Origin of Zhang's surname
The origin of Zhang's surname is as follows: Shao Haozi made bows and arrows, and the surname originated from the gift of the Yellow Emperor. According to "New Tang Book". According to the Genealogy List of Prime Ministers: The five sons of the Qingyang family of Huangdi Shaohao started to make bows and arrows, and their descendants were given the surname Zhang. It can be seen from this that Hui was once the inventor of the important weapon bow, and later there were people named Zhang. It is the Zhang family in Hebei Province. It comes from the descendants of Huangdi Ji, according to "Tongzhi". According to "Clan Briefing", in the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a senior official in the Jin State who named Zhang Hou, and his descendants named him after this name, and they were also called the Zhang family. It is also recorded that the Zhang family was an official in the Jin Dynasty for a long time. After the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei divided the Jin Kingdom in 403 BC, except for some who stayed in their original places, most of them moved with the relocation of the capitals of the Three Kingdoms. This is the Zhang family of Shanxi, Hebei and Henan.
It comes from the surname given by others or the surname changed by other people. Long Youna, the Southern Barbarian chief who had lived in Yunnan for a long time, was given the surname Zhang by Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period. From then on, his descendants took Zhang as their surname. Wei general Zhang Liao's original surname was Nie, which was later changed to Zhang. There are also some ethnic minorities who changed their surname to Zhang.
Jiacheng Genealogy Certificate
Hebei: Nanpi Zhang’s east gate family tree is not divided into volumes, Nanpi Zhang’s family tree is not divided into volumes, Nanpi Zhang’s west gate family tree is not divided into volumes, Nanpi Zhang’s family tree is not divided into volumes, Nanpi Zhang’s family tree is not divided into volumes Eighteen family trees of four disciples.
Shanxi: The Zhang family tree is not divided into volumes, the Zhang family tree is in one volume, the Zongyang Zhang family tree is in four volumes, and the Dingyang Zhang family tree is in four volumes.
Liaoning: Guangning Zhang family tree is not divided into volumes, Shuntian Zhang family tree is not divided into volumes, and Zhang family tree is in one volume.
Shanghai: Shenpu Zhang Family Genealogy in six volumes, Fengxian Zhang Family Genealogy in six volumes, first volume, Yunjian Zhang Family Genealogy in one volume, Yunjian Zhang Family Genealogy in one volume, Nantang Zhang Family Genealogy Eight volumes.
Jiangsu: Ten volumes of Zhang family genealogy, Tongshan Zhang family genealogy, two volumes of Zhang family genealogy, six volumes of Zhang family genealogy, and nine volumes of Huaiyin Zhang family genealogy.
Zhejiang: Qinghe Zhang family genealogy is not divided into volumes, Zhang family genealogy is in one volume, Yongshang Zhang family genealogy, and Qinghe Zhang family genealogy are in twenty-two volumes.
Gathering place: Migration distribution
The Zhang family distributed in various places generally have branch ancestors and reasons for migration.
The Zhang family in Hedong is descended from Zhang Hua, a descendant of Sikong County in Jin Dynasty. , moved south with the Jin Dynasty, and settled in Qujiang, Shaozhou as an official; City), the Zhang family is from Zhang Song's fourth son Mu, who served as the prefect of Shu County in the Eastern Han Dynasty and first lived in Wu County; the Zhang family in Dongwucheng, Qinghe (now northeast of Qinghe County, Hebei Province) is from Zhang Xin, the grandson of Zhang Liang, the marquis of Han Dynasty. Di Xie was born in Dai, the prefect of Taishan in the Wei Dynasty. He moved to Qinghe from Hanoi and was passed down from Yi. He became a minister in the later Wei Dynasty and moved to Changle in Weizhou in the late Sui Dynasty. The Zhang family in Hejian (now part of Hebei Province) was the descendant of Zhang Cang, the Marquis of Pingwen in Northern Han Dynasty. He lived in Yifeng, Zhongshan for generations; The Zhang family of Wei County (now Anyang City, Henan Province) lived in the plains for generations.
In the Jin Dynasty, the Zhang family from the Central Plains moved to Fujian; during the Zongzhang period of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Zheng and Chen Yuanguang and their sons were ordered to enter Fujian, followed by the military academy surnamed Zhang from the Central Plains; during the Zhonghe period of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Chao and Wang Shenzhi When he entered Fujian, he was accompanied by Zhang Mu from Gushi, Henan, who was later named Liang Guogong and the Zhang family of Fujian. They were roughly divided into Jianhu, Jinpo, Banqiao and other sects based on their place of residence. After that, some moved to Guangdong, and they all It is said that its ancestor came from Gushi, Guangzhou, Henan. The Zhang family who have immigrated overseas are now mainly distributed in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, the United States, Britain, France, Australia, Panama and other countries and Hong Kong.
The Zhang surname is the fourth most common surname in Taiwan, after Chen, Lin, and Huang. The Zhang family in Taiwan comes from Fujian and Guangdong. Taiwanese people with the surname Zhang were once divided into Jinpo School, Banqiao School, etc. They mainly live in Changhua, Taipei, Tainan, Nantou and other places. Changhua accounts for one-sixth of the population in Taiwan. Like the Zhang surname in mainland China, it has three obvious characteristics: first, the surname was acquired earlier and has a long history; second, the family has a large number of branches and branches all over the country, and people of the Zhang family are everywhere; third, countless talents have emerged from ancient times to the present. , outstanding figures of the Zhang family have contributed to the prosperity of the Chinese nation throughout the ages.
The first ancestor of the Zhang family to enter Taiwan was Zhang You, who came from Meifeng, Guangdong. Since the early Qing Dynasty, people from the Zhang family in Fujian and Guangdong have immigrated to Taiwan one after another, and many people have gone to make a living overseas.
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During the Tang Dynasty, the ninth generation Zhang Gongyi lived together, which had a great influence on the social customs at that time. Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty went to his home and asked him to introduce his experience of living in harmony without separation. Zhang Gong picked up a pen and wrote 100 words "forbearance" and presented it to Gaozong. Emperor Gaozong admired him very much and rewarded Mr. Zhang with 100 feet of silk and satin.
Zhang's surnames include Qinghe, Jinjian Xiaoyou, Qinmu, Guanying, Yanyi, Dunmu, Zongyue, Jingyi, Yuanliu wait.