhou Wu Zheng Wang" in the first two sentences of "Hundred Family Surnames". , the Hani people had the surname Zheng from then on. Later, during their interactions with the Han people, some Hani people were influenced by Han culture and added the Chinese character "Zheng" before their names, becoming new members of the Hani people with the surname Zheng. Today, the Hani people have a population of more than 1 million and have more than 30 commonly used surnames, one of which is Zheng.
8. Yugu tribe The surname Zheng of the Yugu tribe is the Chinese homophone translation and simplification of the name of one of the famous families in the tribe, "Zeng Si'en" (also known as Zeng Kesi). The Zengsi'en family originally had the surname Zengsi'en or Zengsi Kesi. Later, because the surname was too complicated, it was simplified to the Han surname Zheng. Today, the surname Zheng is also one of the more influential surnames among the Yugu people.
9. The Bai ethnic group. Most people with the surname Zheng of the Bai ethnic group honor Zheng Hui, the governor of the Nanzhao Kingdom in the Tang Dynasty, as their ancestor. They have the same origin as the surname Zheng of the Han ethnic group. Today, they also have a relatively large population among the Bai ethnic group.
2. Migration Distribution
Migration History of the Zheng Surname
Pre-Qin Period
The Zheng family in Shandong is 18 miles east of Philadelphia, Shandong The branch of "Bing" is the descendant of the original personnel stationed in the state of Zheng. The seventy-two disciples of Confucius in the state of Zheng should be this branch. Because Bing was in the state of Lu, the Zheng family was also called "Lu people" and thrived there.
The descendants of this Zheng family who had greater influence in history were the "Nanli Jun" Lu Gong who moved between the Han Dynasty and the Song Dynasty after the Han Dynasty destroyed Zheng.
Qin and Han Dynasties
When the Zheng Kingdom fell and Guo was the surname, there were four branches of the Zheng family: the Nanzheng and Shandong branches were weak, and the two branches in Henan were more prosperous.
After Lu Gong who lived between Chen and Song. Ju Gong, the son of Lu Gong, served as a senior official in Wei; Ju Gong's son Wuhui served as a senior official in Wei; Wuhui Gong's son Anping served in Wei for the first time, and later took Fan Ju to the Qin Dynasty and became a general in the pass. Later, he was trapped and surrendered by Zhao soldiers. Zhao was granted the title of Lord of Wuyang; Hui, the son of Duke Anping, did not surrender to Zhao with his father, but continued to serve in the Wei Dynasty. Because he resisted the Qin army, he was granted the title of Xinzhujun, and Wei died as a commoner; the eldest son of Duke Hui, Chang, was initially appointed as the county magistrate of Qin and Wu. , later he followed King Xiang of Chu to attack Qin, and was granted the title of King of Han, also known as King Zheng of Han. King Zheng Han was the guardian of Chu, and King Liu Bang surrendered to the Han Dynasty in the second year of his reign.
The stranded son of Confucian Duke Zhou was captured when Han destroyed Zheng. In order to bribe the people of Zheng, in the first year of King Xuanhui of Han Dynasty (332 BC), South Korea granted the son of Zhougong a remote place in Xiaoshanzhiyang (now the Guangwu Mountain area) to guard Jiantujun (or Xiaoyangjun). The tomb of Gong is called the ruins of King Zheng (now Zhengwangzhuang). Duke Qiang's son Qiang, in order to avenge the loss of his country, once sent 800 gold to persuade Qin to conquer Korea; Duke Qiang's son Zhu went to Zhao State to consort with Qin for Zhao and help Qin conquer Korea; Zhu Gong's son Guo initially worked as a hydraulic engineer in South Korea. He participated in the control of floods in Yingze and built the Great Chasm Canal. Later, he was ordered by the King of Han to lobby Qin to build the canal, with the intention of weakening Qin and making it unable to attack Han. The Duke finally built the canal, which enabled Qin to gain water conservancy, strengthen its national power, and unify the six kingdoms. After Chinese history entered the unification period of the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Zheng family also followed the development of history, taking the Central Plains as the axis and radiating to the surrounding areas. Duke Chang of Lu's lineage, namely Zheng Chang, was initially the governor of Chu. In the second year of Liu Bang, Xiang Yu made Zheng Chang, who was the magistrate of Wu County at that time, the king of Han.
Zheng Chang believed that enfeoffment was out of date, so he surrendered to Liu Bang and participated in the conquest of Pingzhong to help the unification of Han Dynasty. The war between Chu and Han entered its third year. "Chu and Han fought against each other, and the chasm formed the boundary." A mighty and majestic scene was staged in Beiguang Wushan. General Zheng Zhong suggested to Liu Bang: "The Chu army is strong, so it should build high bases and deep trenches without fighting, and wait until the enemy is tired before attacking." Liu Bang accepted his words and won a great victory.
Rong, the son of Duke Chang, was from Chen (now Huaiyang, Henan) and participated in Xiang Yu's uprising. Xiang Yu was defeated by the Han Dynasty. Liu Bang asked the original Xiang Yu's generals to register so that they could be awarded officials, but Zheng Rong missed Xiang Yu and refused. After registering, he was expelled by the Han Dynasty and died of worry and anger.
Ronggong's son was also a Chen man at that time, and he was a chivalrous and righteous man. During the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, he was worshiped as Prince Sheren. At that time, Zheng was afraid of inconvenience to his guests, afraid of being disrespectful to his elders, and afraid of condescending to young people. He often said: "When guests come, no matter they are high or low, they must receive them!" Therefore, Ban Gu, the author of "Han Shu" said: "Zhang Yizhi abides by the law. , Feng Tang’s review of generals, Ji An’s integrity, how can Zheng be so famous as a judge at that time?” At that time, Zheng made a mistake because he believed in slander. He was impeached, sentenced to prison, and released from prison. Become a commoner. Soon he was appointed again and moved to the post of governor of Runan. He died of illness during his tenure and his family had no money left, so he relied on relatives and friends to support the funeral.
At that time, the Duke's son Tao; Tao Gong's son Zhong (the governor of Jiangdu); Zhong Gong's eldest son Fang, a high official in Hanzhong, and his second son moved to Pei; Fang Gong's son Ji became the official of Zhao Wangxiang; Ji Gong's The eldest son, Qi, was appointed as the prefect of Henan Province. He admired his ancestor's virtues and was attached to his ancestral land. He moved his family back and was buried in Guangwuyuan, his ancestral tomb. Qi Gong's eldest son Ji (the magistrate of Huaxian County) moved to Xinye, Henan Province and became the Zheng family of Nanyang. Ancestor. Later, it disappeared and passed through several generations. The descendant of Sun Ergong moved to Dali Village (today's Xida Village, Wangcun Town) in the early Ming Dynasty. It is the branch with the largest number of people living in the Zheng family. The "Zheng Family Ancestral Hall in Dali Village" was built, and his descendants moved to surrounding counties, townships and villages. In 1992, a delegation of 23 people from Taiwan's Zheng clan visited the place to pay homage to their roots and worship. It was an unprecedented event.
Qi Gong’s second son, Qi, became the prefect of Xihe in the Later Han Dynasty; Ji Gong’s eldest son, Bin, lived in Gaomi, Shandong, and was a doctor of Han Guanglu; Bin Gong’s third son, Zheng Xing, lived in Kaifeng, Henan (now Kaifeng City) He was a Confucian scholar of the Later Han Dynasty and General Jingnan; Zhong, the son of Xing Gong, was a great farmer of the Later Han Dynasty and was sent as an envoy to the Xiongnu. Because he maintained the dignity of the Han Dynasty, he was worshiped as Zhonglang General. There is a biography in "Book of the Later Han Dynasty"; An Shi, the son of Zhong Gong , the Chariot and Cavalry General of the Later Han Dynasty; An Shigong’s eldest son Lin, the Chariot and Cavalry Commander of the Later Han Dynasty, and his second son Liang (Liang Sun Chong was the Taifu of the Jin Dynasty, Zong Guanggong, and his posthumous title was Cheng after his death); Lin Gong’s son Xi, Xi Gong’s eldest son Tai , the second son Hun.
After Zhou Gong, Zheng Ji Gong and Zheng Hong Gong were the descendants of famous families in Linzi, Shandong. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to prevent the Qiang clan from causing rebellion, they moved their brothers to Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Brothers Zheng Zhong and Zheng Jun, sons of Hou Honggong, moved back to Rencheng, Shandong Province; Bin Gong, the official of Guanglu of Han Dynasty, lived in Gaomi, Shandong Province. Among his famous descendants are Zheng Xuan, a master of Confucian classics in the Eastern Han Dynasty; Zheng Tai, who moved back to Kaifeng, once spread far and wide Coastal and overseas; the Zheng Hun branch moved back to their ancestral homeland and became a prominent clan in the Jin and Wei dynasties. Later generations of Zheng Xi, Zheng Daozhao, and Zheng Shu's descendants went to Yanzhou and Qingzhou in Shandong to serve as officials. The Zheng families of Shandong and Henan are intertwined and influenced each other.
The descendants of the Duke of Zhou. The son of the Duke is Ru Gong, and the grandson of Ru Gong is a man named Zheng Hong, who is from Shanyin (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) and is a famous person in history. He had been a miser when he was young, and was discovered by the eunuch named Wu Lun, who appointed him as the postal officer of the capital and promoted him to Xiaolian. Zheng Hong also became a disciple of Jiao Kuang, the governor of Henan, and studied knowledge. In the 13th year of Yongping of the Han Dynasty (70 years), King Liu Ying of Chu rebelled and was deposed. Jiao Kuang was implicated and arrested, and died on the way to escort. Then Jiao's wife and son were arrested again. Jiao's relatives and friends were afraid of implicating themselves and distanced themselves from his family. Zheng Hong was the only one who shaved off his hair, wore iron chains, and went to court to complain about Jiao Kuang, which finally made Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty wake up and pardon Jiao Kuang's family. His loyalty and loyalty moved the emperor, who immediately appointed him magistrate of Zouxian County. While in office, he promoted benevolent government and reduced corvee labor, which made him quite popular. He was promoted to prefect, then minister, and soon entered the dynasty Zheng Zhong as chief agricultural officer. He petitioned the emperor for approval to open a road from Lingling, Guiyang (southern Hunan) to Nanling (Guangdong, Guangxi), opening up north-south transportation. During his tenure as chief agricultural officer, he increased revenue and reduced expenditure, making the national treasury full. At this time, there was a drought in the world and police were stationed at the border. Zheng Hong also proposed to reduce taxes and labor in the disaster-stricken areas. In the first year of Yuanhe (84 years), Zheng Hongjin was appointed Taiwei, and he elected Wu Lun as Sikong. Every time he went to court, he always bowed down and treated each other with the courtesy of a descendant. When the emperor inquired about the situation, he specially set up a mica screen between the two of them to avoid missing important matters due to trivial matters. This move became a favorite story and spread everywhere. In order to commemorate him, the local people called the spring where he often bathed when he was a child "Zheng Gongquan". The wind that goes well with the weather is called "Zheng Gongfeng". Some of Ye's descendants later moved to Dongping County, Shandong Province. In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, another celebrity named Zheng Jun appeared.
Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties Periods
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties periods, there were more turmoils in the north and relative stability in the south, resulting in a population migration from the Central Plains to the south, which continued until the Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms periods. Among them, the largest scale of the Zheng family's southward migration is:
In the first year of Yongjia of Jin Dynasty (307), Zheng Xiang, the founder of the southward migration, served as the Chief of Chariots and Cavalry of Wu State, the Pingnan General, and later the Governor of Dong'an. , guarding Danyang (now Jiangning County). In the fourth year of Jianxing (316), he became the magistrate of Xin'an County and was buried outside the west gate of Xin'an after his death. Ping Gong, the eldest son of Duke Xiang, was the governor of Yuzhang and was in charge of Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang). The second son of Duke Xiang, Duke Zhao, was General Longxiang of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He was granted the title of Marquis of Kaiguo. He led troops into Fujian and was called the "first ancestor of the invasion of Fujian". He was first appointed as the governor of Jian'an (Nanping), then moved to Quanzhou as governor, and later became the prefect of Jin'an County. He was buried after his death. Changle. The Nanhu and Jiaji systems of present-day Mindong, Putian, and Xianyou were all behind them; and Mr. Lu, Zhuang, and Shunan Husan of Putian successively moved from Yongtai to Xinghua (Putian) in the first year of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty (780). ), lived in seclusion in Nanhu Mountain, and built Hushan Bookstore to recruit apprentices and give lectures. Later generations called him Mr. Nanhu San. The descendants moved to Xianyou, Chaozhou, etc., and from Chaozhou it spread as far as Thailand, the Philippines and the southeastern region. Zheng Qiao, a native of the Song Dynasty, was a historian of the Song Dynasty and wrote extensively. He was called Mr. Jiaji and was also a descendant of this branch.
The Zheng family in Pengcheng (today's Xuzhou) was brought here by the father of Zheng Yi, the minister of Zhongshu in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, with his family during the Southern and Northern Dynasties; the Zheng family in Huai'an moved out from Xuzhou, and is related to the Zheng family in Xuzhou The original branch of the family; Zheng Xie (Banqiao), a famous calligrapher and painter, also known as one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou", whose ancestors moved from Xinghua (Putian), Fujian, is a descendant of the Zheng family in Nanhu.
Tang and Song Dynasties
During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Zheng, a man from Gushi, was ordered to go to Fujian to guard, and was later trapped in the Jiulong Mountain area. Two of his tribesmen, Chen Min and Chen Fu, led the 58 surnamed Zhongzhou The military academy entered Fujian to rescue him. Among the staff of Chen Min and Chen Fu was Zheng Shizhong, who later stayed in Fujian to reproduce and have many descendants. Therefore, there is a proverb that "Chen and Lin occupy half the world, while Huang and Zheng fill the streets." For example, the Zheng family in Jiaowei, Hongtang, Tong'an, Zhangzhou, etc. are all from this branch, and many of them later moved to Taiwan.
Zheng Qian, who was known as the "Three Masters of Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting" in the Tang Dynasty, was demoted to Taizhou, Zhejiang Province and joined the army as a householder. After his death, he was buried in Baishi Jinji Mountain. He made great contributions to the culture of eastern Zhejiang. Known as the "authentic Taiwanese religion", descendants moved to Linhai, Ninghai, Sanmen, Tiantai and Huangyan areas.
During the Zhonghe period of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Xu, a butcher in Shouzhou, and his brother-in-law Liu Xingquan gathered a crowd to start a rebellion, and took Wang Chao, the assistant of Gushi County, and his younger brothers Shen (Gui Quan) and Shen Zhi to help them. He also appointed Wang Chao as military commander. Prime Minister Zheng Wei (descendant of the Zheng family) later became Duke of Yuanyuan and was kidnapped to accompany his entire family. Wang Xu claimed to be a general, Liu Xingquan was his deputy, and Wang Chao brothers were given priority. In the first year of Guangqi (885), Wang Xu led 5,000 troops and more than 10,000 people from the clan (a self-sufficient group of scholars, farmers, workers, merchants, and all kinds of craftsmen and craftsmen), crossed the river south, and moved to Jiangzhou (Jiujiang). , Hongzhou (Nanchang), Qianzhou (Wozhou), and captured Tingzhou (Changting, Fujian), leaving old and weak clans scattered along the way. Therefore, the Zheng family in Changting, Longyan, Wuping, Shanghang and other places in western Fujian fought for the throne. The descendants of the Zheng family who were left behind this time. Later, Wang Chao and his troops were not accustomed to the soil and water of the south, so they returned to the Central Plains via Shaxian County in Taoyuan (now Yongchun). And military discipline is strictly enforced and no one is allowed to disturb the people. At this time, Liao Yanruo, the governor of Quansan, was greedy and violent and harmed the people, causing untold suffering. Zhang Yanlu, a native of Quanzhou, led the people of Quanzhou to welcome Wang Chao in Wurong (now Fengzhou Town) and asked Wang Chao's brothers to relieve the sufferings of the people. Wang Chao then ordered to attack the city, but failed, and then ordered to colonize the area, but Yuan Gong led his people to colonize Wurong Prefecture. A year later, after conquering Quanzhou City, Wang Chao took charge of his own affairs and ordered Ke Yuangong to guard Taolinchang, Nan'an County (now Yongchun County). But Duke Yuan lived in seclusion in Wutian when he was old. During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, there was a man named Zheng who inspected the military capital of Chaoyang, and his elders lived here. Therefore, it is also called "Pengxiang Zheng Family". The genealogy often says that it comes from Gushi, but Yuan Gong is the ancestor. The ancestor of Pengxiang was Duke Keyuan, whose father was a descendant of the Zheng family and a descendant of Zheng Ti, who was the prime minister during the reign of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty. Zheng Tian died in Longzhou County. His sons Qichang, Keyuan and Keyun were buried in their ancestral home in Henan. They fled the chaos in Gushi, Guangzhou, and then followed Wang Chao south to Fujian. They lived in the sun of Dapeng Mountain and were called Pengxiang. Zheng's family. Respecting Ke Yuangong as the ancestor, the people of the clan followed the sea silk. The Silk Road spread to Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and other places; in the Ming Dynasty, many people immigrated to Wenzhou, Pingzhao, Long'er and Yunhe in Zhejiang; in Xianyou, Fuqing, Dehua and Anxi in Fujian Province , Zhangzhou, Jianyang, Guangze, and Zhangping also have footprints of the Zheng family bannermen in Pengxiang; later, the Zheng family army from Taiwan came to Yongchun twice to recruit troops in the last years of Chongzhen. Those who went to Taiwan with the army later settled in Tamsui, Zhanghua, Zhuqian, and Luohan. Doors and other places.
The Zheng family in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, are mostly descendants of Zheng Shanguo. Shanguo died while serving as the governor of Jiangzhou (Jiujiang). His descendants multiplied in Jiujiang and De'an areas. Zheng Liang, a native of De'an in the Northern Song Dynasty, was a geographer and the great-grandson of Shanguo. Zheng Lun, a native of Dehua (Jiujiang) in the Southern Song Dynasty, served as the magistrate of Longnan County. Some people in Longnan County were forced to go up the mountains to become bandits because they could not bear the oppression of the government. After Zheng Lun took office, the government was lenient and harmonious. Some people who were originally bandits came down the mountain on their own initiative, saying: "Now that a good official will not bully us, we are all willing to go back to farm." Zheng Gu of Yuanzhou (now Yichun, Jiangxi Province) was appointed as the governor of Yongzhou to write partridges. He is famous for his poems about poems and is known as "Zheng Partridge". In the Song Dynasty, there was Zheng Quan, a scholar. Zheng Bowen of Xinjian (near Nanchang) died in his early years. His wife was determined not to marry and to respect her parents-in-law, which was written into "Yuan History·Biography of Lienu".
During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties
The Zheng family in Peijun (now Suxian County) moved from Chenjun or Songcheng at the end of Qin and the beginning of Han Dynasty, and became a prominent local family. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zheng Zha, Zheng Zhou, and Zheng Fengzu, who followed Sun Ce into the army, became famous ministers of Sun Wu and later moved south. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty. Brothers Zheng Yulin and Zheng Yuchun joined the rebel army. Yuchun followed the army to fight in the Central Plains and was later named a "hou".
The family of Zheng Chenggong, the national hero, is the descendant of Ping Gong, the general of Zhennan who defected to the Lingnan Army. Ping Gong and Zhao Gong, the ancestor of Fujian, were brothers. The Pu, Zhang, and Chao Zheng families are descendants of Zhaogong.
The Zheng family in Guizhou is a branch of the lineage of Zheng Tian, ??the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty, and a descendant of Zheng Tian, ??the seventh prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. Zheng Chang of the Southern Song Dynasty and Zheng Yuchun, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, are both his descendants. In the late Qing Dynasty, Zheng Wenqing and his son Zheng Zhen, who were born in Zunyi, were both famous writers with great achievements in writing and language in the Qing Dynasty. They were representatives of the Zheng family in Guizhou.
The Zheng family in Sichuan and Shaanxi are mostly descendants of Nanzhengjun (after Duke Wu moved eastward, he left a branch to move south, called Nanzhengjun). The Deyang branch of Sichuan, according to its genealogy records, should be the descendants of Zheng Guo, a disciple of Confucius. Zheng Gong from Guanghan and Zheng Shaowei from Chengdu are the Zheng family who immigrated from the Central Plains area. In Shaanxi, there are descendants of the state of Zheng who helped Qin build the canal, and descendants of officials who served as officials in the dynasty from the Han to the Tang Dynasty and stayed in Chang'an.
Some of the Zheng family moved to Northeast China from Shandong and Hebei in the Qing Dynasty. In the late Qing Dynasty, there was Zheng Wenzhuo, a native of Tieling, who was good at epigraphy, calligraphy, medicine, music, and lyrics. He was a famous miscellaneous scholar in the late Qing Dynasty.
Part of the Zheng family moved first.
The first ancestor, Duke Huan, established the capital in Ji Nei.
The second generation ancestor Wu Gong moved eastward with King Ping and established the capital in Beijing (today's Xiangcheng Village in Beijing).
The second son of Mr. Duan Wugong, the third great uncle of the third generation, went to Huizhou (now Huixian County, Henan Province). Later, he was the ancestor of the Duan family. For details, see "New Book of Tang".
The fifteenth generation Zulu moved to the Song Dynasty and Chenjian (today's Huaiyang and Shangqiu areas in Henan).
The eighteenth generation ancestor Anping entered the Qin Dynasty and became the Marquis of Guannei.
The 19th generation uncle moved to Sizhou (now Luoyang County, Henan), which is the first house in Sizhou, Henan.
The 24th uncle Ji and his nephew moved far away and moved to Shanyin in Kuaiji.
The twenty-seventh ancestor Qi Gong was Zheng, the second eldest son of Zhengzhou.
The 28th generation Zu Zhi lived in Jijinli, Qingyuan Township, Kaifeng County, Henan Province.
The 29th Zubin lived in Gaomi, Shandong.
The thirty-first generation uncle Feng lived in Xianyang, that is, Zheng, the third house of Xianyang in Yongzhou.
The thirty-fourth generation uncle Xian is Zheng and Zhao of the fifth house in Nanhai, Yangzhou, and Zheng, the sixth house of Beihai, Qingzhou.
The thirty-ninth generation ancestor Xiang lived in Danyang, which is Zheng, the seventh house in Danyang, Yangzhou.
The fortieth generation of Zuping lived in Xin'an County, Dongyang County, and later became the ancestors of Zheng in Chu, Wu, Yue, Hangzhou and Taiwan. Zi Wu: Wang, Chong, Stele, Ying, Ji.
Zu Zhao, the fortieth generation, lived in Fuzhou and Changle, Quan.
The forty-first generation ancestor Wang was later the ancestor of Zhu Zheng in Danyang and Wu counties.
Favored, later became the Zhengzu of Dongyang Xin'an.
The monument was later named Zhengzu of Qu and Wu.
Ying, later became the Zheng ancestor of Hu, Hang, Lu, Ming and Taiwan.
Ji, later became the Zheng ancestors of Jiangyin, Zhenjiang, Pingjiang, Yuezhou and Changshan.
Consideration, the third son of Duke Zhao was Zheng, the eldest son of Mount Tai in Yanzhou.
The forty-second ancestor invited Zheng, the eighth house of Donghai, Yangzhou.
Huang, later Zheng Zu of Chengmen Village, Fuzhou.
Yan, later became the Zheng ancestors of Baiqiao, Hongyu, Changle and Huli inside and outside Fuzhou City.
Qiu, later became the ancestor of Zhu Zheng in Nanxiang, Changle.
The forty-second ancestor Ji, later became the ancestor Zheng of Fuzhou and Fuqing. The four ancestors, Huang, Yan, Qiu and Ji, were the sons of Heng Gong and the grandson of Zhao Gong.
The forty-second ancestor Tao is the eighth grandson of the thirty-fourth ancestor Hun Gong.
The forty-third generation of Zu Hui was followed by the Zheng ancestors of Fuzhou Diaolongtai and Pingcun Sexia Kuzhu, Hengyu, Changle and Shandong villages.
Lanzhi lives in Pingchuan.
Huizhi lives in Kuzhu and Hengyu, Fuzhou.
Xin Zhi lives in Dongshan Village, Changle.
Lin Zhi was the ancestor of Zheng in Yongchun, Nan'an. Huizhi, Lanzhi, Huizhi, Xinzhi and Linzhi were brothers and great-grandsons of Duke Zhao.
The forty-fourth generation of Zugao is Zheng, the tenth house of Jin'an, Jiangzhou. (Nanchang, Jiujiang, and Wuchang areas belonged to Jiangzhou in ancient times)
Gong was the ancestor of Zheng in Taoyuan Village, Nan'an County.
The second brother of Zangzhuang Gong, the fifty-sixth generation ancestor, was an official in the internal history of Kuaiji, Xingjiu, and later became the ancestor of Diaolongtai in Fuzhou.
Ze, the third brother of Zhuang Gong, was thirteen years old. He and his brother Zang were the ancestors of Diaolongtai in Fuzhou.
Xiang, the eldest brother of Lu Gong, the official Guanglu doctor, was the first ancestor to move to Jingyang in Xingyi.
Shang, the second brother of Lu Gong, was the general of Guantunwei. He moved to Futang, the first ancestor of the Tang Dynasty.
His father was the fourth brother of Lu Gong, who moved to Huling in the sixth year of his reign.
Qian, Shugong's younger brother, became a Jinshi in the twelfth year of Tang Taihe's reign and moved to Fuzhou.
The family lineage of the three gentlemen of Nanhu from the 57th to the 72nd generation
(A) belongs to the descendants of Lu Gong
The fifty-seventh generation ancestor Gong was born from Nanhu moved back to his former residence in Fuzhou.
The fifty-seventh generation ancestor (name unknown) moved to immortality.
The fifty-ninth ancestor Gong moved to Fuzhou.
The sixty-first generation ancestor moved to Tokyo. Live and move to Huaixi. Sen, the official of Qingzhou Sihu, lives in Yan.
The sixty-fourth generation ancestor
Yisheng moved to Daozhou, now Yongzhou, Hunan.
Xihan moved to Runzhou, now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. Zong Fei moved to Fuzhou.
Zhongxuan moved to immortality.
The sixty-fifth generation ancestor Jie Qing moved to the immortal world and was promoted in the imperial examination.
Yan, moved to Hangzhou Chengtiexian Lane.
Burt lived in Jingmen Prefecture (now Dangyang County and Yuan'an County, Hubei Province).
Bo Ke moved to Longxi.
Boyu moved to Chaozhou.
Ji Ying moved to Chaozhou.
(B) Those who belong to the descendants of Duke Zhuang
The fifty-eighth ancestor Fang Jiong moved to Datian, Fuzhou.
Fang Xun moved to Fuzhou Bamboo Performance.
Fang Ning moved to Yongjia Dehua. Jiong, Xun, Jiong, are the grandsons of Duke Zhuang.
In the 63rd generation, Zu Lian moved to Yongtaiguangdry.
Cen, the 68th generation uncle, moved to Ezhou (today's Wuchang) with his younger brothers Xili and Xiyi.
Shao, moved to Xianyou.
The seventieth generation
Ancestor Xiao moved to Chaozhou.
Zhongzhi moved to Chaozhou.
The seventieth generation ancestor moved to the East Lake with his son Wenzheng and became the founder of Qianyuan.
(C) Those who belong to Shugong's generation
The seventy-second ancestor Tianjue lives in Pingyang, Wenzhou.
After seventy-two generations, due to lack of information, we will leave it to another day to continue.
Moving into Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau
The Zheng family population in Taiwan Province is more concentrated. According to statistics in 1954, there were approximately 17,552 households of the Zheng family in Taiwan Province. Based on a family of six, the population should be 100,000. Ranked 12th in the province. Statistics from the book "Population Surname Distribution in Taiwan" published in 1970 showed that the total population of the Zheng family was about 316,635 at that time, which tripled in 16 years. Zheng clan associations have been established in most parts of Taiwan, which evolved from the "National Surname Association" in memory of Zheng Chenggong.
The Zheng surname in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau is an integral part of the Zheng surname in my country. Currently, only Zheng surnames living in Taiwan are seen. Due to its large population, it is the 12th most common surname on the island. Distribution All over the island.
As early as the 1954 census, there were 17,552 households with the surname Zheng on the island, including 552 households in Taipei City, 1,162 households in Keelung, and 178 households in Yangmingshan.