Nanchang, Jiangxi
The origin of "Zhan"
1. Originated from the surname Si, from the descendants of the Dayu clan in the early Xia Dynasty, and belongs to the surname named after the country . Annotations in "Hundred Family Surnames" include: Zhan is derived from Si's surname. The princes in Xia shared the same surname with the Cenguan family. Later, their descendants went to fight and went to Yong, and the two characters combined became the Zhan family. 2. Originated from the Yin Qi clan, descended from Dajie, the third son of the ancient Emperor Yao, and is a surname based on the name of a feudal town. According to the document "Ancestral Genealogy of the Chen Family in Jingzhou": After the Chen family became Yao, they were granted the title of Dajie in Luoyang, and the Chen family began to exist. ?3. Originated from the surname Ji, which came from the official Zheng Guo Fei Chen in the Spring and Autumn Period. It is a surname based on the name of an ancestor. It is recorded in "Looking for the Origin of Surnames" written by the famous Qing Dynasty scholar Zhang Shu: The Zhan family should be derived from the compound surname Pichen family in the Zheng Dynasty. The Wuli family was prosperous, and they lived in more than ten places outside the original town, and moved to nearby places. Neighboring towns are as far away as Hunan and Guizhou, all five miles away. ?4. Derived from the surname Ji, it comes from people who lived in Zhandi during the Spring and Autumn Period. It is a surname based on the name of the city.
Migration distribution
The surname Zhan (Zh?n) is not among the top 100 surnames in both mainland China and Taiwan. In ancient times, there was the Zhenguan clan of the ancient country, which was a branch of the Dayu clan. They established the Zhenguan clan (now northeast of Shouxing County, Shandong Province). Later, the Zhenguan family was attacked by the enemy, and the people fled, and they made an agreement to make peace with Zhenguan. Each half of the surname is the surname of his own tribe. This is the origin of the surname "Zhan Zhan". Dayu belongs to the Si surname family. Therefore, the surname Zhan originated from the Si surname and is a descendant of Dayu. This surname has been circulating for more than 4,000 years and is a surname with a long history. Another saying is that in ancient times there was a place called "Zhan" (today's Baofeng area of ??Henan Province), and the people living there took "Zhan" as their surname. According to reports, the Zhan surname later moved south and developed into a prominent family in Yuzhang County, known as Yuzhang Wang in the world.
Zhan Ruoshui: Zi Yuanming, nicknamed Ganquan, located in the Ganquan capital of Zengcheng, Guangdong. Scholars call him Mr. Ganquan. He became a Jinshi in the 18th year of Hongzhi's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1505), and served as Minister of Li, Li, and Ministry of War in Nanjing. Zhan Ruoshui was a famous scholar in the Ming Dynasty. He traveled from Chen Xianzhang and was the most accomplished among Chen Baisha's disciples.
Tao Mu Zhan: (243--318 AD) was a famous good mother in ancient China. She is as famous as Meng's mother, Ou's mother, and mother-in-law, and is one of the famous "four virtuous mothers". She was known for her ability to teach her children and her generosity towards others. "Youxue" says: "Kan's mother cut off her hair to prepare a feast for the guests." Villagers kill chickens to thank guests. This woman is a sage. ?This "Kan's mother" refers to the Zhan family, the mother of Tao Kan, a famous general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.