chéng 成

The origin of the surname "Cheng": 1. It originated from the Ji clan and was derived from a state. According to "Tongzhi - Clan Genealogy - Based on States", in the 11th century BC, King Wu of Zhou enfeoffed his younger brother, the fifth son of King Wen, named Shu Wu, to the State of Cheng (northeast of present - day Ningyang County, Shandong Province). Later, there was the Cheng (郕) clan, and some removed the "yi" radical to form the Cheng (成) clan. 2. During the Zhou Dynasty, Ji Dai was enfeoffed in the Cheng邑 (west of present - day Fan County, north of Pucheng in Henan Province). Later, his descendants took the name of the fief as their surname and also became the Cheng clan. 3. It originated from the Mi clan. During the Spring and Autumn period, Ru'ao, the monarch of the State of Chu, had a son with the courtesy name Chenghu. His collateral descendants took their grandfather's courtesy name as their surname, such as Cheng Jia, Cheng Xiong, and Cheng Dechen. 4. According to "Records of Beijing", there was also the Cheng clan in the Tuge tribe of the ancient Xiongnu. 5. According to "History of the Song Dynasty - Biography of Barbarians", there was also the Cheng clan among the ancient southern ethnic minorities.