It comes from the surname Ji, the illegitimate son of King Zhao of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and belongs to the surname given by the emperor.
according to legend, the ordinary young son of Zhou Zhao Wang Ji Xia was born with his hands clenched, and no one else could break it, except Zhou Zhao Wang, who broke it and opened it in response. I saw that the handwriting on the baby's left hand was like a "male" and the handwriting on the right hand was like a "feather", which combined to form the word "Weng". King Zhao of Zhou gave the surname Weng, named Hong, and became the ancestor of Weng.
Weng Hong first lived in Liangyuan City, and was later appointed as Zuo Cheng of Chu State. After his death, posthumous title became the King of Duanming. The tomb in Liangyuan City was five miles long, with 72 pieces of huabiao, stone rhinoceros, stone elephant, Shi Hu, stone leopard and stone deer arranged on both sides of the grave. Liangyuan City is located in Liangyuan Town, Lingtai, Gansu Province. Liangyuan is not far from Zhouyuan, Qishan and the capital of Houlei, but it is 3, years ago.
Weng's family began during the reign of King Zhao of the Western Zhou Dynasty from 152 BC to 12 BC. King Zhao of Zhou is the great-grandson of Ji Fa in Zhou Wuwang, and Weng's ancestor is the illegitimate son of King Zhao of Zhou. In this way, the ins and outs of Weng's family are more clear at a glance. Many descendants of Weng respected Weng Hong as the ancestor of Weng's surname.
Extended information
Weng ranked 2th in Hundred Family Names.
Hundred Surnames collected 411 surnames, which were later supplemented to 54, including 444 single surnames and 6 compound surnames.
Hundred Family Names uses a four-character style to arrange surnames, and each sentence rhymes. Although its content is not artistic, it has played a great role in the inheritance of surname culture in China and the understanding of China characters, which is also an important factor that can be circulated for thousands of years.
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