During the Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Wuwang granted his cousin Jiqu to Cen (now Hancheng, Shaanxi Province) to establish Cen State, and later generations took the country name as their surname. It has a long history of 3000 years. The origin of Cen's surname can be found in the Qin Dynasty. He once declared that "anyone who can add or subtract a word will be rewarded with a thousand dollars". The book points out: "The son of Yao, his half-brother, was renamed Cenzi, and his land is now Centingge." In addition, 0 Tongzhi clan abbreviation >; It is also pointed out that "the son canal of Yao, the half-brother of Wen Wang, is Cenzi ..." These two textual research texts can be said to be completely consistent in content. The only difference is that the former thinks that Cenzi was sealed by Zhou Wenwang, while the latter thinks that Cenzi was sealed by Zhou Wuwang. Although I can't understand this difference at present, fortunately, no matter who sealed it, the surname is similar in age, which may be considered irrelevant and need no more scrutiny. 3000 years ago, the founding emperor of the Zhou Dynasty named his half-brother as Cen, and later generations took the country as their surname, which gave birth to the ancient surname Cen. According to research, Cenyi was in Hancheng County, Shaanxi Province. It can be seen that the Han people named Cen in later generations originally originated here.
Cen's family ranked 67th among the hundred surnames in Song Dynasty. Cen is a glorious and proud surname, especially in the Han and Tang Dynasties. The Cen family in Jiyang was the first generation, and their children were highly valued by the imperial court. Cen's family was also a noble family at that time. The spine of the Han dynasty is now the northeast of Xinye County, Henan Province.