Zheng's Origin and Historical Celebrities

Zheng's origins and historical celebrities are as follows:

Zheng's surname is derived from Ji's surname, and the country name is Shi. From the fief of his brother, Zheng's ancestors were. In 375 BC, Zheng was destroyed by South Korea. After the demise of Zheng State, it was scattered in Beijing (now Jingxiangcheng, Xingyang, Henan Province), Zhi (now west of Xingyang, Henan Province), Ji (now east of Zhengzhou, Henan Province), Chen (now Huaiyang, Henan Province) and Song (now Shangqiu, Henan Province). To commemorate the old country, the people of Zheng changed their surnames one after another, and the surname Zheng was born.

In the pre-Qin period, Zheng was mainly distributed in Shaanxi, Henan and Shandong. Among them, Shandong Zheng's ancestral home (now Philadelphia) is the descendant of the former Zheng's stationed personnel. During the Warring States period, it began to enter Sichuan, Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei and other places. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the northern part of China was in turmoil for many times, and the southern part was relatively stable, which led to the migration of the population of the Central Plains to the south.

In the first year of Jin Yongjia (307), Yao Zheng, the ancestor of Jin Yongjia, moved south. He used to be a long-time Wu riding a chariot and a general in Pingnan, and later became the prefect of Dong 'an, guarding Danyang. Yao Zheng's second son, Zheng Zhao, was General Longxiang of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He opened the state and led the army into Fujian, which was called "the ancestor of Fujian". By the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains moved south to Fujian, and a large number of ancestors named Zheng settled in Fujian, and the center of Zheng began to form in the southeast coast.

In the Song Dynasty, there were about 750,000 people surnamed Zheng, accounting for 0.97% of the national population, ranking 20th. Fujian is the largest province with Zheng surname, accounting for about 25% of the total population of Zheng surname in China. Distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Fujian, Henan and Zhejiang provinces, with Zheng accounting for 50% of the total population, followed by Jiangsu, Guangdong, Jiangxi and Hubei.