The recognized ancestor of the Zhong family is Zhongzi (named You, courtesy name Zilu, a disciple of Confucius). The Zhong family began to use unified generation characters from the 64th generation. Therefore, the generations of the Zhong family's descendants across the country are not much different. The surname Zhong (Zhòng) has four origins: 1. It comes from the ancient Gaoxin family, a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, and is named after a person. The Yellow Emperor had a great-grandson named Gao Xin, one of the "Eight Talents", known as the "Eight Yuan", who was as famous as Zhuanxu's son "Eight Kai". Among the "Eight Yuan" of the Gao Xin family, there were descendants of the two brothers Zhongkan and Zhongxiong. The descendants took the character "Zhong" from their ancestor's name as their surname, and became the Zhong family. 2. Descendants of Ren surnamed Zhong Hui, the assistant prime minister of Tang, the founding king of the Shang Dynasty. Zhonghui, after Xi Zhong, assisted Tang in governing the world and achieved great distinction. Later, Zhong Hui took his ancestral surname as his surname, so he took the surname Zhong. Fanhou Zhongshanfu of Zhou Dynasty followed him. 3. It comes from the surname Ji. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Qing Gong, the son of the Lu Kingdom, was given the courtesy name Gong Zhong. He was condemned for his rebellion against Lu. After Qing Gong's death, some of his descendants took his surname as Zhong to avoid enemies. 4. Derived from the surname Zi, taking the surname Zu as the surname. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the monarch of the Song Dynasty was after Duke Zhuang of Song Dynasty. The son of Duke Zhuang of Song Dynasty was named Zizhong, and the descendants of Zizhong had the surname "Zhong" and became a branch of the Zhong family. The ancestor who got the surname: Zhongkan. One branch of the Zhong surname, according to the "Yuanhe Surname Compilation" records, is the descendant of Ba Yuan Zhongkan, a talented man of the Gaoxin family, Zhong Xiong, who takes his father's surname as his surname. From the "Manuscript of the Words and Deeds of Famous Clan", it seems that the other branch is Lu Huan Gongzi Qing's father and grandson named Zhongsun, also known as the Zhong family, also known as Zhonghui Tang Zuoxiang, descendants of Yan, Zhongni's disciples have Zhongyou, Zizilu. This shows that the Zhong family in my country comes from many sources. However, there is one unique characteristic. The descendants of these ancients all took Zhong as their surname before the Qin and Han Dynasties in history. Therefore, the antiquity of the Zhong family cannot be doubted. Zhong Kan, the founder of the Zhong family, was a man of great prominence. The earliest Zhong Kan and Zhong Xiong were both sages ranked among the "eight yuan" in ancient times. The so-called "Eight Yuan" refers to the eight most talented and virtuous people at that time who were best at managing affairs. Their position at that time was equivalent to the current Minister of Education. The famous family lived in Le'an County (now Guangrao County, Shandong Province). "Hundred Family Surnames" notes that he lived in Zhongshan County (now Dengfeng County, Henan Province). Later generations of the surname Zhong respected Zhongkan as the ancestor of the surname Zhong.