First, surnames originated in the ancient Zhou Dynasty. Zhou Wuwang named his cousin Jiqu in Cen (now Hancheng, Shaanxi Province) and established Cen State. Later generations took the country name as their surname.
Second, the county number "Customs Pass" records: "Yao, the half-brother, was named Cenzi by the King of Wu, and later became a surname. Looking out of Nanyang. "
Third, celebrities of past dynasties.
Cen Peng: The word Ran Jun. After the Han Dynasty, there were Jiyang people in Nanyang. Later, Liu Xiu (Guangwu) returned to seal the dance of Yin Hou.
Cen Can: A native of Jiangling in Tang Dynasty. Official worship of the secretariat. A poem is better than a seven-character song. There are 360 existing poems. I have a cordial feeling about frontier fortress scenery, military life and cultural customs of ethnic minorities. The style is similar to Gao Shi, and later generations often call it Gao Cen.
In the Qing Dynasty, two very great figures were born in Xilin Nalao, the southernmost part of Guangxi. One is the national hero of anti-French, Cen Yu Ying, who fought against the French army with "ground camp method" in the Vietnam campaign, and defeated the menacing French army in Lintao, and was moved by other provinces. After the Sino-French war, he held a high position and was rich. When he was a prince in the Qing court, his position was very prominent. The other is Cen Chunxuan, the third son of Cen Yu Ying. 1900, Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing and Tianjin. Cen Chunxuan led his troops to be a "diligent king" and became an important official in the late Qing Dynasty. He competed with Yuan Shikai's forces, and was known as "Southern Cen and Northern Yuan" in history. Following the historical trend, Cen Chunxuan participated in protecting the country and became the chairman of the military government and one of the founders of the Kuomintang during the Republic of China.