Last name origin & meaning: Chinese:  from the name of a state of Zheng. Xuan Wang,
penultimate king (827–781 bc) of the Western Zhou Dynasty,
granted the fief of Zheng to his younger brother, along with the title
Duke Xuan of Zheng. In the time of Duke Xuan’s son, Duke Gong, the
capital of the Zhou dynasty was destroyed and the king was killed,
bringing to an end the Western Zhou dynasty. The new Zhou king moved
the capital eastward, beginning the Eastern Zhou dynasty. Duke Gong of
Zheng moved eastward as well, to an area in present-day Henan province
in central China, establishing a new state of Zheng. His descendants
later adopted Zheng as their surname.
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