Mencius' Mother The mother of Mencius. Her surname is Zhang. She once moved her residence three times to encourage Mencius to study diligently. She is regarded as a model of a virtuous mother in later generations. Mencius (372 BC - 289 BC) Named Ke, with the courtesy name Ziyu, he was from Zou in the Warring States period. He was born in the fourth year of King Lie of Zhou and died in the twenty - sixth year of King Nan of Zhou. He studied under the disciples of Zisi. He advocated the kingly way, emphasized benevolence and righteousness, despised utilitarianism, and put forward the theory of innate goodness of human nature. Later generations honored him as the "Second Sage". He wrote seven books of Mencius. Also known as Mencius. Meng Haoran (689 - 740) With the courtesy name Haoran. He was a Tang - dynasty poet from Xiangyang. In his youth, he loved integrity and righteousness and lived in seclusion on Mount Lumen. He once composed poems at the Imperial College, which amazed everyone present. His poems belong to the natural school. There is a collection of his works called Collected Works of Meng Haoran.

Migration and Distribution (Lack of information) The Meng surname is not listed among the top 100 surnames in the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. In ancient times, Huangdi was a well - known clan leader. He had a grandson named Zhuanxu, who was also a famous tribal chief. Later, during the Xia Dynasty, the monarchs of the Xia Dynasty respected the great figures of ancient times. They enfeoffed the descendants of Zhuanxu to Mengshuangcheng. Some of their descendants took the characters "Meng" and "Shuang" from the place name as their surnames, becoming the Meng and Shuang clans respectively. This is the earliest origin of the Meng surname today. Another branch of the Meng surname originated in the Zhou Dynasty. At that time, the imperial court set up an altar on Mengshan (located in the central part of present - day Shandong Province) and appointed special officials to preside over the sacrifices on Mengshan, who were called Dongmengzhu. Some descendants of Dongmengzhu settled on Mengshan and took the place name as their surname, which was a development of the Meng surname in history.