1. Zeng Xi: one of the early disciples of Confucius during the Spring and Autumn Period.
2. Zeng Shen: a native of Lu State in the late Spring and Autumn Period, known as "Zeng Zi" in the world. According to legend, he wrote Confucian classics such as "Great Learning" and "The Classic of Filial Piety".
3. Zeng Wan: General Zhennan in the Han Dynasty.
4. Zeng Wen_(Zeng Wendi): Feng Shui master in the Tang Dynasty.
5. Zeng Gong: Northern Song Dynasty essayist, known as one of the "Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasty".
6. Zeng Hui: compiled by the Hanlin Academy of the Northern Song Dynasty, the prefect of Chizhou, and a Zen layman.
7. Zeng Gongliang: Prime Minister, scholar, and strategist of the Northern Song Dynasty.
8. Zeng Nanzhong: Jinshi of the Northern Song Dynasty, astronomer, and the earliest designer of the equatorial sundial (dial) in China.
9. Zeng_: Taoist scholar and poet between the two Song Dynasties.
10. Zeng Jing: a painter in the late Ming Dynasty.
11. Zeng Guofan: Qing Dynasty military strategist, Neo-Confucianist, politician, one of the "famous ministers of ZTE"; writer, founder of the "Xiangxiang School" of prose in the late Qing Dynasty.
12. Zeng Jize: Qing Dynasty politician and diplomat, son of Zeng Guofan.