Tengzhou is the Tengshi in the world.

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"Ask me where my hometown is, Shanxi Hong Tong Sophora japonica.

This is a folk song circulating in Shandong and Hebei, which means that most people in this area claim to be immigrants from Shanxi. In fact, today's Lunan people are not all from Shanxi. Of the more than 0/200 natural villages in Tengzhou/Kloc-only half (687) were newly built by immigrants during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and the other half were local aborigines. Not only that, Tengzhou also gave birth to several indigenous surnames more than 2,000 years ago: Teng surname, Ren surname, Xue surname, Ni surname, Yan surname and so on. Just like the "County Outlook" in "Zhang Longxi Lane in Qinghe" in Hundred Family Surnames, Tengzhou has also become the earliest birthplace and prosperous place of these surnames. ...

Water is active and trees have roots. The Chinese nation has a long history of thousands of years, and it is also a history of tribes, races, families and surnames. The national character and habit of "walking without changing one's surname and sitting without changing one's surname" makes our surname, like our innate physiological genes, become the symbol and blood passed down from generation to generation by a nation, a community and a family. The phrase "we were a family five hundred years ago" and "the same surname is a family" endowed the Chinese nation with innate centripetal force, affinity and cohesion! Tracing back to the source, searching for the roots and asking for ancestors, and studying these can satisfy the growing awareness of "seeking roots" and "recognizing ancestors" of Chinese at home and abroad, and objectively solve the problem of "where am I from?" In an article, the author verified the origin of Ren Shi (Ren Shi in the world came from Tengzhou City, Shandong Province, the hometown of Xi Zhong, the originator of making cars). Let me explore the origin of Tengshi. ...

China is the first country in the world to use surnames. In the Fu era about 5,000 years ago, surnames were defined as hereditary and passed down by the paternal line. Therefore, Chinese surnames are the oldest in the world, and the history of the emergence and widespread use of surnames in other parts of the world is only 1000 years, while the widespread use of surnames in continental Europe is only nearly 400 years.

Surname, representing the lineage of the clan, comes from the totem of the clan and originated from the matriarchal society at the earliest. Surnames and surnames are separated from each other from the beginning. Zheng Qiao, a historian of the Song Dynasty, said in his book Tongzhi: "Three generations ago, the surname was divided into two, the male said the surname and the wife said the surname"; Zuo zhuan. "Eight years of seclusion" contains: "The son of heaven, Jiande, was born with a surname and a first name. The warlord took the word posthumous title (Gu sent "posthumous title" as the "surname" in the Qing Dynasty) because he thought it was a clan. " In other words, surnames come from the natural lineage of birth, and surnames come from ancestral fiefs. In the Song Dynasty, Liu Shu's "Jing Bu" notes: "The surname is based on the place where his ancestors took the test; It can be seen that surnames and surnames are different in origin, function and function, and they came into being with the system of "dividing land into parcels" in ancient China. Xunzi's "Confucianism" said that "the Duke of Zhou ruled the world at the same time, establishing 7 1 country, and Ji lived alone with 53 people", which was the fact of "enfeoffment" in the early years of the Zhou Dynasty. The unification of surnames was after Qin destroyed the six countries. Qin Shihuang abolished the enfeoffment system and implemented the county system, so surnames and surnames were unified. It was during the Qin and Han Dynasties that the stability of Han surnames in China was laid.

There are about 3,000 surnames used in contemporary China. According to the sample survey data of the National Bureau of Statistics 1982 population census and the surname distribution data of Taiwan Province Province 1970 population, the Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks the top 500 surnames which currently account for 99.4% of the national population, and the top 200 surnames account for more than 95% of the national population. Except Li, Wang, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Zhao, Huang, Zhou and Wu, Tengwang Convention 2 10 people, with a total population of10 million.

Historically, the Teng surname took Kaifeng and Nanyang as "counties", while the traditional "Hundred Family Names" indicated "Nanyang County" as the Teng surname county. Generally speaking, the Teng family in the Han Dynasty is characterized by Beihai County (now Qingzhou area) in Shandong Province. After the end of the Han Dynasty, he moved to Nanyang, Kaifeng, Dengzhou, Xi 'e and other places in Henan, with Nanyang as the famous family. Since the Tang Dynasty, the Teng family in Dongyang (Wuzhou), Zhejiang Province has stood out. In the Song Dynasty, Teng Xing of Dongyang moved to Fujian and Wu because of the Jingkang War at the end of the Song Dynasty, so it spread from north to south and moved from east to west. Tengxing is all over the country ... Contemporary Tengxing is concentrated in Zhejiang, Guangxi, Hunan, Heilongjiang, Liaoning and other regions.

Tengzhou has a long history. 7300 years ago, the northern new ancestors of Dongyi tribe lived on this land (there is a site of "Northern New Culture" in the territory) and became one of the oldest birthplaces of Chinese civilization. Four thousand years ago, in the legendary era of the Yellow Emperor, Sima Qian said in Historical Records: "The Yellow Emperor had 25 sons, of whom 14 all had their own surnames." Twelve surnames of the sons of the Yellow Emperor are recorded in Guoyu: Ji, You, Qi, Ji, Teng, Zhen, Ren, Xun, Nuo and Yi, and the fifth surname is Teng. In fact, these twelve surnames belong to the tribe of the Yellow Emperor, and other sons can't have surnames because they don't have the strength to establish their own clan-this is the era of surnames branching.

The oldest surname in China basically comes from Yanhuang. After the defeat of the Yellow Emperor, he led his clan to the East and named his tenth son Teng, which was the Teng of the Yellow Emperor four thousand years ago. This is the origin of the earliest "Teng" in written records. The tenth son of the Yellow Emperor was named "Teng's family" because he was closing the land. Wanli Edition of tengxian Annals in Ming Dynasty. Volume VI. The Book of Monks records an article "Teng Bo" in the Yin Dynasty: "Teng Bo is a famous writer, also after the Yellow Emperor. Being virtuous and courteous, serving my uncle Cui Zi is what a gentleman calls it. " This shows that as early as the Xia and Shang Dynasties, Tengdi established the Tengshi Kingdom! As for the word "Teng", it is called "Cheng" in ancient times, that is, it is natural. Because Teng and Cheng are homophones, "Cheng" was used as "Teng" in ancient Chinese. "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" contains: "Teng, water overflows. From the water, my voice ",taking the meaning of spring water rushing, also shows that Tengzhou has been a fertile soil with rich aquatic plants and developed agriculture since ancient times. "

More than 3,000 years ago, it became the cradle of clans in Shang Dynasty. Zhu Die, the mother of Qi State, the ancestor of Shang Dynasty, swallowed the egg of a mysterious bird and gave birth to Qi State. This is the place where the story of "the birth of a mysterious bird" in the Book of Songs took place, and Tengzhou is also known as the "source of commerce"!

In the10th century BC, after the demise of the Zhou Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty established Tengguo under the name of Cuoshu Embroidery, whose surname was Ji, and Cuoshu Embroidery became the first generation monarch of Tengguo. Qing Daoguang Edition of Records of tengxian. Volume VI. "Teng's No.1" has detailed records on this:

"Teng Shuxiu, Zhou Wenwang's illegitimate child, and featuring half-brother. The prince of Wu made forty people in the country share the same surname, five people in the country shared ten brothers, the class was the distributor, and the uncle embroidered it and named it Hou. Uncle Embroidery was wrong from the beginning, so it was called Uncle Embroidery. It has been passed down for more than ten generations since Shu embroidery, and Lu Yin first appeared in Spring and Autumn Annals. "

Tengguo was very famous during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Zuo Zhuan said that the territory of Tengguo was "fifty miles apart", so it was also called "Tengxiaoguo". Don't look at Teng, but because he is a direct descendant of the Zhou Dynasty surname Ji Huang, his status is extraordinary. In Zuo Zhuan, there is a story of "fighting for the length of the snow": in the spring of the eleventh year (7 12 BC), Teng Hou and Du from neighboring countries went to work in Lu, and the two kings had a dispute over the arrangement order of the court. The first one who was named Hou thought he should live a long life, but Teng Hou defeated the stronger one and won the long position on the grounds that he was a "righteous man of Zhou" and Xue was an ordinary surname. From this, we can see Teng Guo's influence and position at that time, which also reflects a popular saying in southern Shandong-"Radish is not big, it grows on the back"!

Tengguo has existed for nearly 700 years since the first generation monarch mistakenly embroidered his uncle, which lasted for 3 1 year, and almost became a miracle for a small country to survive and protect itself! The most famous monarch of Tengguo is Teng Wengong, who once hired Mencius, a famous Confucian master at that time, to come to Tengguo. On this point, there are many records in the first and second parts of Teng Wengong. Even the "Shanggong" where Mencius stayed in Tengguo still exists at present ... Tengguo was once called "good country" by Mencius, and the north-south main road of Tengzhou City has been named "good national road" so far. Tengzhou Museum displays a large number of ancient Tengguo cultural relics excavated in Tengzhou in recent years, such as "Tenghouding" and "Tenggongwei".

Regarding the demise of Teng Guo, it is said that Qi, Song and Yue. The annals of tengxian. "Teng Shijia" contains: "(Teng Guo) was destroyed by the Song Dynasty, which lasted more than forty years from Mencius and nine years from the twentieth year of Zhou Nanwang (286 BC). Or the more vines are destroyed, or the vines are destroyed together. From the beginning of uncle embroidery to thirty-one, one is thirty-two. " After the death of Teng Guo, his royal descendants fled in succession. In order not to forget the national humiliation and cherish their homeland forever, they took the country as their surname and changed their surname to Teng. Since then, they have moved around and scattered around. Today, there are very few Teng surnames in Tengzhou, which is the result of the migration of Tengguo's adherents after its demise at the end of the Warring States Period.

In order to verify this historical fact, the author went to the National Library of Beijing to look for information in March 2003. "China surname ceremony" quoted Tongzhi to introduce Teng surname: "Teng surname is also the fourteenth son." In the Tang Dynasty, Yuanhe compiled: "Hou Tenghou, fourteen sons of Zhou Wenwang. Teng lost his country, and his descendants took the country as their surname. " The Comprehensive Catalogue of China Genealogy contains seven records of Teng's genealogy, namely:

(1) Five genealogies of Teng's family in Zhu Fang, Jiangsu Province, six volumes, edited by Teng Shizhong, published in the eighth year of the Republic of China (19 19), and kept in Zhenjiang Museum;

(2) Suzhou's "Wu Men Teng Shi Record Copy", a volume, written by Teng, twenty-four years of the Republic of China (1935), Baoshan Teng Shi Seal;

(3) The Family Tree of Teng Family in Nanyang, Yueqing, Zhejiang Province, a movable-type book in the third year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1864), collected by Zhejiang Linhai Museum;

(4) Genealogy of Teng's Wuju Hall in Youbu Township, Lanxi, Zhejiang Province, five volumes, woodcut edition in the 27th year of the Republic of China (1938);

(5) Teng's genealogy in Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, 20 volumes, revised by Teng in Qing Dynasty, movable type edition in Guangxu six years of Qing Dynasty (1880), 12 volumes stored in the United States;

(6) The book Teng's Genealogy in Tai 'an, Shandong Province, written by Teng Xiling in the Republic of China, was copied in the 19th year of the Republic of China (1930) and kept in Tai 'an Library;

(7) Revised by Teng Liancheng in the Republic of China, a woodcut genealogy of Teng's family in Tengzha Village, Xinzhou, Hubei Province in the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937).

The rare book room of the National Library of Beijing has only one volume of Wu Men Teng Shi mentioned in the above catalogue, which was written by Teng Yu in the 28th year of Daoguang (A.D. 1848). The preface says:

"My Tengjia ancestral home was embroidered by the uncle of fourteen sons of Wang Wen in Ji Zhou, which is now tengxian, Shandong. Teng Zhiyou's country began in the thirteenth year of King Wu and ended in the thirty-sixth year of King Ding Si, which lasted 639 years. There are many poems in the seven chapters of Mencius, but they have been detailed in the world. Children and grandchildren take the country as their surname to reproduce. Clans did not exist between Qin and Han dynasties, and its origin was very obvious. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the corps commander (Teng) began to appear in Beihai. Later, everyone who made great achievements in history books had their own people. Although the county is different from the south to the north, the origin is not slightly different. Today, Teng Keke has three candidates:

The name of Beihai Teng began with the caress of the corps commander (Teng), which was used in the world and had military and cultural talents. During the reign of Emperor Huan, Jing Zhaoyin (Teng) was called an elder. Sun Quanxing, Yujima (Teng) Dan and Zhou brothers crossed the river and followed each other, making great contributions. Naturally, Fu (Teng) Yin and Wei (Teng) General are better than Wu Gui, and the name of Beihai has not changed. In Jin Dynasty, Wudang Hou (Teng) built Nanyang, but the voice of Beihai was slightly replaced.

Second, Teng in Nanyang began with Sun Hao. At that time, Guangzhou secretariat (Teng) was established in Nanyang, western Hubei, promoted to general Nan 'an, and sealed Wudang Hou; (Teng) Xiu's grandson, Pingnan (Teng) Han General, (Teng) Han's younger brother, JIAOZHOU secretariat (Teng) dolphin, (Teng) Xiu's great-grandson, Long Xiang (Teng) Tian Zhi General, Huan Wen Du Bao (Teng) Jun, and Song (Teng) Si played as a native of western Hubei, so Nanyang is called Yi, Gai also. In the early years of Tang Kaiyuan, Guo Zisi (Teng) made Cong famous in Dongyang, and Jiangnan gradually appeared, but Jiangbei was hard to remember.

Teng, the third place in Dongyang, started at the order of the company (Teng) and started in Dongyang, Wuzhou. After the six biographies, it was divided into three branches, which moved to the South China Sea, to Qingqi in the north, to Bashu in the west and to Wuhui in the east. Although the factions are different, they all originated from Dongyang. The ancestors of Wu are numbered, and Gai also started in Dongyang, with Si as the originator. His lineage is recorded and his genealogy is vividly recorded ... "

This preface discusses the origin, lineage changes and branches of Teng surname in detail, and confirms the origin relationship between Teng surname family and ancient Tengguo, namely Tengzhou City, Shandong Province.

In order to further research the origin and changes of Teng's surname, the author went to Shanghai Library in May 2002 to search for historical materials about Teng's surname. The Summary of Family Tree Collected in Shanghai Library contains eight kinds of Teng's family tree in the above collection, namely:

(1) Teng Liujing (Jian 'ou, Fujian), 2 1 (1932), edited by Teng Jinquan and others, 8 volumes of wooden movable type;

(2) Teng's Genealogy (Wuxi, Jiangsu), compiled by Teng in the seventh year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (188 1), with wooden movable type 12 volumes;

(3) The Genealogy of Teng Guiping's Nanyang County (Tangxi, Zhejiang Province) compiled by Teng Guiping in the 11th year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1872) contains 7 volumes of movable type books planted in Tang De;

(4) In the 12th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1886), Teng Chunkui compiled the Teng Family Tree of Nanyang (Tangxi, Zhejiang) and planted 9 movable-type books;

(5) Teng's genealogy in Nanyang (Tangxi, Zhejiang), eighteen years of the Republic of China (1929), two movable-type books of Detangmu;

(6) Teng Yu-shan's Genealogy of the Tang Dynasty (Lanxi, Zhejiang Province) in the 31st year of Guangxu reign (1905), with 7 movable-type copies of Xilei Hall;

(7) The movable-type edition of Chongbentang in Qing Dynasty, Genealogy of Jean Chang Teng (lost);

(8) Teng's Genealogy, a movable type book of Bingdetang in Qing Dynasty (lost).

The eight kinds of Teng genealogy collected in Shanghai Library cannot be consulted because the latter two books are damaged. Among the three genealogies of Teng family in Nanyang, the earliest and relatively complete version of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty was selected, and * * consulted (1), (2), (3) and (6). Although these Tengshi genealogies from different regions, different eras and different versions started from Tengshi elders in a certain dynasty and region, they were handed down from generation to generation from "one", "two" and "three". However, all the genealogies of Teng's family are from scratch. The origin of Teng's family is "taking the country as the surname", which originated in Tengzhou, Shandong Province in ancient times.

Among the four genealogies investigated, the first one (1), Jian 'ou, Fujian Province, recorded that its ancestor was "Pingzhanggong (Teng)" and entered Fujian during the Deyou period of the Southern Song Dynasty (1275), calling itself "Nanyang County, neixiang county, Bendeng Prefecture"; "The ancestors rode south, and the descendants of Buju Jianning Mansion, Ou Yi, multiplied for kilometers, so they were divided into East and West Mansions ..." When describing the origin of Teng's surname, "Teng lost his country thirty-one years after his death, and lost his country twenty-nine years later, and later generations took Teng as their surname"! This spectrum is the first revision of Teng Jieshi in Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty, the second revision and the third revision in Wanli period, which mainly records the branch of Teng surname that entered Fujian.

According to the clue provided by Teng, a member of Jinhua clan in Zhejiang Province, it is said that Teng Zhao, a native of Putian, Fujian Province, and a native of Yueqing County, Zhejiang Province, was the ancestor of Teng surname in southern Zhejiang. Teng Zhao was born in the 4th year of Tang Taihe (AD 830) and died in the 2nd year of Ganhua (AD 902). 1 1 Shi Teng Dapei, Song Jinshi, awarded the secretary lang, the official to the right servant of Shangshu; 12 Teng Chuying moved to Yongjia and became a big family. There is a Teng's social club in southern Zhejiang. Thirty-four brother Teng Jimei (my great-grandfather) moved to Lanxi and has multiplied to hundreds of people ... "This shows the changes of Teng's migration in past dynasties.

(2) The genealogy of Dongyang, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province is more detailed, complete and comprehensive, with Teng Fu (word method, Zhang Mingong) as the ancestor, who moved from Dongyang to Suzhou because Teng Fu was the secretariat of Suzhou, and then moved to Wuxi: "The ancestor (Teng) just moved from Dongyang to Suzhou in the Song Dynasty, and passed it to (Teng) three times and moved to Jin. Also known as Teng Xiang, he lived in Nanyang, going back to the seventh to the Tang Dynasty, living in Dongyang in Wuzhou, and going back to Teng Lingcong IV.

This spectrum contains the preface written by Sun Tengdai, the 35th generation of Teng surname, when he was sent by his father from Wuxi to tengxian (now Tengzhou) to worship his ancestors in the 25th year of Qing Qianlong (1670). The cloud "wailed several times" became the direct evidence that Teng's descendants came to Tengzhou to seek their roots and recognize their ancestors!

The spectrum also includes the preface written by senior literati for Teng's genealogy and the poems and letters written in Teng's name, such as the poem "Give Teng Shuzi a Home" written by Bai Juyi for Teng Xiang in the Tang Dynasty, including the sentence "There are several Teng's families outside Dongyang in brocade clothes and embroidered clothes"; In addition, there are poems by Liu Yuxi, Meng Haoran and Cen Can. In the Song Dynasty, there were prefaces written by Yang Wanli and Wen Tianxiang for Teng Jia and letters written by Fan Zhongyan, Teng Zongliang, Su Shi and Teng Fu. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a Preface to Shen Shixing Teng Family Tree, which recorded the prosperity of the Teng family for thousands of years!

(3) The Teng family tree in Nanyang County, Tangxi, Zhejiang Province began in Tengxiang in the Tang Dynasty and was named after giving it to Baishaxi in Dongyang, Zhejiang Province. Later, Dongyang was renamed Jinhua, also known as Wuzhou, and Baisha also belonged to Tangxi. Although the genealogy uses the name of "Nanyang", it only refers to the original "Xianwang", which is actually a Zhejiang genealogy. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Teng clan had moved from Nanyang and western Hubei to Jiangzuo, and the genealogy hall name still kept its old name, in order to commemorate the place where the ancestors once lived, and it was also the tradition and habit of China genealogy to mark "county hope" and "source".

The spectrum is equipped with a portrait of Teng's ancestor "Xiu Gong Shu" and has a "Ji" cloud:

"Futeng, don't name me, formerly known as Ji, and the world. The fourteen sons of Wen Wang embroidered, and later generations took the country as their surname, so Teng's surname began from this. "

(6) The genealogy of Teng's family in Datang, Lanxi, Zhejiang Province, began with Zuo Cheng, a minister in Song Dynasty, and traced back to Teng Tianzhi in Nanyang. It is recorded that "Zheng Xian was forced by Song Jianyian for three years (1 129), and his son Xuanyi served Song Kangwang (,Song Gaozong)." The ancestors were fathers and sons who worshipped their ancestors. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, they drove south to live in Tang Chi, Lanxi, and the tenth Sun (Teng) moved to Datang. This is the origin of Teng's family in Lanxi. Teng, who once represented the Song Dynasty in the mission to the State of Jin, is a descendant of this branch.

Comparing Teng's genealogy with others' genealogy can confirm the evolution of Teng's lineage in Dongyang described in Wumen Tengzhuan. It is mentioned that "Dongyang started from Tengzisi (Tengzi) and was divided into three branches after six generations". The genealogy of Wuxi, Jiangsu and Dongyang, Zhejiang is roughly consistent with the previous generation, namely: Tenglingcong-→ Ito. Teng Mao, the descendant of the boss Teng Sui, moved back to Dongyang, Zhejiang; Teng, the descendant of the second son Teng Mai, spread to Tengfu and later moved to Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, becoming the ancestor of Wuxi. The third Teng Miao, the sixth, spread to Teng Zongliang (Teng Zijing) ...

Since then, the Teng genealogy in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian and other places in the south of the Yangtze River has been basically unified, spanning from Tang and Song Dynasties to Ming and Qing Dynasties. From this, we can sort out the general clues and tracks of the migration and change of Teng clan for more than two thousand years: in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the embroidery of Teng's ancestor was blocked; During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Teng's family flourished because of the country and the place. After Teng destroyed the country, he moved to the northeast sea of Shandong and flourished in Han Dynasty. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the war moved to Nanyang, Henan Province, and the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties flourished. In the third year, he moved to Dongyang, Zhejiang, and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, Tengfu moved to Suzhou and Wuxi, Jiangsu, and flourished in the Song Dynasty. At the end of the Song Dynasty, Yuan soldiers invaded Teng's family and fled to Fujian, Hunan, Hubei and Guangxi ... So they moved from the north to the south and scattered all over the country ... From the genealogy of Teng's family in all parts of the country, no matter how scattered, the general context and origin of its genealogy are basically clear and orderly in the long history, as Lanxi's "Tang Teng's Genealogy" said: "All Teng's sects are descendants of Teng Hou ...

The Comprehensive Catalogue of China Genealogy mentions Tengzha Village, Fenghuang Township, Xinzhou, Hubei Province. As it is not in the collection of Beijing National Library, the author made a special trip to Tengzha Village, Fenghuang Township (now Li Ji Town), Xinzhou District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province in May 2002. Fortunately, two sets of Teng's genealogy were found in Teng's home, old and new. Twenty-six years of the Republic of China (1937), The Old Book of Zhongzhitang recorded Daoguang Yiyou Year (1825), The Preface of Tengzhi said:

"Teng Shi is far from being accepted. Originated from Ji, and later took the country as the surname. Throughout the ages, there have been many sects in Nanyang ... I have been far away from the world since Tengjiachu, and my origin is from Zhou ... I gave it to northern Chu. Tracing back to the source, I was named Marquis by Uncle Xiu and I have been a saint for hundreds of years. Later, he took the country as his surname and wore tassels.

-Teng Bixiao, a butcher in Huangzhou, Hubei Province during the period of Jinshi and Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, was the ancestor. After more than 600 years, it spread to the 26 th century. The genealogy lists in detail the following 26 generations of Teng, namely: "Bi Gulun, Tian Kai Yunlong, Shang Yunxi Ding Tian, the country is bright, there are virtuous relatives, Ben Yuqing is glorious, Wei Xing Yi and Shu Tianyuan." At present, a branch of Teng Bixiao in Hubei Province has been passed down to the 26th generation of Ben. ...

Teng Yongping, a famous director of Shandong TV Station, once provided some clues, mentioning that there are many Teng surnames in Jiaodong (formerly "Beihai County", now in Qingzhou and Laizhou, Shandong Province), and there is a "hometown of Teng" in Laizhou. It is also mentioned that the surnames of Teng, Teng Shu and Teng Xiu are actually "Teng" surnames, all of which were changed to avoid being hunted down after the followers of Teng Guo perished. He also wrote in a letter to Tengzhou: "Tengguo is the motherland of Teng's descendants. For thousands of years, Teng's descendants have been looking for the motherland, but they have never been able to return to their roots! "

When it comes to Teng's celebrities, in addition to Wu Men's Notes on Teng's Family History and other Teng's genealogies, there are also Teng Geng in Mencius; Tengfu, the satrap of Jiujiang County, was mentioned in Hanshu. There are Tengzhou and Teng Yin in the History of the Three Kingdoms; The Book of Jin includes Teng Mu and Teng Xiu; In the history of South China, there was Teng Tan Gong; There was a famous flower and bird painter Teng Changyou in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. There were Teng Fu and Teng Zongliang in the history of Song Dynasty. This Teng Zongliang is the "Teng Zijing" mentioned in Fan Zhongyan's Yueyang Tower in the Song Dynasty. He is a scholar from the same school as Fan Zhongyan, and the famous book Yueyang Tower was written by Fan Zhongyan at the invitation of Teng! At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, there were "three vines", that is, Teng, Teng, who were captured and unyielding in the State of Jin and became "national heroes" at that time ... Modern and contemporary revolutionary pioneers Teng Daiyuan, director of the Central Policy Research Office Teng Wensheng, former director of the State Education Commission Teng Wenji, famous film directors Teng Wenji, Teng Chu Shi and so on. ...

So far, Jiangtun Town of Tengzhou City also has the ruins of Tengguo ancient city and the ancient Tengguo aristocratic cemetery. It is seven kilometers southwest of Tengzhou City, facing Jinghe River in the south and Longshan Mountain in the north. Li Daoyuan's Notes on Water Classics records that this ancient city is "twenty miles around the city, with a sub-city". Now there are remnants of internal and external walls, and the inner city (sub-city) wall is slightly square, with a circumference of 2 kilometers and a height of 3 from the ground. In the northeast corner of the inner city, Wengong Ancient Terrace, one of the "Eight Scenes of Ancient Tengs", is still preserved, which is said to be the legacy of Tengguo Palace. The two ancient pagoda trees in front of the stage are still full of vigor and vitality.

199 1 year, Tengzhou rebuilt Wengong Terrace, built Teng Wengong Building and added forest of steles. Professor Wang Xuezhong, a famous painter in Tengzhou and former vice chairman of China Book Association, wrote the inscription "Xing Teng Xiang Shan". Wengongtai is not only the only remaining ground building in the ancient Tengguo, but also the only memorial and symbol for the Tengshi family to stay in the old country. To some extent, it is also the ancestral hall and ancestral home of Teng family in the world! It is here that the primitive ancestors of the Teng clan took root and founded the country, creating a brilliant ancient Teng civilization! Tengguo ancient city is now a provincial key cultural relics protection unit and has become a tourist attraction in Tengzhou. There are "Tengguo Historical and Cultural Relics Exhibition" and Teng Wengong Meeting with Mencius Wax Exhibition in Wengong Building.

There is a couplet on the side door of Wengongtai: "The historic site is near Liu Jing, and I once cherished my son in Gao Tai.

Leave the source of Shu embroidery, and don't mistake Ge Fei for Wang Teng. "

Teng Wengong, the "Prince" in the first part, is the memory of Teng Wengong's virtue by Tengzhou people in later generations. The saying "Don't fly to the pavilion by mistake" in "Lian Er" refers to the fact that Li Yuanying, the younger brother of Li Shimin of Emperor Taizong, came to tengxian (now Tengzhou) in Shandong Province as "Wang Teng" in the 13th year of Zhenguan (AD 639). Li Yuanying, the "Wang Teng" in the Tang Dynasty, was demoted to Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, where the famous Wang Tengting was built. Wang Bo's Preface to Wang Tengting made its name immortal. Wang Teng's name was also brought from Li Yuanying to Nanchang, Jiangxi, and then to Langzhong, Sichuan ... but this "Wang Teng" is no longer "Wang Teng". Although they all originated in Tengzhou, they are separated by thousands of years. This sentence is intended to point out the difference between Li's surname "Wang Teng" in Tang Dynasty and ancient Tengguo's "Wang Teng" in order to avoid confusion.

From 65438 to 0997, Tengzhou TV Station produced a TV documentary "Tengzhou Story", which introduced past lives of the ancient Tengguo. After the film was broadcast on CCTV overseas channel, it attracted an American TV director Jennifer? Case stone's attention, she said:

"Another wonderful program is about Tengzhou, Shandong. I think the filmmakers have well integrated the knowledge about ancient Tengguo with the introduction of Tengzhou, which is booming today. Pottery fragments and ancient city walls have been effectively used, which has narrowed the distance between ancient Tengguo people and Tengzhou residents today ... I have a good understanding of Tengzhou's history, changes and the city's industry. "

—— Excerpted from the 4th the State Council Golden Bridge Awards (Film and Television) and the information collection of the seminar.

In the Ming Dynasty, Wang Shizhen, the minister of Nanjing punishments, wrote a poem "Crossing Tengcheng":

"Where is clean today? Teng you's old country name.

Floating clouds are on two battlefields, and the setting sun is empty ... "

Today, the two ancient pagodas in front of Wengongtai are still deeply rooted, witnessing the rise and fall of the ancient Tengguo and Tengshi family for thousands of years. ...

Where is the root of Teng? The ancient pagoda tree in front of Wengong Station! Teng clan is scattered all over the country, Tengzhou Tengguo ancient city has your roots!

Xiu Xiang, the first monarch of ancient Tengguo, was the ancestor of Tengxing.