Zeng's family originated from Si's family.
1, the 25th son of Huangdi was named Changyi, Changyi was born in Zhuan Xu, Zhuan Xu was born in Gun, and Gun was born in Yu. According to legend, Yu was born to Gun's wife, dream of eating, who gave Yu a surname. The Zeng tribe who invented Zan is a branch of Zan tribe. Yu succeeded in harnessing water, and Shun abdicated to Yu. Yu's son Qi established the Xia Dynasty, the first hereditary dynasty in the history of China.
2. The capital of Xia Dynasty is Yangcheng, which is now Yuzhou City, Henan Province. Shao Kang, Wang Xia, made Qu Lie, the second son, viscount Kun, and established a state in Kun (now Xiangcheng Town, Lanling County, Linyi City, Shandong Province).
3. In ancient times, it was customary to take fief as the surname and Qu Lie as the surname Yan. The weak mountain country went through Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and it was not until the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, 567 BC, that it was destroyed by the State of Ju. With the pain of national subjugation, the king of Wu came out and ran to neighboring Lu. Later, the original country name "Tan" was changed to the surname, and the name "Zeng" was removed, which meant leaving the old city and not forgetting the ancestors.
4. For a long time, Zeng's surname has been passed down from the descendants of the Prince of Wu four thousand years ago, a veritable family, so there is a saying that "there are no two in the world". ?
Source 2:
In the past, all ethnic minorities had surnames. There are a few Zeng surnames among Jing, Yi, Tujia, Buyi, Manchu, Miao and Li, but most of them are Han.
Extended data:
Classification of surnames
1, single surname
Single surname (dān xìng): a surname with only one word. As opposed to a compound surname. Such as: "Wang, Li, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Zhi, Yang, Huang, Zhao, Zhou, Wu, Xu, Sun, Ma, Hu, Zhu, Guo, He, Luo, Gao and Lin. According to statistics, there are 693 1 single surnames in China.
Step 2 compound surname
A compound surname refers to a surname consisting of two or more Chinese characters. For example, Ouyang, Sima, Shangguan and Simon. There are many sources of compound surnames, such as official names, fiefs and occupations. Part of it comes from the change of surnames of ethnic minorities.
3. The China Surnames Dictionary shows that the two-character surnames recorded by various ethnic groups in ancient and modern China are 90 12, 4,850, 2,276, 54 1, 6 142, 39 14.
4. They are: Ximugangete, Ximushagegete, Simsagagegete, Nawukergegete, Valdeheliwu tatar, Wulanhan Gilmot Gilmin, and Ohlete geiger, with the cross name 1, that is, Huoerchuan Gamsutaldo.
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