A compound surname is a surname consisting of more than one Chinese character, which is rare in Zhou history. The Genealogy of Zheng Tongzhi's Family comes from different sources: Textual Research on Surnames and Introduction: After Emperor Yao, there was a surname, or the surname was changed to Tang.

According to the Book of Jinzhong, it is said that Zhou Shenglie, the envoy of Wei, was born in Tang Dynasty and raised outside Zhou, so he was born in Zhou. There was a Zhou Shengfeng in the Han Dynasty. In the third period, Zhou Shenglie, a middle school assistant, was born in Tang Dynasty, and was renamed as Zhou Shenglie because he grew up in his mother's family.

The origin of compound surname

There are many sources of compound surnames, such as Taishi, Wuma and Lezheng. Named after feudal cities, such as Hu Ling, Yangzhou and Duangan. ; Some come from places of residence, such as East China, South China and Luqiu. Some come from professions, such as Qi Diao; Also like Gong Liang, Ram and Zhuan Sun, they were named after their ancestors.

Like Gongsun and Gongsun, they are all from their own family, and so are their great-grandfathers. Some of them originated from the changes of minority surnames, such as Tuoba's, Wei Chi's and Wan Yi's. Some of them come from the name of the article, and even their own surnames such as Helian.