The surname Zheng originally came from the surname Ji. It was born in the state of Zheng and is a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, the ancestor of China. In the early history of China, the surname Zheng once created brilliant achievements. More than 5,000 years ago, Emperor Xuanyuan took Jishui as his surname and had a bear in his capital. Later, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Wugong and Zheng Wengong also established their capitals in a bear. Houji, the fifth generation grandson of the Yellow Emperor, is the blood ancestor of the Zheng surname. Jichang, the 19th generation grandson of the Yellow Emperor, was the Xibo of the Shang Dynasty. Jichang's son Ji Fa destroyed the Shang Dynasty, established the Zhou Dynasty, and became King Wu of Zhou. Therefore, the Zheng family is a descendant of the Zhou Dynasty royal family.
In 807 BC, King Xuan of Zhou Jing named his half-brother Ji You (youngest son of King Li of Zhou) to Zheng (now east of Huaxian County, Shaanxi Province), named the country "Zheng", and established the Western Zhou Dynasty The last vassal state, Zheng State was born. After Ji You's death, his posthumous title was Duke Huan, so he was called Duke Huan of Zheng in history. When King You of Zhou Dynasty arrived, Duke Huan of Zheng was appointed as the Situ of the Zhou Dynasty and was in charge of education. He saw that King You of Zhou was mediocre and unprincipled. He favored his concubines and favored treacherous ministers, which intensified the conflicts in the royal family. Internal and external troubles were intertwined. He had a premonition that chaos was about to occur, so he asked Tai Shibo for advice. A way to escape the scourge of war. Tai Shibo analyzed the situation at that time and said: Located east of Luoshui and south of the Yellow River, between the two countries Guo (northeast of Xingyang, Henan) and Hao (southeast of today's Mi
County, Henan), the land is rich and the transportation is Conveniently, it is a relatively safe place where future development can be planned. You can place your wife and children there first. Duke Huan of Zheng adopted Tai Shibo's suggestion and in 772 BC settled his family and important property in a place called "Jing" between Guo and Ho (today's Xiangcheng Village, Jing, Xingyang), which was known in history as "Guo and Ho". The following year, the "Dog and Rong Rebellion" occurred in the Western Zhou royal family. Duke Huan died for the country, and his son succeeded him as Duke Zheng Wu. Later, Duke Wu of Zheng took the opportunity to escort King Ping of Zhou to move eastward to Luoyang, and successively attacked and destroyed Hua and Guo, established a new Zheng State, and made Xinzheng (now part of Henan) the capital. Zheng was a powerful country in the early Spring and Autumn Period, but gradually weakened. It experienced 23 kings, totaling 431 years, and was destroyed by South Korea in 375 BC. Its descendants moved to Chen (today's Huaiyang, Henan), Song (today's Huaiyang, Henan) (Shangqiu, Henan), the surname is Zheng after the original country name.
Regarding the above situation, there is a brief description in "New Book of Tang" "Genesis of Prime Ministers": "The Zheng family comes from the surname Ji, and the youngest son of King Zhou Li was granted the title of Duke Huan in Zheng. County is also. He gave birth to Wu Gong, and together with Jin Wenfo and King Fu Ping, they moved eastward between Luo, Tuqin and Wei, which was called Xinzheng, and the place was Xinzheng in Henan Province. The thirteenth generation Sun Yougong was destroyed by the Han Dynasty, and his descendants moved between Chen and Song Dynasties, taking the country as the people. "According to "Historical Records of the Zheng Family", Duke You was killed by Han Wuzi, and Duke You's younger brother Ni was established as Confucian Duke; Confucian Duke was killed, and Duke You's younger brother Yi was established as Lord Zheng; Zheng Junyi "twenty-one years" , Han Aihou destroyed Zheng and merged his country."
The lineage of the ancestors with the surname Zheng is as follows: Huangdi → Xuanxiao → Qiaoji → Gaoxin → Houji → Buku → Jutao → Gongliu → Qingjie → Huangpu → Chafu → Destroy Yu → Gongfei → Gaoyu → Yayu → Gongshu and ancestral classes → Ancient Gongfu → Gongji → Xibo Chang (King Wen of Zhou) → King Wu Fa → King Cheng Chan → King Kang Zhao → King Zhao Xia → King Mu Man → *** Wang Yihu → King Yi Xie → King Xie of Yi → King Li of Hu → *** and Administration → Xuan Wang Jing → Conferred Ji You (Zheng Huan Gong) to Zheng. In 375 BC, the state of Zheng was destroyed by South Korea. After the fall of the Zheng Kingdom, they lived scattered among Jing (now Jingxiangcheng, Xingyang, Henan), Zhi (now west of Xingyang), Ji (east of today's Zhengzhou, Henan), Chen (now Huaiyang, Henan), and Song (now Shangqiu, Henan). In commemoration of their homeland, they changed their surnames to Zheng one after another. From then on, the surname Zheng was born.