What are the origins and historical celebrities of the surname Gu among the hundreds of surnames?

The king of East China Sea, Min Junyao, was the thirteenth generation grandson of King Gou Jian of Yue, and his second son expected to be granted the title of Marquis Gu Yu.

In ancient times, after the death of Yu the Great, he was buried in Kuaiji (today's Shaoxing, Zhejiang). Emperor Shaokang of the Xia Dynasty later granted his concubine Wuyu a place in Kuaiji to preside over Yu's sacrifices, and established the Yue Kingdom there.

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Yue often had wars with the State of Wu. In 494 BC, King Wu Fu Chai destroyed the State of Yue. King Gou Jian of Yue worked hard to become stronger and defeated the State of Wu. Become the overlord.

From the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, it was passed down to the sixth grandson of Goujian, Wujiang, and the seventh grandson of Yao (who became the thirteenth grandson of Goujian). The leader was awarded the title of King of the East China Sea in the third year of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty for his meritorious service in helping the Han Dynasty destroy Xiang Yu.

Later, he named his second son Gu Yuhou, and his descendants stayed in Kuaiji. His descendants took the title as their surname and called them Gu.

They respected Yao as the ancestor of the surname Gu.

People named Gu

King Gu

King Gu: an exegete and historian during the Liang and Chen Dynasties in the Southern Dynasty.

With the title of Gui Zhanhou and the strange characters in Chongzhuan, there is no limit to everything.

There are 30 volumes of "Yupian".

Gu Kaizhi

Among ancient Gu people, the most commendable ones are Gu Kaizhi, who occupies an important position in the history of Chinese painting, and Gu Yanwu, a thinker in the Qing Dynasty.

Gu Kaizhi, who served as a regular member of Tongzhi Sanqi during the Yixi period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was versatile, skilled in poetry, calligraphy, and especially painting. He was known as "unparalleled in talent, painting, and infatuation."

His paintings are mainly portraits of people, gods, Buddhas, animals, landscapes, etc.

Later generations commented on his painting as "the intention is stored in the brush first, and the intention is reflected in the painting".

He is the author of "On Painting" and "Praise to Shengliu Paintings of Wei and Jin Dynasties", etc., which has a great influence on the development of Chinese painting.

Gu Kuang: a poet of the Tang Dynasty.

He was good at painting landscapes, and his poems sympathized with the people and criticized the current ills. Later, he lived in seclusion in Maoshan and was named "Huayang Zhenyi".

Gu Zuo

(1376～1446) Official of Ming Dynasty.

His courtesy name is Liqing, a native of Taikang County, Henan Province.

In the second year of Jianwen, he was a Jinshi. He served as the magistrate of Zhuanglang County, censor, deputy envoy of Jiangxi inspection, Ying Tianyin, Shuntian Yin, and Youdu censor. After entering Zhihu, he was alone in a small room. He did not sit with other ministers except when discussing government affairs, so he was called "Gu sitting alone".

Gu Mingshi

Gu Mingshi: (years of birth and death to be determined), a native of Songjiang (now Shanghai) in the Ming Dynasty.

Famous Ming Dynasty painter.

In the 38th year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, he was a Jinshi. He paid homage to Shang Baocheng and retired to his hometown. His eunuch's purse was very rich. There was a lot of open space to the east of Dunwanzhushan residence, so he widened it to create a pond. Who knows? This place was originally a pond, as evidenced by a stone tablet excavated.

The three characters "Lu Xiangchi" are engraved on the stele, and they were written by Zhao Ziang.

Therefore, Gu Mingshi changed the name of Wanzhushan Residence to "Luxiang Garden"; the pond is of course the same as the old one and is still called "Luxiang Pond".

Gu Lin

Gu Lin: Ming Dynasty writer and Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

He is a rare talented person who excels with his poetic style. Together with Chen Yi and Wang Wei of Tongli, he is known as the "Three Talents of Jinling".

After Baoying and Zhu Ying ascended the throne, they were called the "Four Great Masters" at that time.

Gu Yanwu

Gu Yanwu was born in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. He was very knowledgeable and had extensive experience in national systems, county anecdotes, astronomical phenomena, rivers and canals, soldiers and peasants, and classics and history. , phonological exegesis and other aspects have been studied.

In his later years, he focused on textual research when studying classics, and established the trend of simple learning in the Qing Dynasty, which had an influence on the Wu School and the Wan School of later textual research; in terms of phonology, he played a role in inheriting the past and linking the future.

He is the author of "Rizhilu", "Five Books on Phonetics", etc., and is one of the most respected scholars in Chinese history.

Gu Xiancheng

Gu Xiancheng: a native of the Ming Dynasty, known as Mr. Donglin.

He once gave lectures at Donglin Academy with his younger brothers Yuncheng and Gao Panlong.

Together with Zhao Nanxing and Zou Yuan, they are labeled as the Three Lords.

They discussed political figures and received support from some scholar-bureaucrats to form a group, which was the Donglin Party in history.

Gu Zuyu

Gu Zuyu: a historical geographer of the Qing Dynasty.

His book "Minutes of Reading History Fangyu" narrates the evolution of territory and political regions in the past dynasties. It is an important masterpiece in the study of historical geography.

Gu Zhenguan

Gu Zhenguan: (1637-1714 AD), named Liangfen, a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu.

Famous poet in Qing Dynasty.

In the 11th year of Emperor Kangxi’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (1672 AD), he was appointed Secretary of the Cabinet.

He likes to write lyrics and has a close friendship with Nalan Xingde.

His lyrics are lyrical, sincere and euphemistic, and he is known as one of the "three best poets" along with Chen Weisong and Zhu Yizun.

He is the author of "Bandzhi Ci".

Gu Taiqing

Gu Taiqing (1799-1876), whose name was Chun and whose courtesy name was Meixian.

His original surname was Xilin Jueluo, and he was a native of Xianglan Banner in Manchuria.

Married to Beile Yihui's side Fujin.

She is recognized by the modern literary circle as "the first female poet in the Qing Dynasty".

In her later years, she wrote the novel "A Dream of Red Mansions" under the name "Yuncha Waishi" and became the first female novelist in the history of Chinese novels.

His literary talent and insight are extraordinary, so "the Eight Banners essays have the words that men are more mature and graceful, and women are more pure and spring-like."

Gu Weijun

Gu Weijun: (date of birth and death to be determined), a native of Jiading, Shanghai, a famous diplomat during the Beiyang Communist and *** eras.

He has served as minister to various European and American countries.

In 1919, he participated in the Paris Peace Conference and argued hard to get Japan to return China's Shandong Peninsula***.

Later, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Finance and the Acting Prime Minister of the Beiyang Communist Party.

After 1932, he successively served as *** *** Minister of Foreign Affairs and Representative to the League of Nations and the United Nations.

In 1956, he transferred to the International Tribunal in The Hague.

Gu Zhutong

(1893～1987), with three Chinese characters.

A native of Andong (now Lianshui), Jiangsu Province.

*** Senior general of the army, first-class army general.

The character is ink three.

People from Lianshui, Jiangsu.

Among Chiang Kai-shek's "Five Tiger Generals" and "Eight Vajras" in his early years, Gu Zhutong was the only one who was promoted to the first-level general after arriving in Taiwan, which shows his status in the Communist military circles.

Gu Hong

Gu Hong: (AD 1915~present), a native of Lujiang, Anhui.

Chinese People’s Army Major General.

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Others

In modern history, the surname Gu has made many contributions to society, for example: modern historian Gu Jiegang, edited by Zeng "Chinese Historical Atlas", presided over the punctuation of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" and the Twenty-Four Histories, etc.

In the science and technology circles, there are Gu Jizhi, who serves as the deputy editor-in-chief of the water conservancy section of "Cihai" and participated in the review work of "Encyclopedia of China"; Gu Zhenchao, the first director of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Contributed to the development of China's meteorological forecasting industry.

In the art world, there are the famous Shanghai opera actor Gu Yuezhen; the pianist Gu Shengying, who has won many awards in international music competitions and is known as "a natural Chopin player and a true piano poet."

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