There are three origins of Mèng's surname:

1. After Ji's surname, Lu Zhuanggong's brother celebrated his father, he took his ancestors as his surname. According to the records of Tongzhi, A Brief Introduction to the Clan, Historical Records of Duke Zhou of Lu and other materials, Qingfu * * * Zhong is the eldest, so his son and grandson are named Meng Sun Shi in the ranking order, and later changed to Meng, called Meng. It's for the surname of Meng in Shandong.

2. After the surname of Ji and the surname of Duke Meng of Weiguo (present-day Henan Province), Zuzi was taken as the surname. According to Differentiation of Surnames in Ancient and Modern Times, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the descendants of Meng Zhi (word Gong Meng), the son of Wei Xianggong, took Gong Meng as their surname, which was later simplified to Meng's surname and called Meng's. It's for the surname Meng in Henan.

3. From other origins or changing the surname of Meng:

① In the Jin Dynasty, the Nuzhen nationality's family name was Mo Nian, and in the Qing Dynasty, the Han surnames of Murzheler, Murdiller, Mengjia, Mu Yan and Mokele in Manchuria were Meng.

② Other Tujia, Mongolian, Buyi and other ethnic groups all have Meng surname.

the ancestor of the surname: Meng Ke (name Ke, word Ziyu). Zou (now southeast of Zou County, Shandong Province) was a famous thinker, politician and educator during the Warring States Period. I have traveled to Qi, Song, Teng, Wei and other countries, and my opinion was not adopted, so I retired to write a book. His ideas of "valuing the people above the monarch" and "ruling by those who work hard and ruling by those who work hard" have formed the idealistic theoretical system of Confucian school, which has a far-reaching influence on later generations. Because he was once a student of Zisi, his theory was called "Simeng School", and he wrote a book "Mencius", which was regarded as the successor of Confucius' theory, later called "Yasheng", and was also called "the way of Confucius and Mencius" with Confucius' theory. Although Qing Fu * * * Zhong was the ancestor of Meng's surname, but because of his killing the second monarch for three years, the crime caused chaos in the country, and people dared not respect him. Mencius was a descendant of Qing Fu, and he was highly respected, so later generations respected Meng Ke as the ancestor of Meng's surname.

II. Migration distribution

The birthplace of Meng's surname is Shandong and Henan. In the early days, Meng's surname quickly spread to neighboring Shanxi and Hebei. In the Western Han Dynasty, a family from Shandong, Meng Xi (who became a doctor when Emperor Xuandi was proclaimed), flourished in the local area, hence the Donghai County. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Meng Guang, a native of Shaanxi Province, moved to Wu (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province), and another famous person Meng tasted Zhejiang. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the war in the north continued, and the first large-scale migration of Meng's surname to the south appeared in the history of its development. Meng's surname in Shandong moved to wuyue (now Jiangsu and Zhejiang). The surname Meng in Henan moved to Chu and Han (now Hubei and northwestern Jiangxi). Meng Zong, the minister of Soochow in the Three Kingdoms, developed vigorously in Hubei, so there is Jiangxia County. Another valiant soldier Meng Huo went out of Jianning (now Qujing, Yunnan Province). In the Tang Dynasty, celebrities named Meng swarmed, and famous poets such as Meng Haoran, Meng Jiao and Meng Yunqing appeared at that time. Meng Jiao is a native of Deqing, Zhejiang Province, and his people are flourishing in the local area. The county is Wu Kang County. In addition, this period of social stability and rapid population reproduction is a relatively stable development period in the family history of Meng. During the Five Dynasties, Meng Zhixiang, a native of Longgang, Xingzhou (now southwest of Xingtai, Hebei Province), established the Shu regime (now Chengdu, Sichuan Province), and the development of the Meng family in Shu was beyond words. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, due to the war between the nomads and the Mongolian army in the Central Plains, the northern Meng family moved southward twice, mainly in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In the Ming Dynasty, Meng moved to Henan, Hebei, Northeast China, Tianjin and other places from Shanxi Sophora japonica. In the Qing Dynasty, another Meng family crossed the sea into Taiwan, and then settled overseas. Today, the Meng surname is mostly in Shandong, accounting for about 26% of the population of Han nationality in China, and it is also common in Henan, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Hebei and other provinces. The above six provinces account for about 67% of the population of Han nationality in China. Meng is the eighty-fourth most popular surname in China, with a large population, accounting for about .24% of the Han population in China.

III. Historical celebrity

Meng Sheng: During the Warring States Period, a giant of Mohism committed suicide collectively with his disciples (* * * 187 people) to mourn the king of Chu. This incident is one of the reasons why post-Mohism became a unique school.

Meng Ben: A native of Wei (now Puyang, Henan Province), he once "plucked the horns" and was called a warrior.

Meng Xi: a native of Lanling, Donghai (now Lanling Town, Cangshan, Shandong Province), was the pioneer of the "Meng's Study" in the Western Han Dynasty, and he became a doctor when Emperor Xuandi was proclaimed. Sixty-four hexagrams were used to distribute the climate and hexagrams were used to express Yi.

Meng Guang: A native of Fufeng Ping Ling (now Xingping, Shaanxi Province) in the Eastern Han Dynasty, lived in seclusion in Baling Mountain with her husband Liang Hong and made a living by farming and weaving. The story of the couple's "case of Qi Mei" is widely spread.

Meng Zong: a native of Jiangxia (now Echeng, Hubei Province), was an official of Soochow in the Three Kingdoms. Known for its filial piety, the folk spread its miracle of crying bamboo shoots and filial piety.

Meng Huo was born in Jianning, Shu Han (now Qujing, Yunnan Province). Once confronted with Zhuge Liang, he was captured by Liang Qi, and then returned to Shu, where he was appointed as the official in the imperial history.

Meng Jia: a famous scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Chongyang climbed high, and several anecdotes of literati reflected this custom. According to the Book of Jin Meng Jiachuan, Tao Yuanming's grandfather Meng Jia was famous as a teenager. Later, he joined the army as Huan Wen, and was highly valued by Huan Wen. One year on the Double Ninth Festival, Huan Wen was the chief of staff at the Longshan banquet, drinking and writing poems. Just as everyone was drunk and excited about poetry, a strong wind suddenly blew Meng Jia's palace hat to the ground. Meng Jia himself was unaware of it. Huan Wen saw

this situation, and constipation made Sun Sheng laugh at his composition. When Meng Jia came back, he took a look, raised his pen, and made a leisurely article to answer. Because of his quick thinking, gorgeous words and articles, the four seats were all amazed and the banquet on that day broke up with great joy.

Meng Rang: A native of Qi County (now Jinan, Shandong Province), he was the leader of the peasant uprising at the end of Sui Dynasty. He gathered more than 1, people, and later became the governor of Wagang Army, sealing the Duke of Qi County.

Meng Jiao: Dongye, a native of Wu Kang, Huzhou (now Deqing, Zhejiang), was a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. His poems are full of bitter sounds, which are longer than five words, and are as famous as Jia Dao. Sometimes, they are said to be "thin in the suburbs". He is the author of Meng Dongye's Poems. For deeds, please refer to Han Yu's Epitaph of Mr. Zhen Yao, the new and old biographies of Tang Shu, Xia Jingguan's Chronicle of Mr. Meng Dongye and Hua Chen's Chronicle of Tang Meng Jiao.

Meng Xun: a famous soldier in the Southern Song Dynasty. He was an official in Beijing and Lake Anfu. He once recovered Xiangyang, Xinyang, Fancheng and other places, and appealed to the adherents of the Central Plains. There is a story of "cleaning up the Central Plains in 3 years".

Meng Sen: The word "Guo Sun" is the name of Xin Shi, and most of his works are signed by this name, and he is known as Mr. Meng Xinshi in the world. Wujin, Jiangsu Province, is a famous historian. I studied less from Zhou Zaifan, a famous middle school teacher, and got a glimpse of the academic, career, articles and economic paths. After receiving the title of Lin Sheng, influenced by the Westernization Movement and the Reform Movement of 1898, I went to study in Japan in the 27th year of Guangxu (191) and studied at Tokyo Hosei University, specializing in law. After three years, I graduated and returned to China. In the following year (3th year of Guangxu, 194), he entered Zheng Xiaoxu, Minister of Frontier Defense of Guangxi, and made use of a large number of public and private documents and materials collected in the shogunate, such as notes, letters, letters, etc., to write "Notes on Border Affairs in Guangxi", mainly for praising Zheng's supervision of Guangxi's frontier defense achievements. His main works include General History of the Ming, Yuan and Qing Dynasties, Lecture Notes on the Founding of Manchuria, Collection of Historical Works of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and Continuation of Historical Works of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Meng Mingshi: doctor of Qin State in the Spring and Autumn Period, son of Priscilla. He was once captured by Jin, and after returning to China, he carefully avenged himself, crossed the river and burned the ship, and defeated the Jin army.

Meng Haoran: a native of Xiangyang, Xiangzhou (now Hubei Province), was an outstanding poet in the Tang Dynasty. His poems are quiet and lonely, and together with Wang Wei, he is the main representative of the pastoral landscape poetry school in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and his works are compiled as Meng Haoran's Collection.

Meng Yunqing: a native of Pingchang (now northwest of Shanghe, Shandong Province), a poet in the Tang Dynasty, and an official to school secretary. His poetic language is simple, which is highly praised by Du Fu, Wei Yingwu and others.

Meng Zhixiang was born in Longgang, Xingzhou in the Five Dynasties, and established the post-Shu regime. His son, Meng Yunchu, is the Sima of the two Sichuan festivals, and he is the heir. Pass on his book "New Year's Qing Yu; "Jiajie Changchun" is the earliest Spring Festival couplets recorded in history books and still used today.

Meng Chengshun: Born in Shanyin (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province), he was a playwright in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. His works include Qiao Hong Ji and Peach Blossom Face.

4.No. of the County Lookout Hall

1. County Lookout

Luoyang: The reign of the Han and Wei Dynasties was located on the north bank of the East Luoshui of Baima Temple in Luoyang City, Henan Province. The Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms Wei Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty and the Five Dynasties Tang Dynasty successively settled here. Xinmang, Tang, Five Dynasties Liang, Jin, Han, Zhou, Northern Song and Jindu took it as their capital. The Sui and Tang Dynasties moved the West Shili of Seoul.

Pinglu county: it is located at the southwest end of Shanxi province and the north bank of the Yellow River.

Donghai county: governance is located in Tancheng (now north of Tancheng, Shandong province).

Julu County: Julu (now southwest of Pingxiang, Hebei Province) is the place where it is ruled.

Wu Kang county: it is located in the northern part of Zhejiang province.

anping county: it is located in the northwest of Yidu, Shandong province.

Jiangxia County: It was set up in the reign of Emperor Gaozu of the Western Han Dynasty, and was ruled in Anlu, which is equivalent to the east of Anlu, Zhongxiang, Qianjiang and Jiayang in Hubei Province today, and the west of Guangshan, Xinxian, Xinyang and Huaihe River in Henan Province. This Meng family was the home of Meng Zong's clan in the Three Kingdoms period.

2. Hall number

Three moves to the hall: According to legend, when Mencius was young, his family lived in a graveyard, and Mencius learned to bury graves and mourn. In order to educate his son, Meng Mu moved to live next to the market. Mencius learned to peddle things again, so Meng Mu had to move again. Finally, he moved to the school to settle down. Mencius learned to advance and retreat with courtesy. Meng Mu said happily, "This can make my son a good man." Because of Meng Mu's three moves, he paid attention to family education and made Mencius a saint.

In addition, the main hall names of Meng are "Pinglu Hall" and "Yasheng Hall".

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adopt the Sect of Qing dynasty.

—— General couplet of ancestral hall of Meng surname written anonymously

The couplet refers to the thinker Meng Ke (about 372- 289 BC) in the Warring States Period, whose name was Zi Yu and Zou (now Zouxian County, Shandong Province). In the past, it was the Duke of Lu, who was a disciple of Zisi. In the division of Confucianism, it was called Simeng School, which represented the Confucian school. He recorded eleven pieces of Mencius, and there are seven pieces today, which is called "Yasheng". The second couplet refers to Meng Qing, a scholar of Han Dynasty, who was born in Lanling. Kindness is a ritual in the spring and autumn, and people call it Qing.

adopt a noble mood;

the holy one.

—— General couplet of ancestral hall of Meng surname written anonymously

Same as above (couplet of upper and lower parts, mutual interpretation).

Changping shize;

the voice of Yasheng family.

—— The universal couplet of Meng's ancestral hall written anonymously

The universal couplet refers to Meng Ke, a thinker in the Warring States Period, and the sage of Zou Guoya was sealed between Yuan and Shun.

Longshan Yixing;

Lumen lives in seclusion.

—— General couplet of Meng's ancestral hall written anonymously

The couplet refers to Meng Jia, a native of Jiangxia in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, whose word is Wan Nian. When Qiu Yuliang led Jiangzhou, he was engaged in it, and later he joined the army of Huan Wen, the secretariat of Jingzhou, and was highly valued by Huan Wen. Huan Wen asked Sun Sheng, who joined the army, to write an article mocking him, and he immediately replied with a beautiful composition. The post-calendar officials were engaged in long history. The second couplet refers to Meng Haoran, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, who was born in Xiangyang, Xiangzhou, and lived in seclusion in Lumen Mountain in his early years. At the age of 4, he went to Chang 'an, failed in the Jinshi examination, and later worked for Jingzhou. Poetry is as famous as Wang Wei, known as "Wang Meng" in the world. His poems, such as Meng Haoran's Collection, are quiet and distant, good at writing scenery and reflecting secluded life.

filial piety gives birth to bamboo shoots;

Andrew returns the pearl.

—— General couplet of the ancestral hall of Meng surname written anonymously

The couplet refers to Meng Zong, a Wu native in the Three Kingdoms period, whose name was Gongwu, a Jiangxia native, the great-grandfather of Meng Jia, who was famous for his filial piety. Learn less from Nanyang Li Su, and be filial. Mother likes to eat bamboo shoots, which have not yet been born in winter. He went into the bamboo forest to lament and weep, and the bamboo shoots suddenly burst out. After the official salt pond Sima, Wu county order. The second couplet refers to Meng Chang, the satrap of Hepu in the later Han Dynasty, whose name was Bo Zhou and he was from Shangyu. Practice less, then be filial and honest, raise your talents, worship Xu Ling, show your abilities in counties, and move to Hepu Prefecture. The county does not produce grain, but pearls are produced in the sea. The former satrap was greedy and forced the people to pick them indiscriminately, so that pearls gradually moved to the territory of Jiaotoe. After Meng tasted his appointment, he got rid of the former disadvantages, made the pearl return to Hepu, and the people were able to return to their old jobs and merchants circulated. People called him a "god." When the DPRK levied him to return to Beijing, the officials and the people tried their best to retain him, so that he could not get away. So he ran away at night, lived in seclusion in a poor Shui Ze, and was born by farming himself.

filial piety is respectful of martial arts;

Meng ke was told by the word.

—— General couplet of ancestral hall of Meng surname written anonymously

The couplet refers to Meng Chang, the later Han Dynasty, whose name is Bo Zhou, who was born in Shangyu. His first three generations were county officials, and he died in Fujie. He tasted less and practiced less, and the official county was a history of Cao. There are widows in Shangyu who are filial to their parents. At the end of her old age, her husband and daughter were jealous first, but she was accused of being tired of supporting her, and her mother was added to the lawsuit. The county did not look for it, so it was guilty. Taste the prophet's false appearance, prepare words for the satrap, and the satrap is unreasonable. Taste the wailing outside door, because of illness, the woman died unexpectedly. Since the county has been dry for two years in a row, please pray for nothing. Yin Dan, the late prefect, went to the official, visited him, and tasted the injustice of widow Chen in the Yi government, because he said, "In the past, I was filial to my wife in the East China Sea, and I felt that the weather caused drought. When I said something to the public, I was willing to give up." The second couplet refers to Mencius in the Warring States period.

your godson;

Meng Guang respects his husband.

—— General couplet of ancestral hall of Meng surname written anonymously

The couplet refers to Tong's family, the mother of thinker Meng Ke in the Warring States Period, and "Meng Mu's three moves" has always been a much-told story for his godson. The second couplet refers to Meng Guang, the wife of Liang Hong in the Eastern Han Dynasty, who fled with Hong in the Baling Mountain, and the couple treated each other as guests.

pearl returning to Hepu;

jiezhen jingxiang.

—— General couplet of ancestral hall of Meng surname written anonymously

The couplet refers to Meng Chang, the later Han Dynasty. The second couplet refers to Song Meng Gong.

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seven articles are long.

—— General couplet of Meng's ancestral hall written anonymously

The couplet refers to Meng Xianzi (Zhong Sun Mie), a doctor of the State of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period, who is called a virtuous doctor and has five friends to help him. The second couplet refers to Mencius, a thinker and politician in the Warring States period. A disciple of Confucius' grandson Zisi, he traveled to Qi, Song, Teng, Wei and other countries, and served as the guest of King Qixiang. Because he advocated not being adopted, he wrote a book with his disciples in his later years. Developing Confucius' concept of "benevolence" into the theory of "benevolent government" has a great influence on later Confucianism, and is regarded as the successor of Confucius' theory, known as "Yasheng" in the world. There are seven works of Mencius. Become one of the Confucian classics.

bitter songs to the east;

write the Changchun symbol by hand.

—— General couplet of ancestral hall of Meng surname written anonymously

The couplet refers to Meng Jiao (751-814), a poet in Tang Dynasty, whose name is Dongye, who was born in Wu Kang, Huzhou (now Deqing, Zhejiang). He used to be the judge of land and water transport in Henan, and later served as the staff of Xing Yuanjun. He is good at five-character ancient poems, including Meng Dongye's Poems. The second couplet refers to Meng Chang (919-965), the late Shu emperor during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, who reigned from 934 to 965. The word Baoyuan was born in Taiyuan. Meng Zhiming, the founding monarch of the post-Shu Dynasty, was the third son, marching Sima for the two Sichuan provinces. Knowing the disease in detail, he supervised the country and was the heir. According to Song Zhang Tangying's "Shu Lang Lang", "The end of Shu belongs to the year before Song Dynasty, except for the day, so it is necessary for the bachelor Xin Yinxun to inscribe a peach symbol on it.