Source 1:
The surname Zeng originated from the surname Si.
1. The 25th son of the Yellow Emperor was named Changyi. Changyi begat Zhuanxu, Zhuanxu begat Gun, and Gun begat Yu. It is said that Gun's wife gave birth to Yu because she dreamed of eating coix, and Emperor Shun at that time gave Yu Si the surname. The Zeng tribe that invented the steamer was a tribe with the surname Si. Yu succeeded in controlling the floods, and Shun abdicated the throne to Yu. Yu's son Qi established the Xia Dynasty, the first hereditary dynasty in Chinese history, named Xia Houshi.
2. The Xia Dynasty established its capital in Yangcheng, which is now Yuzhou City, Henan. Xia King Shaokang granted his second son Qu Lie the title of Viscount of Zeng and established the Zou Kingdom in Zeng (now Xiangcheng Town, Lanling County, Linyi City, Shandong Province).
3. In ancient times, it was customary to use fiefdom as a surname, so Qu Lie took his surname from then on. The weak state of Zu went through the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, and was not destroyed by the state of Ju until the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, in 567 BC. Prince Wu, feeling the pain of losing his country, ran away to the neighboring state of Lu. Their descendants used the original country name "鄫" as their surname, removing the word "鑫" (阝) next to the city, indicating that they left the old city and did not forget their ancestors, so they were called "Zeng".
4. The Zeng surname has been passed down from Prince Wu, a descendant of Yu, for a long time. It is a veritable family 4,000 years ago, so there is a saying that "there is no other Zeng in the world". ?
Source 2:
The surname Zeng of ethnic minorities. There are a small number of Zeng surnames among the Jing, Yi, Tujia, Buyi, Manchu, Miao, and Li ethnic groups, but the vast majority of their paternal lines are Han.
Extended information:
Classification of surnames
1. Single surname
Single surname (dān xìng): a surname with only one character. Relative to compound surnames. For example: "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, China has There are 6931 single surnames.
2. Compound surnames (fū xìng) refer to surnames composed of two or more Chinese characters, such as Ouyang, Sima, Shangguan, and Ximen. There are many sources, such as official names, titles, occupations, etc., and some are derived from the surnames of ethnic minorities.
3. The "Chinese Surname Dictionary" shows that the two-character names recorded in Chinese characters by various ethnic groups in ancient and modern China. There are 9012 surnames, 4850 three-character surnames, 2276 four-character surnames, 541 five-character surnames, 142 six-character surnames, 39 seven-character surnames, 14 eight-character surnames, and 7 nine-character surnames
4. They are: Simugange Teduligeite, Simusagei Teduligeite, Simsagei Teduligeite, Naunakil Duligeite, Tutu Heliwutita There are only one surname for Tar, Ulanghan Gilmo Gilmin, Olet and Temarukil, namely: Huerchuan, Zamusutar, etc.
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