Zhen (Zhēn) has three surnames:

1. He comes from Shun Di and takes his official name as his surname. According to A Brief History of the Clan, in ancient times, Shun Di had a noble character and set an example everywhere. He heard that Dongyi tribe's pottery burning technology is backward. So I went to Dongyi tribe to burn pottery. Under the guidance of Shun, Dongyi tribe quickly mastered the main technology of burning pottery and became a famous pottery producing area. Due to the economic development, the location of Dongyi tribe quickly developed into a city, which is Zhencheng. Some of Shun's descendants stayed in Zhencheng as officials and were in charge of the pottery industry. Later, the descendants of Zhen Guan took this official name as their surname, which was called Zhen surname.

2. take the fief as the surname. According to Yuan He surname code, Zhong Zhen, the son of Hao Tao, an ancient tribal leader, was an official in the Xia Dynasty, and was later enfeoffed to Zhen, so his descendants customized their surnames according to the fiefs and characters of their ancestors.

3. Change one's surname from another nationality. According to the Records of Wei Shu Guan Shi, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the northern Wei Xianbei people had a three-character surname, Zhen Shi, which was changed to Zhen Shi after entering the Central Plains.

ancestor of surname: Zhong Zhen. The original meaning of the word "Zhen" is the meaning of the ancient earthenware maker. Zhen Shi's surname is indeed related to earthenware. According to Yuan He's Surname Compilation, the ancestor of Zhen's surname is Hao Tao's second son, Zhong Zhen. Their ancestor was the pottery man who made earthenware for Yu Shun at that time, and according to the textual research, the original meaning of the word "Zhen" in Hao Tao was the meaning of the person who made earthenware in ancient times. According to textual research, Hao Tao was the minister who made laws during Yu Shun's reign. If Zhen Shi is a descendant of the youngest son, Zhong Zhen, he takes the word Wang Fu as his surname. So, Zhen Shi's surname, which has been more than 4, years, is an ancient China surname. Therefore, Zhen Shi's descendants respected Zhong Zhen as the ancestor of Zhen's surname.

Second, the migration distribution

Zhen's surname is not listed in the top 1 of the 1 surnames in mainland China and Taiwan Province. Wuji is an ordinary traditional agricultural county in Hebei Province, China, located in the east of Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital. The county was established in the Western Han Dynasty, which has a history of more than 2, years. This is the hometown of Zhen's compatriots. The surname "Zhen" is one of the ancient surnames in China. According to the records in Twenty-five History, it was centralized and unified by the Han nationality. During the Western Han Dynasty, the ancestors of Zhen Shi had formed the Zhen Shi family, the family of feudal society, in Wuji. After the unification of Qin and Han Dynasties, the competition among the Three Kingdoms, the rise and fall of Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the rise and fall of Sui and Tang Dynasties, this family has been a political force in northern China for 8 years. With the development of history, several branches of Wuji Zhen Shi family migrated to Sifang Fan, and Zhen Shunhe led the family to move south in the Song Dynasty as an example. Descendants of Shunhe River have inherited the legacy of their ancestors, helped each other in the same boat, and constantly strived for self-improvement. Tessa is the generation with outstanding talents. Many people have traveled across the ocean and taken root in foreign countries, resulting in many wealthy businessmen and celebrities, who have contributed to the prosperity of the Chinese nation. It is understood that the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Venezuela and Mexico. In the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong, there are clan organizations such as Zhenshunhetang, Zhen Shi Federation, Zhentangzhongshan Club, and Shunhe Overseas Chinese Publishing House and Shunhe Memorial Hall in Kaiping City, Guangdong Province, which publish the periodical Shunhe Overseas Chinese Publication and distribute it at home and abroad. Zhen Shun Hegong (AD 1195-1274) initiated the move of moving south to four cities (now the full names of Taishan, Kaiping, Xinhui and Enping in Guangdong Province), which wrote an indelible page in the development history of Zhen nationality. After vicissitudes of life, they have thrived and laid a foundation, and there are many descendants. Ji Weng moved to Weihui House (Ji County) in Henan Province. When he arrived in the Southern Song Dynasty, his native Sun Tingxuan was appointed as the editor of the national history, and he was appointed as the magistrate of Anqing House in Nanjing, where Bu Zhai lived. Shan qing, the son of Yu Shaoxi, passed the examination of Jinshi (AD 1193) and was appointed as an official in Nanxiong Prefecture, Guangdong Province, where he died. Shan qing Weng has sons Jingfu and Jing Xian, the eldest son Jingfu helped shan qing Weng's coffin to live in Anqing House (now Anhui Province) with his family, and the second son Jing Xian Weng (the father of Shunhe River) settled in Nanxiong Zhuji. Xinning Virtue Capital (mostly in the urban area of Kaiping today) is located at the intersection of Tanjiang River and Xinning River, with flat terrain and fertile soil. It is a good place to recuperate and develop the economy. After the Zhen people settled here, with the increase of population, they began to branch to other places. Most of the descendants of Shunhe live on the coast of the South China Sea in Guangdong, and they are well-known hometown of overseas Chinese. They were influenced by overseas culture earlier. For more than a hundred years, many people have traveled across oceans, set up families overseas, started their inheritance and made great achievements. Zhen Shunhe's family moved to the United States and Hong Kong with the largest number, especially in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the west, new york and Boston in the east and Chicago in the north. Zhenshun River Hall in San Francisco holds a clan banquet every Spring Festival, with more than 1, participants. There are more than 2, descendants of Zhenshunhe in Hong Kong and Macao. In addition, there are quite a few expatriates living in Canada, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Venezuela, Mexico, Costa Rica, Britain and Australia. Zhen Shi clan associations have been established in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Vancouver and Costa Rica, the Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong. The total number of descendants of Shunhe who have settled overseas has reached more than 4,. At present, there are more than 43, descendants of Shunhe in China. Among them, there are about 25, people in Taishan City, which are distributed in more than ten towns such as wen cun, Hai Yan, Guang Hai, Shenjing, Nuofu, Beidou, Sanhe, Shuibu, Sijiu, Chonglou, Duanfen, Baisha, Xiachuan and Taicheng. There are more than 12 thousand people in Kaiping city, which are distributed in Sanfucheng District, Shatang and Jinji towns. There are more than 4, people in enping city, located in Pingshi, Shahu, Naji and other towns (not counting the descendants of Shunhe in other counties and cities in Guangdong Province and outside the province). (I am omitted)

III. Historical celebrity

Zhen Luan: Zi Shuzun (535-566), a native of Wuji (now Wuji County, Hubei Province), a mathematician of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, a captain of the official department, and a satrap of Hanzhong. Believing in Buddhism, he is good at actuarial science, calendar and calendar, and was adopted and promulgated in the first year of Tianhe (566). He has annotated many ancient books, including the Five Classics Arithmetic.

Zhen Chen: the late Wei served the middle school. Promise people. As an official, he is called "innocent general".

Zhen Bin was born in Zhongshan in Liang Dynasty. With conduct, the village is called good. Ramie was mortgaged to others, and when ramie was redeemed, five taels of gold was obtained from it, and all the money was returned. When Liang Wudi was dressed in cloth, he heard about it. After he acceded to the throne, he joined the army with Yizhou as a clerk and served as a Pixian county magistrate.

Zhen Yu: Prince Shaofu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When Jianwu was established, every twelfth lunar month, the imperial court gave the doctor sheep, and Zhen Yu always took thin ones. At the meeting, the emperor asked, "Where is Dr. Thin Sheep?" So in the capital, Zhen Yu was named "Dr. Thin Sheep".

Empress Zhen: that is, Zhen Fu, a promise person from Zhongshan County during the Three Kingdoms period, a descendant of Zhen Han of Han Taibao, and the wife of Xi, the second son of Ben Yuan Shao, was peerless in appearance. Cao Cao broke Shao, and Cao Pina was a wife. Pi proclaimed himself emperor, fell out of favor and died, chasing after the queen of Wen Zhao. According to legend, every morning, there is a green snake coiled into a bun at the back, and then it is imitated, and it is called the spirit snake bun.

Zhen Ji: Meng Cheng was born in Dingzhou, Tang Dynasty. Young and lonely, he is known for his elegance. He has lived in Qingyan Mountain for more than ten years, and he has served his benevolence far and near. Woodmen around the mountain dare not cut trees. Official to suggestion history.

Zhen Yi: A well-known member of Changsha government in Ming Dynasty, a native of Xi 'an. The development of agriculture and the establishment of schools have achieved good results. Later, he worked in Shuntianfu.

Zhen Quan: a physician in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, was born in Fugou, Xuzhou (now Fugou, Henan Province). Because my mother was ill, she spoke with her brother Zhen Liyan, studied medical skills and studied prescription books, so she became a famous doctor. In the early years of Emperor Wendi's reign, Zhen Quan was the secretary of the province, and later he was dismissed because he was ill. At that time, Kudi, the secretariat of Luzhou, suffered from wind, so he couldn't draw his bow with his hand, and no doctor could treat him. Zhen Quan said: "Keep your archery posture, and you can shoot an arrow with one needle." So Zhen Quan pricked his shoulder corner, and if he did, the secretariat could shoot an arrow immediately. It has been more than three days since Shenzhou secretariat closed its throat. Zhen Quan stabbed his finger with a triangular needle, and his breath was smooth, and his diet remained the same the next day. Zhenquan cures diseases, and so on. In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong visited his home, asked him about his diet and daily life, inquired about the way to use medicine, and awarded him the post of doctor in Chaosan, giving him clothes for longevity sticks. Zhen Quan died at the age of 13. He has written many books in his life, including the Human Figure of Mingtang, Needle Meridian Banknote, Pulse Meridian, Needle Prescription, Pulse Formula Fu, and Theory of Medicinal Properties, but it has been lost today. Some of the contents can be found in the works such as Prepare for an Emergency, Prepare for a Thousand Daughters, Prepare for a Thousand Daughters' Wings, and Secrets of Foreign Taiwan, which have a certain influence on later generations. In particular, Zhen Shi's "Human Figure of Mingtang" was widely circulated at that time, and Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, redrawn and revised it into "Color Map of Human Meridian and Shu Points" (lost).

Zhen Liyan: Tang Dynasty physician, Tai Changcheng. He was a famous medical scientist at that time, and Tang Gaozu Wude was promoted to TaiChangCheng in middle age. He is proficient in materia medica and good at treating parasitic diseases. Du Yan, an ancient physician, was swollen with wind and poison, and Emperor Taizong ordered him to make a statement to treat him. Li Yan replied: "From today, at noon on the eleventh day, he will die." Sure enough, as it said. At that time, there was a nun named Minglu, who was in her sixties, suffering from heart swelling and thin body. It had been two years. Li Yan felt his pulse and said, "There are worms in your abdomen, which should be caused by eating hair by mistake." Let the patient take realgar, and soon, spit out a worm, such as the thickness of a little finger, but it has no eyes, burn it with fire, and smell of hair, and the nun's illness will be cured. Liyan died soon. Zhen Liyan has written seven volumes of Sound and Meaning of Materia Medica, three volumes of Medicinal Properties of Materia Medica, two volumes of Compendium of Materia Medica, and fifty volumes of Ancient and Modern Records and Prescriptions, all of which have been lost, and some lost articles can still be found in Qian Jin Yao Fang and The Secret of Foreign Taiwan. His ancient and modern recorded prescriptions, such as The Secret of Outer Taiwan, introduced "thirst quenching and urine sweetening", which is the earliest record of diabetes in China.

iv.No. of the County Lookout Hall

1. County Lookout

Zhongshan County: Zhongshan State was established during the Warring States Period. During the Qin Dynasty, it was changed to Deer County. During the reign of Emperor Gaudi of Han Dynasty, Zhongshan County was set up here, where Lunu was ruled, which is now Zhengding County, Hebei Province. Emperor Han Jing later changed to Zhongshan State.

2. Tanghao

Huanjintang: In the Liang Dynasty, Zhen Bin's family was poor. He once pawned a bunch of ramie. Later, when he redeemed it, he found that there was a piece of gold weighing five taels in it. He immediately sent the gold back to the pawnshop. After the emperor knew it, in recognition of his honesty, he was appointed as Yizhou clerk to join the army and serve as a county magistrate.

Zhongshan Hall: Because the county of Zhen Shi is Zhongshan, it is the hall name.

in addition, the main hall names of Zhen surname are "Shunhetang" and so on.

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return the bamboo bundle to gold.

—— Anonymous General Couplet of Zhen Ancestral Hall

The first couplet refers to Zhen Ji, a promise person in the Tang Dynasty, whose name was Meng Cheng. He was an orphan when he was a teenager, and he was known for his elegance. He lived in Qingyan Mountain for more than ten years, and people from far and near admired his kindness. Even firewood clips did not go to the mountain to cut wood, and hunters did not go hunting there. He used to be a secretary in Fan Yang's An Lushan Department, but when he realized that An Lushan was going to rebel, he used a trick to get away. Su Zong, Li Guan, Secretary Lang, Shi Yushi. The second couplet refers to Zhen Bin, a native of Zhongshan, Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, who has virtue and is praised by fellow villagers. Ramie was mortgaged to others, and later when ramie was redeemed, five taels of gold were found and returned to others immediately. Liang Wudi heard about him very much. After Qi Jianliang, he was appointed as the clerk of Yizhou to join the army and serve as Pixian county magistrate.

look straight;

Confucian family.

—— General couplet of Zhen ancestral hall written anonymously

The couplet refers to Tang Zhenji. In Tianbao, the left is called to pick up the remains, An Lushan seeks help from the emperor, and Fan Yang is awarded the secretary. Cha Lushan has a conspiracy and pretends to be ill. Lushan rebelled, but he should not be called. Su Zong called the three departments to make Luo Bai, the thief official, ashamed of his heart. The second couplet refers to the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhenyu, who was quiet and less desirous, studied Yan's Spring and Autumn Annals, and recruited doctors in Jianwu.

the snake shows the bun;

a thin sheep is known by its name.

—— Anonymous general couplet of ancestral hall of Zhen surname

The couplet refers to that every time Wei Zhen of the Three Kingdoms wears makeup, there is a green snake bun in the back of his head, which is imitated by the imperial secretary, and it is called the spirit snake bun. The second couplet refers to the worship of Dr. Zhong Bai in Zhenwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Every twelfth day, the doctor was given a sheep, and the one who took the thinnest one was praised by the emperor and called "Dr. Thin Sheep".

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the headwater is long.

—— General Union of Zhen Clan Ancestral Hall

Zhen Shi's ancestor was a famous surname of the ancient Han nationality. With the tide of the Han nationality's southward migration, Shun Hezu started a business in Lingnan, and his descendants spread all over the world. They made important contributions to carrying forward the glorious Chinese culture, creating the splendid Lingnan culture and promoting cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, which is the glory of Zhen Shi's ancestors and descendants. (See also the related contents in the heading "III. Migration Distribution" above)