cén 岑
百家姓 · Bai Jia Xing
Surname Origin
The origin of the surname "Cen": Firstly, it originated from the surname "Ji" and took the name of the state as the surname. According to "Tongzhi - Clan Records" which cited "Lüshi Chunqiu", King Wu of Zhou enfeoffed Qu, the son of Yao (a half - brother of King Wen of Zhou), as the Lord of Cen. The fief was located at Centing in the State of Liang (present - day Hancheng County, Shaanxi). The descendants took the name of the state as their surname.
Famous Story
Cen Shen (715–770) He was from Jiyang (now Xinye County, Henan Province) in the Tang Dynasty. He was skilled in poetry. He initially served in the military camp and once went to the Tianshan area, so his poems often revolve around the frontier and battles. Due to his pure and elegant diction and painstaking efforts, his poetic style was particularly lofty. He successively held the positions of Supplementary Remonstrator and Court Gentleman, and later served as the governor of Jiazhou. Therefore, he was commonly known as Cen Jiazhou. He authored the Collection of Cen Jiazhou. Cen Yuying (1829–1889) Styled Yanqing and with the sobriquet Kuangguo, he was from Xilin, Guangxi in the Qing Dynasty. During the Sino - French War in Vietnam in the Guangxu period, he defeated the French troops. He rose to the position of the governor - general of Yunnan and Guizhou and was posthumously awarded the title of Xiangqin.
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