326 Qu (qú)
326 Qu (qú)
Tracing the roots
The origin of the surname Qu is said to be the surname Zi. Qu's father, a Shang official, and his descendants took the surname of their ancestor as their surname. Another theory is that the descendants of Shang Qu, a native of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period, took Qu as their surname.
Changing distribution
In the early days, it was active in Shandong and Henan. During the Han and Tang dynasties, it expanded to Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Zhejiang and other places, with Gaoping County (now Juye, Shandong) and Songyang County (now in Zhejiang) as the county commanders. Since the Song Dynasty, it has been distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan, Shanghai, Zhejiang and other places. Today, it is especially widely distributed in Jiangsu and Hunan.
A gathering of celebrities
Qu You: a famous writer in the early Ming Dynasty. He was famous for his poems when he was young. His poems were beautiful and soft, but he never saw any talent in his life. During the Hongwu period, he only served as a minor official such as teaching and teaching. During the Yongle period, he suffered misfortune because of his poetry writing and was demoted for ten years. He is the author of more than 20 kinds of works, such as "Collection of Xiangtai", "Poems about Things", and "Manuscripts of Cunzhai". He is also the author of a collection of novels such as "Jian Deng Xin Hua" and other works.
Qu Jun: Official of the Ming Dynasty. In the fifth year of Chenghua (1469), he became a Jinshi and was moved to Guangdong by the imperial censor as deputy envoy. People with integrity should not do anything for personal gain. He returned home due to illness and did not take anything from Lingnan. He is a master of calligraphy and painting, and his orchid and bamboo brushes are thin and vigorous. He is the second king of calligraphy. Good at poetry. Living next to fishermen, he would sit on the ground and drink from time to time. He would recite poems and paint while drinking, and he would give them to others as gifts.
Qu Yong: A scribe of the Qing Dynasty. A native of Changshu, Jiangsu. Sui Gongsheng. The Qu family is famous for its collection of books. The collection of books is exquisite, and it is known as "South Qu and North Yang" together with Yang Yizeng Haiyuan Pavilion in Shandong. Yong adheres to his father's ambition and devotes himself to collecting books, unmoved by fame and fortune. Legend has it that Emperor Guangxu wanted to obtain a rare and secret book and was rewarded with a third-rank imperial official and 300,000 taels of silver, but he refused to obey the imperial edict. There are "Catalogue of the Collection of Tieqin Tongjianlou", "Xuhai Yuwenyuan Poetry Garden Manuscript", "Collection of Ancient Seals", and "Tieqin Tongjianlou Ci Manuscript".