The Zheng family came out of Xingyang, and the Zheng family from Xingyang spread all over the world.
——Inscribed by Song Guozhen, President of Xingyang Zheng Family Research Association
Information on the historical origin of the Zheng family
1. Origin of the Zheng surname
The surname Zheng is the 23rd most common surname in China today and the 12th most common surname in Taiwan.
The surname Zheng comes from the surname Ji. It was born in the state of Zheng and is a descendant of the Yellow Emperor. 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 built the capital with Xiong. Later, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Wugong and Zheng Wengong also established their capitals with Xiong. 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 in Zheng (now Huaxian County, Shaanxi Province) as the king of a third-class vassal state, with the country name "Zheng", and the State of Zheng was born. Therefore, Ji You was called Zheng Huangong. When King You of Zhou Dynasty arrived, Duke Huan of Zheng assumed the position of Situ and was in charge of education. Seeing that King You of Zhou was mediocre and unruly, doting favors on his concubine, re-employing treacherous ministers, intensifying royal conflicts, intertwining internal and external troubles, and foreseeing that chaos was about to happen, Duke Huan of Zheng asked Tai Shibo for advice on how to protect himself. Tai Shibo believed that east of Luoshui, the Yellow River The land to the south is rich and the transportation is convenient. Duke Huan listened to Tai Shigong's suggestion and settled his family members and important properties there. Later, Duke Huan of Zheng died in the "Quirong Rebellion", and a place called "Jing" between Guo and Ho was known in history as "Guo and Ho". The following year, the "Quin Rong Rebellion" broke out in the Western Zhou royal family. Duke Huan died for the country, and his son dug up the throne and became Zheng Wugong. Later, Duke Wu of Zheng took the opportunity to escort King Ping of Zhou to move eastward, and successfully destroyed Guo and He successively, and established the new Zheng State. The State of Zheng was destroyed by South Korea in 375 BC, and its people used the name of the country as their surname. Their descendants were spread between Chen and Song Dynasty, and their surnames were named Zheng after the name of the original country.
2. The lineage of the ancestors of the surname Zheng
The lineage of the ancestors of the surname Zheng is as follows: Huangdi → Xuanxiao → Qiaoji → Gaoxin → Houji → Buku → Jutao → Gongliu → Qing Festival → Imperial Servant → Chai Fu → Rui Yu → Gongfei → Gaoyu → Yayu → Gongshuzulei → Ancient Gongfu → Gongji → Xibochang (King Wen of Zhou) → King Wu Fa → King Cheng Chan → King Kangzhao → King Zhaoxia → Mu Wangman → *** Wang Yihu → Yi Wang Xie → Yi Wang Xie → Li Wang Hu → *** and Administration → Xuan Wang Jing → Confess Ji You (Zheng Huan Gong) to Zheng. In 375 BC, the Zheng Kingdom 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), and Chen (now Huaiyang, Henan) and Song (now Shangqiu, Henan). In order to commemorate their homeland, They successively changed their surname to Zheng, and since then, the surname Zheng was born.
3. Migration and distribution
The earliest birthplace of the Zheng family was Xingyang City in present-day Henan Province and then Xinzheng City. During the Warring States Period, due to the destruction of Korea, they dispersed and moved to eastern Henan, Shandong, Anhui and other places. During the Qin Dynasty, the 19th generation Sun Zheng moved Sizhou to Luoyang, Henan. The 27th generation grandson Zheng Qi moved his family back to Xingyang. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, people with the Zheng surname have moved into neighboring areas, mainly in today's Shandong, Anhui, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other areas. Later, the 29th generation grandson Zheng Bin lived in Gaomi, Shandong. Anshi, son of Sun Zhengzhong in the 31st generation, moved to Xianyang. Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered that "big clans with powerful clans are not allowed to live together", 24 generations of Sun Nan moved to Shanyin in Kuaiji, Zhejiang. The large-scale migration of the Zheng family to the south began during the "Yongjia Rebellion". In the second year of Yongjia in the Western Jin Dynasty, "the Central Plains were shaken, and the clothes and clothes of the eight tribes began to enter Fujian", among which the fourth surname was Zheng. In the early Tang Dynasty, another member of the Zheng family from Henan immigrated to Fujian with Chen Zheng, Chen Yuanguang and his son. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Zheng family from Henan Province followed Wang Chao and Wang Shenzhi into Fujian. The ancestors of the famous national hero Zheng Chenggong during the Ming and Qing Dynasties entered Fujian this time. The Zheng family's immigration to Taiwan began with Zheng Chenggong; its migration overseas began in the Qing Dynasty. It is now distributed in Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Canada, the United States and other countries.
4. Junwang Hall No.
1. Hall No.
"Bojing Hall": Zheng Xuan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, who read a lot of classics, and thousands of people came from far away Worship him as your teacher. Most of the scholars in the Western Han Dynasty specialized in one classic, but Zheng Xuan alone advocated broad reading.
"Anyantang": During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Zheng Ji was the minister. At that time, foreign aggression came frequently. Zheng Ji defeated the charioteer and forced the Japanese to surrender. So the emperor appointed him as Sima. For the security of the western borders, he was appointed as the Protector of the Western Regions and granted the title of Marquis of Anyuan.
2. County Hope
Xingyang County: A county was established during the Three Kingdoms period, and the administrative seat was Xingyang.
Luoyang: one of the ancient capitals of my country. The ancient cities of the Han and Wei Dynasties were located on the north bank of the Han River east of Baima Temple in present-day Luoyang City; the ancient cities of the Sui and Tang Dynasties were 18 miles west of Han City.
Gaomi County: A county was established in the Western Han Dynasty, and its administrative location was Gaomi. Comparable to today's Gaomi area in Shandong.
Yongzhou: A county was established during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and its administrative seat was Chang'an.
Longxi County: A county was established during the Warring States Period, and its administrative location was Didao.
Nanyang County: A county was established during the Warring States Period and the Qin Dynasty established Wan County as its administrative seat.
5. Family Genealogy
Jiangsu: One volume of Zheng family genealogy, twenty volumes of Yunyang Zheng family genealogy, four volumes of Fufeng Zheng family genealogy, Lanling Zheng family genealogy Thirty volumes of genealogy, first and first volume of eight volumes of Zheng family genealogy in Dongshan, twelve volumes of Zheng family genealogy in Xiaoshan
Zhejiang: first two and last two volumes of fourteen volumes of Zheng family genealogy in Longshan, Zhenbei, Cixi Anshan attaches great importance to the reconstruction of 24 volumes of genealogy, 10 volumes of Zheng family genealogy in Guandong, Cixi, and 19 volumes of Zheng family genealogy in Lanxi
Anhui: Fengyang Zheng family genealogy is not divided into volumes, Qimen Qifeng Zheng family tree Four volumes of family genealogy, thirteen volumes of Zheng family genealogy, Tongcheng Zheng family genealogy, Tongxi Zheng family genealogy, Litang Zheng family genealogy, and one volume of Zheng family genealogy
Fujian: Nanhu Zheng Family Genealogy, Ishiimoto Zheng Family Genealogy, Ishiimoto Family Genealogy, Zheng Family Genealogy, Taoyuan Zheng Family Genealogy Volume Two, Taoyuan Zheng Family Genealogy, Sicheng Zheng Family Genealogy, Xingyang Tang Zheng Family Genealogy, Xingyang Zheng Family Genealogy Genealogy, one volume of the Zheng family's relocation genealogy from Yanzhen, one volume of the Zheng family's genealogy, continued revision of the Baihua Zheng family's genealogy, Zheng's genealogy, one volume of the Zheng's genealogy, one volume of the Zheng's genealogy
6. Historical Celebrities
Zheng Banqiao: a calligrapher and painter of the Qing Dynasty. He was good at painting orchids and bamboos. He was beautiful and vigorous. He was also good at calligraphy. He created the "Banqiao Style" with a unique style, known as the "Three Uniques". One of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou".
Zheng Chenggong: A famous general in the late Ming Dynasty. The king of Tang Dynasty gave him the surname Zhu Chenggong.
Zheng He: A navigator of the Ming Dynasty. His surname was Ma, and his nickname was Sanbao. He was from the Hui ethnic group. He entered the palace as a eunuch in the Ming Dynasty, and later joined the army of King Yan. Due to his meritorious service, he was given the surname Zheng. He was ordered to lead a fleet on seven voyages to the Western Ocean, passing through more than 30 countries and reaching as far as the east coast of Africa, the Red Sea and the Islamic holy land of Mecca.
Zheng Guo: A hydraulic conservator during the Warring States Period, a Korean. He served as the historian of Guanzhong and dug an irrigation canal, which was called "Zheng Guo Canal".
Zheng Guangzu: A famous playwright of the Yuan Dynasty. He, Guan Hanqing, Ma Zhiyuan, and Bai Pu are known as the "Four Masters of Yuan Opera". Their representative work is "A Chinese Ghost Story".
Zheng Qian: Tang Dynasty scholar and painter. He was excellent in poetry, calligraphy, and painting, and was especially good at landscape painting. Emperor Xuanzong inscribed "Zheng Qian's Three Excellent Things" for him.
Zheng Dan: A heroine in the Wu and Yue periods in the late Spring and Autumn Period. Zheng Dan was Xi Shi. After training, he was sent to Wu as an internal response. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was able to "gather in ten years and learn lessons in ten years" and finally destroyed Wu.
The famous Zheng family in history
The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were a prominent era in the history of the Zheng family. Zheng Tai Zheng Hun, the great-great-great-grandson of Zheng Zhong, a Sinologist of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is a representative figure of this period. Zheng Tai, named Gongye. Zheng Tai lived in a time when the world was in chaos. At that time, Dong Zhuo usurped power, and insurrectionary armies from all over the country rose up to attack Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo wanted to send troops to suppress it, but Zheng Tai dissuaded him with 10 reasons including "doing politics based on virtue and not being in public". He gained Dong Zhuo's trust and was appointed Yilang by Dong. Later, because Zheng Tai's opposition to Dong Zhuo was exposed, he abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown. He was named the governor of Yangzhou by Yuan Shu. He died of illness on the way to his post.
Zheng Tai's second son Zheng Mian was selected by Cao Cao as Shangshu Lang and served as the county magistrate of Liyang (now Junxian County, Henan Province). Due to his outstanding political achievements, he was promoted to the post of prefect of Jiyin (now Dingtao, Shandong). He was also promoted to the rank of general and became a regular attendant of Sanqi. Later, he became the Marquis of Anyuan, with thousands of households living in the city. In 265 AD, after Emperor Wu of Jin Sima Yan proclaimed himself emperor, Zheng Miao ascended the throne of Milinghou. Zheng Miao gave birth to 6 sons. The eldest son Zheng Mo inherited his father's title and was later appointed as the prefect of Dongjun (now Huaxian County, Henan Province) by Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty.
Zheng Hun, courtesy name Wengong, is the younger brother of Zheng Tai. Zheng Hun first served as an official under Cao Cao. Later, he gained Cao Cao's trust and was transferred to Cao Cao's side as an aide. After Cao Cao's son Cao Pi came to the throne, he worshiped Zheng Hun as his imperial censor and was granted the title of Prince-in-law and Commander-in-Chief. Zheng Hun attached great importance to agricultural production. During his tenure, he personally led the people to cultivate slopes and plant trees. He was loved by the people and commended by the emperor. After his death, his son Zheng Chong became a doctor and became the governor of Jingzhou. Zheng Chong's grandson was named Zheng Sui, who served as the governor of Fufeng. Zheng Sui's son was named Zheng. Zheng gave birth to six sons: Zheng Yi, Zheng Huo, Zheng Yuan, Zheng Jing, Zheng Yue and Zheng Chu. Zheng Huo's son was named Zheng Wen. Zheng Wen gave birth to four sons: Zheng Tao, Zheng Ye, Zheng Jian and Zheng Tian. Zheng Tao followed Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty to Gansu and settled there, becoming the "Western Ancestor"; Zheng Ye settled in ancient Xingyang (now ancient Xingzhen) and became the "Northern Ancestor"; he served as a Jianwu general in the Northern Wei Dynasty and was granted the title of Nanyang Gong. Zheng Jian settled in Jing County (today's Jingxiangcheng) and became the "Southern Ancestor"; Zheng Tian settled in Dasuo (today's Xingyang City) and became the "Central Ancestor". Later, the descendants of Beizu became prominent and prosperous.
The prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty By the Tang Dynasty, the Zheng surname had reached its heyday in Xingyang, northern China. There are many people who hold high-ranking positions in the court, ranging from officials to prime ministers, and their family status and reputation are very prominent. The three branches of the Zheng surname, the Northern Ancestor, the Southern Ancestor, and the Central Ancestor, have developed and grown. In particular, the powerful power of the Zheng surname in the court is unmatched by other wealthy and famous families. The Zheng family has 22 Jinshi, 6 Number One Scholars, 8 Prince Consorts and 9 Prime Ministers. Known as "Zheng Banchao". During this period, the main representatives of the Zheng surname were Zheng Youru, the fourth grandson of the northern ancestor Zheng Ye. Zheng Youru gave birth to two sons. The eldest son, Zheng Jingdao, served as the governor of Kaizhou (now Kaixian, Sichuan); the second son, Zheng Jingde, served as the governor of Qingzhou and was granted the title of Yang Bo. By the time Zheng Youru's fifth grandson, Zheng Zeng, began to prosper.
Zheng Zeng, courtesy name Jingxiu, served as the governor of Youcizhou, the governor of Huaizhou, and the official of Chaosan. After his death, he was given the title of Guanglu Shaoqing. The eldest son Zheng Changyu has 6 sons, 26 grandchildren, and countless great-grandchildren. Among Zheng Changyu's five descendants, there were seven prime ministers, more than 10 imperial censors, officials and other court officials, and more than 10 governors and governors. The seven prime ministers are: Zheng Xunyu, Zheng Yuqing, Zheng Tan, Zheng Lang, Zheng Ya, Zheng Congdan and Zheng Yanchang. In addition, there were two prime ministers named Zheng in the Tang Dynasty: Zheng Tian, ??Zheng Qi and others.
In addition to these 9 prime ministers surnamed Zheng in Xingyang, there are more than 60 officials from the DPRK and central court, including Shangshu Shilang, Chang Shilang, Changshi, Dafu, Yushi, etc.; more than 50 local officials such as Jiedushi, Jiedushi, Lian Fangshi, etc. ; General Sima Biejia led more than 300 people to join the army, such as the county magistrate and other officials. There are also "Six Number One Scholars": Zheng Yi, Zheng Quanji, Zheng Jie, Zheng Yan, Zheng Hongye, Zheng Zhongyi; the eight princes-in-law: Zheng Jingyan, Zheng Xiaoyi, Zheng Wanjun, Zheng Qianyao, Zheng Xun, Zheng Pei, Zheng He and Zheng Hao.