According to folklore, the Xuanyuan family of Huangdi has 25 sons, of which 12 takes Germany as the surname, and countless different surnames come from the original 12 "basic" surname.
12 Among the basic surnames, there is a surname Ren. According to Zuo Zhuan, Xie, Zhang, Xue, Shu, Lu, Zhong, Quan, Bi, Guo and other ten surnames all came from the original surname Ren.
Therefore, Zhang is of course a descendant of the Yellow Emperor 5000 years ago, and it is an ancient surname with a long history.
"Identification of Surnames" introduces the origin of Zhang's surname as follows: "It is Jiang's family, which supported Sun Fengguo in Yan State and was later destroyed by Qi. Later generations went to the city to go to the Zhang family and look after each other. " Jiang, a direct descendant of Emperor Yan Shennong, was sealed in the State of Qi when it was spread, and later became a tyrant in the Spring and Autumn Period because he helped gain great power in the world. At the same time, another descendant of Jiang Taigong was sealed in the Yan State, which was originally a vassal state of Qi, and was later destroyed by the Qi State of the same clan. Later generations, like other surnames at that time, removed the local city characters next to the original country name and took Zhang as the surname. This descendant of Jiang Taigong later grew into a big family in Zhang Yu, now Nanchang, Jiangxi.
Great names in history
There are many famous people named Zhang in history, especially in the Song Dynasty.
Wang Anshi's implementation of the New Deal was an important event in the history of the Song Dynasty, and Zhang Yue, a talented scholar in Pucheng, Fujian, who was famous for his erudition at that time, played an important role in this event.
"Dead bamboo resurrects" is an idiom often quoted by people. This allusion comes from Wang Rong, the eldest son of the Song Dynasty. According to legend, Rong is filial. After his mother died, he missed her day and night, and his family moved everything, even the dead bamboo was moved to life. Moreover, his descendants have always been reused by the imperial court as Confucian classics masters, so people at that time said that this was a glorious filial piety!
In the Qing Dynasty, Zhang also produced many outstanding figures, and Zhang was a well-known modern great man.
Zhang Mao: A civil servant in the Ming Dynasty, he read a lot, wrote well and was brilliant. He was the top scholar, became a senior official of the Ministry of Rites, and did many good things for the country and the people, which was praised by the whole world. Zhang Xuecheng, a civil servant in Qing Dynasty, was promoted to a scholar by Emperor Qianlong, whose official position was called "imperial academy Classic". He initiated the style of study of a generation of historiography and local chronicles, and was respected as the leader of academic circles.