Different origins of the surname Meng:
1. It originated from the surname Zi, which came from the dental arrangement during the Shang Dynasty, and was based on the name of the ancestor. In ancient times, people had specific concepts about the ranking of their children and descendants.
2. The surname Ji comes from Ji, the son of the 28th generation king of the Wei Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period. It is a surname based on the name of the ancestor. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Zhou Dynasty enfeoffed the vassal state of the same surname, Weiguo, whose founding king was Wei Kangshu, the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou Dynasty, and its capital was in present-day Henan. It was passed down to the 28th generation of the Wei Kingdom that the son of the king, Ji, named Gongmeng, could not succeed to the throne due to illness and gave up the throne to his uncle.
When Ji Chu, the grandson of Gongzi Ji, took his grandfather's surname as his surname, he was called the Gongmeng family. Later, provincial texts simplified it to a single surname of Meng family, which was called the Henan Meng family.
3. The surname Ji comes from Gongsun Ao, the son of Qingfu, a duke of the state of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. The surname is based on the name of the ancestor. According to historical records, Huangdi's surname was Gongsun, and he was the son of the leader of the Shaodian tribe. He was born in Shouqiu (now Qufu, Shandong) and grew up in Jishui, so he was also surnamed Ji; later he lived in Xuanyuan Qiu, so he was named Xuanyuan; and then he moved to Youxiong (now Xinzheng, Henan), also known as Youxiong.
4. Originating from the Mongolian people, it is a Chinese change of surname to surname.
5. Originating from the Manchu people, it is a Chinese-style change of surname to surname.
6. Originated from the Oroqen tribe, which is a Chinese-style surname.
Extended information:
The beginning of Meng’s naming based on seniority:
Meng’s naming based on seniority began in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang paid special attention to the descendants of Confucius and Mencius. Excellent gift. Granting land for sacrifice and exemption from corvee. Counting from the time when Meng Xiwen, the fifty-sixth generation grandson of Mencius, was awarded the hereditary Doctor of Five Classics from the Hanlin Academy during the Jingtai period of the Ming Dynasty, Mencius' descendants began to confer worldly duties.
At that time, ten descendants were established: "Xi, Yan, Gong, Yan, Cheng, Hong, Wen, Zhen, Shang, and Yin"; at the end of the Ming Dynasty, "Xing, Yu, Chuan, Ji" were established. ", Guang, Zhao, Xian, Qing, Fan, Xiang" ten character generations. In the fourth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1865), when Meng was revising the genealogy, he established ten generations of "Ling, De, Wei, Chui, You, Qin, Shao, Nian, Xian and Yang".
In the early years of the Republic of China, "Jian, Dao, Dun, An, Ding, Mao, Xiu, Zhao, Yi, Chang, Yu, Wen, Huan, Jing, Rui, Yong, Xi, Shi" were established. ", Xu, Chang" twenty characters, and consulted the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the then Beiyang Warlord Government for approval, and published it in the newspaper.
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