ZongZheng Surname

Surname Overview

Zongzheng, pronounced zōng zhèng, is a compound surname ranked 423rd in the Hundred Family Surnames.

Reference: 《百家姓》第423姓：宗政，宗政姓来源、分布地域与名人介绍 | 速查君

Origins

Derived from an Official Title

The Zongzheng surname arose from the Liu lineage. Liu De held the office of Zongzheng; some descendants of his collateral branches adopted that ancestral office as the surname Zongzheng, later written 宗政.

Reference: 《百家姓》第423姓：宗政，宗政姓来源、分布地域与名人介绍 | 速查君

Historical Records

Record in Tongzhi

The Treatise on Clans in the Tongzhi records: “Liu De, grandson of Jiao, Prince Yuan of Chu under the Han, became Zongzheng.”

Reference: 宗政姓 _ 百科

Migration and Distribution

Commanderies and Distribution

The surname’s ancestral commanderies were Jingzhao and Pengcheng. Small numbers of Zongzheng families remain in places including Xuzhou, Jiangsu, and Tang County, Hebei.

Reference: 宗政姓 _ 百科

Notable People

Progenitor Liu De

Liu De is regarded as the progenitor of the Zongzheng surname. He was enfeoffed as Prince of Hejian and posthumously titled Xian; devoted to Confucian learning, he collected ancient texts and established scholarly posts for the Mao Poetry and Zuo Commentary.

Reference: 《百家姓》第423姓：宗政，宗政姓来源、分布地域与名人介绍 | 速查君

Genealogy and Generation Names

Change to the Surname Zong

Many members of the Zongzheng clan later shortened the compound surname to the single surname Zong.

Reference: 宗政姓 _ 百科