Yu's origin

Yu's surname originated from Si's surname, and came from Dayu, the founding monarch of Xia Dynasty. Yuanhe Xingzhan said: After Yu, the branch secretary took his ancestor posthumous title as his surname. Legend has it that Yu was the leader of the ancient tribal alliance in China, also known as Dayu and Rong Yu.

Dayu's father Kun, one of the grandchildren of the Yellow Emperor, was accused of unfavorable water control. Dayu inherited his father's footsteps and changed the method of water control, and finally subdued the flood. Dayu was chosen as the heir by Shun Di for his meritorious service in water control. After his death, Yu inherited the position of leader of Xia Tribe Alliance.

Among the descendants of Dayu, Yu's surname is posthumous title's "ancestor", which has been passed down from generation to generation. Yu is the ancestor of surname.

Extended data

The total population of the Yu family is not among the top 300 surnames in Chinese mainland and Taiwan Province Province, but it ranks 107 in the Song Dynasty. Ranked 305th in 20 13 population statistics. Yu developed into a noble family earlier in Longxi county, and was known as the king of Longxi in the world.

According to the genealogy of Yu family in Tuanshan, Shaodong, Hunan Province, Taibai Gong's ancestral home was Taihe, Jiangxi Province, and he moved to Hunan during the Xianning period of the Western Jin Dynasty (AD 275). After 1000 years of reproduction and development, descendants spread all over Hunan, Hunan, Sichuan and Guizhou. Yu Zhimo, the pioneer of the Revolution of 1911, is the 56th grandson of the Yu family in Tuanshan.

According to South Korea's "Danyang Yu Family Tree", Yu Xuan, the first ancestor who moved, moved to Danyang from China in the early years of Korea. Korea () was one of the administrative provinces of China in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was called "the province of writing books on the east tour". Yu Xuan was a scholar in10/4 (the fifth year of Xuanzong in North Korea) and served as the head of the household, and was later promoted to a domestic servant.

According to the genealogy of the Yu family in Xingyang, Henan Province, the ancestor Wen of the Yu family moved from Jiangqiao Village in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province to Hulao Pass in Sishui, Henan Province in Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty (1429), and it has been passed down to the 22nd century.

There are Yu clansmen in Shouyang County, China, Funing County, Gansu Gulang County, Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province, Chongshanpu, Tuanshan Town, Biyang County, hua county, Zhecheng County, surabaya county, Xingyang City, Chongzuo County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, xinmin city, Liaoning Province, Yangyuan County, Hebei Province and Danyang County, South Korea.

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