Key events in the history of the Zong (宗) surname

10 dated events in the history of the Zong (宗) surname, as recorded in Chinese sources.

1. Pre-Qin Period

   Zong families had already settled in Nanyang (南阳), Henan; Lujiang (庐江), Anhui; Quxian (渠县), Sichuan; Huaiyang (淮阳), Henan; Qi (淇) County, Henan; and Zibo (淄博), Shandong.

2. Han Dynasty

   The Zong (宗) clan of Nanyang (南阳), Henan became a prominent aristocratic family; Zong Bo (宗伯), Zong Jun (宗均), Zong Jing (宗京), Zong Yi (宗意), Zong Ju (宗俱), Zong Zi (宗资), Zong Cheng (宗承), Zong Gan (宗绀), and Zong Cheng (宗诚) successively held high offices or gained renown.

3. After the Eastern Han Dynasty

   Zong families settled in Xi’an (西安), Shaanxi, and subsequently migrated to Longxi (陇西), Gansu and Lanzhou (兰州), Gansu.

4. Three Kingdoms Period

   Zong Yu (宗预) of Nanyang (南阳) entered Sichuan (四川) for official service; after the fall of Shu, he relocated to Luoyang (洛阳).

5. Jin Dynasties (Western and Eastern Jin)

   Zong families had already settled in Jiexiu (介休), Shanxi.

6. Sui–Tang Interregnum

   Zong families from Nanyang (南阳) migrated to Hebei (河东) Prefecture of Pu (蒲) Prefecture (present-day Yongji (永济), Shanxi).

7. Late Tang and Five Dynasties Period

   Zong Ze’s (宗泽) eighth-generation ancestor migrated from Nanyang (南阳) to Yiwu (义乌), Zhejiang.

8. Song Dynasty and thereafter

   The center of Zong (宗) surname development gradually shifted to Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Anhui.

9. Early Ming Dynasty

   Zong families from Shanxi, among the migrants from Hongtong Dahuashu (洪洞大槐树), were resettled to Henan, Hunan, Hubei, Shandong, and Hebei.

10. Qing Dynasty

    Zong families spread more widely across China; Zong families from Shandong and other regions migrated into the three northeastern provinces (Northeast China).