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The origin and history of surnames
Feng surname, one of China surnames, is the 270th most popular surname among hundreds of surnames, which originated from the descendants of Shennong family and has a history of about 3,000 years.

This surname can be traced back to the descendants of Shennong in ancient times and is called the teacher of the Yellow Emperor. In the Xia Dynasty, the descendants of Shennong were given to their ancestors, which is today's ancestral pavilion in Henan. Later, people called him "Feng Ju" and established a father-sealing country. Later, when the country of the father was destroyed, the adherents also divided into two surnames, one was Feng Fu's and the other was Feng's.

There are also many people who changed their surnames from ethnic minorities, including Xianbei and Manchu. Especially during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen in the Northern Wei Dynasty, this tribe in Tuoba changed its surname to Ben because of Emperor Xiaowen's localization policy. In the Sui Dynasty, it developed into a noble family. In the end, many descendants took Feng as their surname and formed a modern Luoyang surname.

Historical figures with surnames:

Famous Taoist priests in the Wei Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms, Yan Taiwei and Wu Pingyi in the Sixteen Countries of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zuo Servant of Shangshu shot Artemisia, satrap of Qiliang County in the Southern Dynasty sealed Yanbo, and doctor You Guanglu in the Northern Wei Dynasty sealed it back. Tingwei Shao Qing sealed the Tao, Jizhou secretariat sealed the Tao, the scholar sealed the Wei, the ministers in the Beiqi Temple sealed the Tao, the ancestors sealed the Tao, and the minister Zuo Cheng sealed the filial piety.