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曾氏图腾释义
【释义】在古代汉语中,“曾”、“鄫”、“缯”三字往往互通,其最初的本义是指古代用来蒸熟食物的陶制或青铜炊具(即后世所称的“甑”)。在甲骨文的原始字形中,“曾”字的结构非常生动:下半部分的“田”字形代表着放置食物的蒸具本体,而上半部分逸出的斜笔则形象地模拟了热气腾腾、不断向上升腾的袅袅蒸汽。在图腾层面上,它常引申出蒸蒸日上、薪火相传与丰衣足食的宗族象征。
【起源】出自姒(sì)姓(源于少康中兴之后的诸侯国)。夏朝第六代君主少康将自己的小儿子“曲烈”册封在鄫地(今河南方城一带),建立了鄫国。鄫国历经夏、商、周三代,传至春秋时期,最终于公元前567年因国力衰微而被邻近的莒(jǔ)国出兵所灭。亡国之后,鄫国的太子“巫”怀着亡国失土之痛,率领部分族人逃奔到鲁国,并凭借自身才干在鲁国担任官职。为了向后代子孙表达自己虽然离开了故土、却誓不忘先祖与宗根的情怀,太子巫特意将原国名“鄫”字右侧代表城镇封邑的“邑”部(阝)去掉,改单姓为“曾氏”,并尊父亲曲烈为曾姓的得姓始祖。
得姓始祖:曲烈(鄫国国君)、太子巫(始改曾氏)
始祖地:河南方城、山东临沂(古鄫国曾迁徙于此)
郡望堂号:鲁郡(武城郡亦见记载)、庐陵郡、天水郡;三省堂(宗圣堂、武城堂亦见记载)
当今排序/人口:第31位/约772万
宋版《百家姓》排序:第184位
现存家谱:466部
曾氏圖騰釋義
【釋義】在古代漢語中,「曾」、「鄫」、「繒」三字往往互通,其最初的本義是指古代用來蒸熟食物的陶製或青銅炊具(即後世所稱的「甑」)。在甲骨文的原始字形中,「曾」字的結構非常生動:下半部分的「田」字形代表著放置食物的蒸具本體,而上半部分逸出的斜筆則形象地模擬了熱氣騰騰、不斷向上升騰的嫋嫋蒸汽。在圖騰層面上,它常引申出蒸蒸日上、薪火相傳與豐衣足食的宗族象徵。
【起源】出自姒(sì)姓(源於少康中興之後的諸侯國)。夏朝第六代君主少康將自己的小兒子「曲烈」冊封在鄫地(今河南方城一帶),建立了鄫國。鄫國歷經夏、商、周三代,傳至春秋時期,最終於公元前567年因國力衰微而被鄰近的莒(jǔ)國出兵所滅。亡國之後,鄫國的太子「巫」懷著亡國失土之痛,率領部分族人逃奔到魯國,並憑藉自身才幹在魯國擔任官職。為了向後代子孫表達自己雖然離開了故土、卻誓不忘先祖與宗根的情懷,太子巫特意將原國名「鄫」字右側代表城鎮封邑的「邑」部(阝)去掉,改單姓為「曾氏」,並尊父親曲烈為曾姓的得姓始祖。
得姓始祖:曲烈(鄫國國君)、太子巫(始改曾氏)
始祖地:河南方城、山東臨沂(古鄫國曾遷徙於此)
郡望堂號:魯郡(武城郡亦見記載)、廬陵郡、天水郡;三省堂(宗聖堂、武城堂亦見記載)
當今排序/人口:第31位/約772萬
宋版《百家姓》排序:第184位
現存家譜:466部
Interpretation of the Zeng Clan Totem
[Definition] In ancient times, the characters "Zeng" (鄫), "Zeng" (繒), and "Zeng" (曾) were used interchangeably to refer to a cooking vessel used for steaming food. In Oracle Bone Script, the "Tian" (田) shaped lower portion of the character represents the steamer (Zeng), while the two strokes escaping from the top represent rising steam.
[Origin] Qu Lie, the son of the sixth Xia Dynasty King Shao Kang (of the Si surname), was enfeoffed in "Zeng" (present-day Fangcheng, Henan), where he established the State of Zeng. During the Spring and Autumn period, the state was destroyed. Filled with the grief of losing his nation, Crown Prince Wu fled to the State of Lu, where he became an official. To express that he had left his homeland but would never forget his ancestors, he removed the "Yi" (邑) radical (represented by 阝, meaning "city" or "state") from the character "Zeng" (鄫) and adopted "Zeng" (曾) as his surname.
Ancestral Founder: Qu Lie
Ancestral Homeland: Fangcheng, Henan
Prefectural Seats (Junwang) and Hall Names: Lu Commandery, Luling, Tianshui; Sansheng Hall (Hall of Three Reflections)
Current Ranking / Population: 31st / Approx. 7.72 million
Song Dynasty "Hundred Family Surnames" Rank: 184th
Extant Genealogical Records: 466 volumes
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