Taishan surnames

The 郑 surname

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Zheng (郑) is one of the surnames of Taishan. According to the Taishan County Gazetteer of Local Lore (《台山县乡土志》), the Zheng of Youcun Village (佑村), Haiyan (海宴), came from Zhuji Lane (珠玑巷) in Nanxiong (南雄).[1][2]

Origin of the surname[edit]

The Zheng surname comes mainly from the Ji (姬) surname. According to the Compendium of Surnames (《姓纂》), You (友), youngest son of King Li of Zhou (周厉王), was enfeoffed at Zheng (郑; around today's Hua County, Shaanxi) and became Duke Huan of Zheng (郑桓公); his son Duke Wu (武公) followed King Ping of Zhou east and moved the state to between the Zhen (溱) and Wei (洧) rivers, calling it New Zheng (新郑); the state of Zheng was destroyed by the state of Han in the time of Duke You (幽公), and the descendants took the name of the state as their clan name. Other accounts trace it to the ducal house of the state of Song, of the Zi (子) surname, among others. The ancestral commandery of the Zheng is Xingyang (荥阳), and their hall names include Xingyang Hall (荥阳堂).[1]

Coming to Taishan[edit]

According to the Taishan County Gazetteer of Local Lore, the families that came from Zhuji Lane in Nanxiong into what is now Taishan include the Zheng of Youcun Village, Haiyan.[2] The Inscription on the Migration of Ninety-Seven People of Thirty-Three Surnames from Zhuji Village (《珠玑村三十三姓九十七人流徙铭》), which circulates in Cantonese genealogies, also lists the Zheng among its surnames.[3]

Surname Culture of Chixi (《赤溪姓氏文化》), compiled by the Chixi Hakka Culture Research Society of Taishan (台山市赤溪客家文化研究会), lists the Zheng among the Hakka surnames of Chixi Town (赤溪镇).[4]

How the Zheng came to Taishan and where they live is yet to be added. Family members who know more are welcome to edit this article.

References

  1. "Zheng (surname)", Chinese Wikipedia 「郑姓」，维基百科
  2. Huang Renfu, "The Southward Migration of the Zhuji Lane People and the Origins of the People of Taishan", "Xinning Magazine", 2014, no. 1, Taishan Xinning Magazine Society, p. 17 黄仁夫：「珠玑巷人南迁与台山人的来由」，《新宁杂志》2014年第1期，台山市新宁杂志社，第17页
  3. "A Study of the Surnames That Migrated South from Zhuji Lane, Nanxiong, Guangdong", source: Ye Clan Farming Culture; reposted on Luo Clan Homeland, 2021 「广东南雄珠玑巷南迁姓氏考」，来源：叶氏农耕文化，转载于罗氏家园，2021年
  4. Chixi Hakka Culture Research Society of Taishan, ed., "Surname Culture of Chixi", 2025, table of contents. On the Chixi Hakka Culture website 台山市赤溪客家文化研究会编：《赤溪姓氏文化》，2025年，目录。载赤溪客家文化网

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