The source of Wu's surname?

1, Wu surname has existed since ancient times. First, some descendants of Shun were sealed in Yu, because the sound of Yu was similar to that of Wu, so there was a surname of Wu after Shun. First, when Zhuan Xu was emperor, there was Wu Quan, and then Wu. First, when Shao Kang was emperor, there was an archer, Wu He, and then Wu.

2, from the surname Ji, taking the country as the surname, and is a direct descendant of Xuanyuan of the Yellow Emperor. In Shang Dynasty, Zhou tribe was established in 12, grandson of the Yellow Emperor. King Tai has three sons, the youngest of which is Ji Li, who is very talented. He gave birth to Ji Chang, and as soon as Ji Chang was born, Sheng Rui appeared, so King Tai chose Ji Chang to take over. The eldest son Taibo and the second son Zhong Yong knew that their father intended to pass the throne to Ji Li first, and then to Ji Chang, so they decided to give way automatically and they went south together (Zhou called him "Qiu Chu"). Taibohe brought the advanced culture of the Central Plains to the backward south of the Yangtze River at that time, and was elected as the monarch by the local aborigines, known as the sentence Wu in history. After Taber's death, Zhong Yong succeeded to the throne. After Ji Chang was King Wen and his son was King Wu, his third grandson became a vassal, and his title was renamed Wu and Taibo posthumous title. Sun Shoumeng, the first19th generation of Zhong Yong, was king, and his capital is now Wuxian, Jiangsu. Ji Zha, the fourth son of Shoumeng, should have succeeded to the throne, but he escaped and fled to Yanling to make a living by farming. Since then, Wu Wang's descendants have been divided into two branches: one is politically developed, and famous monarchs such as He Lv and Fu Cha have appeared; Second, its descendants developed independently and had a large population, which constituted the vast majority of Wu's surname today. After the State of Wu was destroyed by the State of Yue, later generations took the country as their surname and called it Wu.

Second, migration distribution.

Wu Hong, the prince of Fu Cha, was exiled to Jiangxi after the downfall of Wu. After Fucha, he also propagated in some places in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong and Henan. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Wu was widely distributed in the north and south of the river. Now, Wu accompanied his father and son to Fujian to open Zhangzhou; Now, Wu lives in Fujian with Wang. After the Song and Ming Dynasties, the Wu family dominated the southeast, and after the 53rd Sun Wuxuan, its family was prominent for a while. Wu Jifu, the fifth grandson of Wu Xuan, is the ancestor of Wu entering Guangdong.

Wu moved to Taiwan Province province in 129 1. The first person to enter Taiwan Province was Wu Guangdou, the foreign minister of the Yuan Dynasty. He was ordered to lead 6,000 people to "go to Ryukyu" by boat (that is, Taiwan Province Province). After the end of the Ming Dynasty, many people from the coastal areas of Fujian, Guangdong and Wu went to Penghu, Taipei and Kaohsiung to make a living and start businesses. So far, the most prominent is the Wu Boxiong family. Wu Boxiong is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the Kuomintang Central Committee and the mayor of Taipei. His family is known as Wu's "Taiwan Province first".

Wu moved to Hong Kong in the Yuan Dynasty.

Wu's overseas expansion began in Japan. Around 450 BC, the Wu people traveled eastward to Japan, and one of them evolved into the Japanese royal family. When Wu's family went to Japan, a large number of people went south and entered today's Vietnam. Among them, the 50th Sun Wuquan of Ji Zha ascended the throne in 939, and established the earliest independent dynasty in Vietnamese history-Wu Dynasty. Wu Tingyan, the last chairman of the South Vietnamese regime, was after Wu Quan. At present, there are more than 200 surnames in Vietnam, and Wu is the sixth largest surname. Wu Feng entered Korea in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Up to now, Wu surname is known as one of the 20 most common surnames in North Korea 143. After the Ming Dynasty, some people of Wu migrated to Southeast Asia, and moved to Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar and other countries. In modern times, some people lived in Europe and America.

Third, the county hall number

Harno. Yanling Hall: Ji Zha, the fourth son of Wu Wang, was famous for his virtue. Shoumeng asked him to inherit the throne, but he refused to accept his resignation, so Shoumeng had to seal him in Yanling. His three brothers were kings of the State of Wu, and they all wanted to give them to him when they died, but he still refused. Therefore, he was honored as "the third person of the highest virtue" by later generations, and was called "the son of Yanling" because his fief was in Yanling.

County Wang Yanling County: Qua County was established in the Western Jin Dynasty. Puyang County: Dong County was changed in the Jin Dynasty, and the county was changed in the late Western Jin Dynasty. The ancestor of the Wu family is Sun, a descendant of Guangping Hou Wuhan. Chen: The county was founded in the Western Han Dynasty. This branch of the Wu family is a descendant of Ji Za and belongs to Wu Huijia in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Changsha county: established in Qin dynasty. After that, the ancestor of this Wu family was the King of Changsha in the Western Han Dynasty.

Bohai Hall is the second largest county of Wu, and today most descendants of Wu in Fujian are Bohai Hall. A very complete Wu family tree has been preserved in Xuanhe Peitian Village, Liancheng, Fujian. This genealogy not only records the evolution of the family, but also records many local customs and poems.

Fourth, historical celebrities.

Wu Daozi: A famous painter in Tang Dynasty. He was regarded as a "painting saint" by later generations. His paintings have rich and varied lines. The meticulous brushwork of Gao Guyou Simiao, which has been followed since ancient times, has developed the artistic method of line drawing, so the objects expressed are full of sense of movement and rhythm, which is called "the wind in the Five Dynasties".

Wu Cheng'en: Ming Dynasty novelist. The Journey to the West authors handed down from generation to generation.

Wu Mian: A Dong Hero in Liping, Guizhou.

Wu Qi: A famous strategist in the Warring States Period. Patriotism. First, the general of Lu, then the general of Wei, then ran to Chu, served as Lingyin, presided over the reform, and was later killed.

Guangwu: the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Qing Dynasty. In 209 BC, Chen Sheng launched an uprising of 900 defenders and established the Zhang Chu regime. Later, under the guise of Chen Sheng, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordered Tian Cang to kill.

Wu: Qing Dynasty, an outstanding satirist, is famous for his novel The Scholars.

Wu Woyao: a famous novelist in Qing Dynasty. He is the author of "The Unfamiliar Status Quo Witnessed in Twenty Years".

Wu Changshuo: A famous seal engraver, painter and calligrapher in Qing Dynasty. Gong is good at calligraphy, especially at seal cutting.

Wu: A famous politician and scientist in Qing Dynasty. He has written 22 volumes of Textual Research on Plant Names and 38 volumes of Textual Research on Plant Names, which is an important botanical work in China in the19th century.