The legend of the surname Gu, what is the origin and history of the surname Gu?

From the surname of Ji: a descendant of Goujian, the king of Yue, in the early years of the Han Dynasty, Sun Shao, a descendant of Goujian, the king of Yue, was enshrined in Dongyi (now Yongjia, Zhejiang) because of the meritorious work of the princes of Zuo to destroy Qin. Later, he shook and sealed his son Yu Huiji, known as Gu Yuhou.

Later, the descendants of Gu Yuhou took the name of his fief "Gu Huixiao" as his surname.

Out of his own surname: After the Kunwu clan in the Xia Dynasty, it belonged to the surname with the name of the country.

The ancestor of the surname: Min Jun, the king of the East China Sea, shook the thirteenth grandson of Goujian, the king of Yue, and the second son regarded Gu Yuhou as the seal. In ancient times, Yu was buried in Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) after his death, and Emperor Shaokang of Xia later sealed the concubine Wuyu in Huiji to preside over Yu's sacrifice, and established the Yue Kingdom in the place.

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yue State often had a war with the Wu State, in 494 BC, the Wu Wangfu sent to destroy the Yue State, the Yue King Gou practiced the salary and tried his courage, worked hard, and finally defeated the Wu State and became the overlord. From Qin to Han, it was passed down to the seventh grandson of Goujian (shake for the thirteenth grandson of Goujian), who served as the leader of Minyue in the northern part of present-day Fujian and the southern region of Zhejiang, and was named the king of the East China Sea in the third year of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty because of his meritorious service in helping the Han Dynasty to destroy Xiang Yu. Later, Kai Jian shook his second son as Gu Yuhou, and his descendants stayed in Huiji, and his descendants took the title as their name and called Gu's surname.

They respect Gu Shao as the ancestor of the surname Gu.

The surname Gu originated from the Gu country of the Xia Dynasty. The surname Gu is a surname with a long history, the earliest one was formed in the late Xia and early Shang Dynasty from Gu (now Fanxian County, Henan), and the other was formed in the early Western Han Dynasty from Huiji (now Suzhou, Jiangsu).

According to historical records, during the Xia Dynasty, the descendants of the Kunwu clan were enshrined in the vassal state of Gu (now Fanxian County, Henan), and the nearby Ba surnamed Kunwu and Peng surnamed Wei were important pillars of the Xia Dynasty in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and a barrier in the east. At the end of the summer and the beginning of the Shang Dynasty, the Gu Kingdom was destroyed by Shang Tang, and the descendants of the Gu royal family after the death of the country were scattered all over the country and took the surname of the country, and since then China has had the surname Gu.

And the other Gu surname originates from Yao's descendants. In the early years of the Han Dynasty, the descendant of Goujian, the king of Yue, was named in Dongyi (now Yongjia, Zhejiang) because of the meritorious work of the princes of Zuo to destroy Qin, and later shook his son Yu Huiji, known as Gu Yuhou. Later, the descendants of Gu Yuhou took the name of their fief "Gu" as their surname, thus forming a group of Gu residents.

These two Gu surnames, one originated in the north and the other originated in the south, and later generations called them "Nangu" and "Beigu". So far, when people surnamed Gu talk about its origin, they still have the saying of "South Gu" and "North Gu".

Distribution of migrants

There is Gu Mountain in Jiangsu Province today, which is the junction of Wuxi, Jiangyin and Changshu, and is likely to be named after the migration of Gu immigrants. According to the Song people, Gu's "first residence in Huiji, Han has Gu Ao, the mother is filial piety, the mother likes to eat carved Hu (that is, wild rice, long in the pond and marsh), and migrated to Taihu Lake (across Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces). In the lake, he was able to raise his mother.

During the Three Kingdoms, Gu Hui lived in Yanguan (now Haining, Zhejiang). Gu Hui's 12th grandson Gu Yin, Shi Tang, Feng Yu Hang Gong. In the Tang Dynasty, there was also Gu Yun in Yubu Langzhong, who was a native of Chizhou (now Guichi, Anhui).

From the Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty, the surname Gu has always been one of the four major surnames in Jiangdong; After the Tang Dynasty, due to the transfer of official positions and other reasons, the Gu family continued to move to the north and south, and in the Ming Dynasty, it was not only distributed in Shanghai, Shandong, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Sichuan and other places, but also in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Inner Mongolia and other places in the north.

However, looking at the Gu family, most of the historical celebrities with the surname Gu are from the south, especially Jiangsu.

Gu Ao, Gu Yong, Gu Rong, Gu Kaizhi, Gu Yewang, etc.

1. Gu Ao: A filial son of the Western Han Dynasty, a native of Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). I lost my father when I was a child, and I was very filial to serve my mother.

Mother likes to carve mushroom rice, and Gu Ao often takes her children to pick it. It also diverts the water flow to plant, and the seed value is greatly harvested. His family lived in Taihu Lake, but later the lake was full of carved mushrooms, and there was no other grass.

Insects and birds did not dare to disturb, mostly because of the result of following morality, and the county praised the good residence.

2, Gu Yong: Zi Yuan sighs, a native of Wu County, Wu County (now Suzhou, Jiangsu). Politician of Wu during the Three Kingdoms. The official is the prime minister, the secretary of the plain book, and the marquis of Liling. Died in the sixth year of Chiwu (243), and was called Su.

3, Gu Rong: The head of the Jiangnan Shi clan who supported the Sima regime in the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty. The word Yanxian, a native of Wu County, Wusui County (now Suzhou, Jiangsu), Gu Yongsun.

The weak crown Shi Wu, Wu died, and Lu Ji and Lu Yun entered Luo together, and the number was Sanjun. Bai Langzhong, transferred to the court Weizheng, and successively became a prince and prince. Emperor Hui Zheng is a free cavalry permanent attendant, Huaidi Yongjia is the first year of Sima Rui's military division, plus a scattered cavalry permanent attendant, all planned, fierce holes are discussed with Rong.

Yongjia died in the sixth year of the official, and gave the hussar general Kaifu Yi with the three divisions, Zhen Yuan, and "Gu Rongji" has been lost.

4, the cavity knows Bu Gu Kaizhi: the word Changkang, the small character tiger head, Han nationality, Jinling Wuxi (now Wuxi, Jiangsu) people. Gu Kaizhi is erudite and talented, with poetry, calligraphy, and painting.

He is good at portraits, Buddha statues, beasts, landscapes, etc., and the people of the time call them three uniques: painting, literature and obsession. Xie An was deeply concerned and thought that it had never been seen in his life.

Gu Kaizhi, Cao Buxing, Lu Tanwei, and Zhang Seng are collectively known as the "Six Dynasties and Four Families". Gu Kaizhi's painting is intended to convey the spirit, and his arguments such as "moving imagination is wonderful" and "depicting God in form" have laid the foundation for the development of traditional Chinese painting.

5. Gu Yewang: Southern Dynasty Liang, Chen Jian**, literary exegete, historian. The word Xifeng, formerly known as Tilun, was a native of Wu County, Wu County (now Suzhou, Jiangsu).

Emperor Wu of Liang Datong for four years Doctor Taixue, Dr. Chen Guozi, Huangmen Shilang, Guanglu Doctor, Botong classics and history, good at Danqing, author of "Jade Chapter".

The surname Gu is the descendant of the Gu royal family.

The surname Gu is a surname with a long history, the earliest one was formed in the late summer and early Shang Dynasty, also from the current Fanxian County, and the other was formed in the early Western Han Dynasty, also from the current Suzhou, Jiangsu.

According to the relevant historical records, the Xia Dynasty had a vassal state called Gu Guo, in the last years of the Xia Dynasty, the leader of the Shang tribe Lao Split Tang led the army to destroy the Gu State, and the descendants of the Gu royal family after the death of the country were scattered all over the country, using the original country name as the surname, and since then China has the surname Gu.

According to the records, the descendant of the king of Yue, Goujian, Sun Min Jun Shao, was the king of the East China Sea, and built the capital Dongou (in the current west of Xixi County, Zhejiang, and closed the south), and later shook his only son as Gu Yuhou, and his descendants used the first word of his title as the surname, and also the surname Gu, thus forming a group of residents surnamed Gu.

The original meaning of the surname

Surname, the early surname is a family name. The surname is not the name of the Shendong for an individual person or a single family, but the title of the entire clan. "The common people" probably referred to a large number of clans at the earliest.

The surname has the function of "not marrying". In a clan society, not marrying with the same surname essentially means that people within the same clan are not allowed to intermarry. The surname has the function of "respecting affection and affection".

"Advocating affection and affection and being affectionate" not only refers to the issue of human relations and ideological feelings, but more importantly, it involves political rights and material interests.

In a clan society, members of the same clan enjoy equal rights within the clan. In a slave society, the "common people" referred to the aristocracy, while the slaves did not have a surname. Even in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, ordinary civilians still did not have surnames.