The Ouyang surname is an ancient Han surname. It ranks 149th on the list of surnames in mainland China and 125th in Taiwan Province. There are about 1,083,000 people, accounting for about 0.067 of the country's total population. Famous families come from Bohai County. The surname Ouyang (Ou, District, Yang) is listed in the top 100 surnames of one hundred families, ranking 4th among the compound surnames in the Song version of "One Hundred Surnames". According to the 2009 ID card database data of the Ministry of Public Security, the surname Ouyang ranks among the top 100. For 60-70 people, for 2 million-3 million people. Its birthplace is Bohai County (now Cangxian County, Hebei Province). According to the "Surname Genealogy", after King Gou Jian of Yue, his descendants were granted the title of Ouyangting in Wucheng (Huzhou, Zhejiang), and their descendants took their surnames from this place. Ouyang Wei proclaimed himself emperor in (313 BC), Ouyang Yao proclaimed himself emperor in (232 BC), and Ouyang Jian proclaimed himself emperor in (176 BC - 163 BC) (-proclaimed emperor).
The Ouyang family once had the reputation of "inheriting the history of the Five Dynasties and inscribing the Jiucheng Palace on stele", which refers to the "History of the Five Dynasties" compiled by Ouyang of the Song Dynasty. Ouyang Xun of the Tang Dynasty wrote "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming", which left a mark in history. The Ouyang family comes from the surname Si. During the Warring States Period, Yue Wang Wujiang, the sixth grandson of King Goujian of Yue, was instigated by the Qi people to send troops to attack Chu. As a result, he was destroyed by Chu, and Wujiang was also killed by the Chu army. Wujiang's sons competed for the throne, each occupying one side. The second son Ti occupied Ouyu Mountain in Wucheng (now Wuxing County, Zhejiang Province). Because it was located in the south of the mountain, it was also called the Yang of Ouyu Mountain, and he named himself Ouyang Pavilion. Hou. His descendants took this fiefdom as their surname. Among them, some have the surname Ouyang, some have the surname Ou, some have the surname Yang, and even some have the surname Ou Hou. During the Han Dynasty, there was Ouyang Sheng, named Heyang, who was well versed in classics and history and was the founder of "Ouyang Studies"; Ouyang Yeyu, Ouyang Sheng's fourth grandson, was Wang Mang's teacher. In the Tang Dynasty, there was Ouyang Xun, named Xinben, who was one of the four great calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty. Ouyang Xiu in the Northern Song Dynasty was a famous writer and one of the eight great writers of the Tang and Song Dynasties. According to "Hundred Surnames of Counties", the Ouyang family looked out of Bohai County. The county was established in the Western Han Dynasty, located in today's Cangxian County, Hebei Province. Today, people with the Ouyang surname are mainly distributed in Pengze County, Jiangxi Province (Ouyang in Pengze County is a descendant of Ouyang "Yi", and gave birth to seven sons, so he became the Ouyang family Qizhuang in Pengze County, with 10,000 people coming from the source of the river.), Xinyu, Jiangxi Province, Ji'an, Yongfeng, Wanzai, Ganzhou, Huichang, Anyuan, Zhijiang, Jingzhou, Qianjiang of Hubei Province, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, Xinzheng of Henan Province, Mianyang of Sichuan Province, Nanchong Yingshan County, Dazhou Kaijiang, Suining, Anhui Fuyang, Chuzhou, Hunan Province, Changsha, Yongzhou Ningyuan County, Lianyuan (Shiqitou), Liuyang, Longhui (Liuduzhai, Simenqian, Shiqiaopu), Dongkou, Xupu, Guizhou Province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Teng County and other places. The Ouyang clan in Zhijiang, Hubei Province is the descendant of Ouyang Fa, the eldest son of Ouyang Xiu. Nowadays, most of the Ouyang clan members in Jiangsu Province live in Ditang Oujia (Situ) and Xiabei Oujia (Quanzhou) outside the west gate of Danyang.
Today's Changsha City, Liuyang City, Longhui County, Dong'an County, Ningxiang City, Hengyang City, You County, Changning County, Ningyuan County, Yongzhou City Xintian County in Hunan Province, and Huai'an in Jiangsu Province Jinhu County and Suqian County, Dengfeng City and Zhoukou City in Henan Province, Fuzhou City and Jinjiang City in Fujian Province, Jiangmen City, Pingxiang City, Xinyu City, Xingzi County, Yichun City, Ganzhou City, and Ji'an City in Jiangxi Province , Yongfeng County, Wanzai County, Mianyang City, Suining City, and Shifang County in Sichuan Province, Taijiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou Province, Zhaoyuan City and Zaozhuang City in Shandong Province, Xuecheng District, Guangzhou City in Guangdong Province , Conghua City, Jiangmen City, Heyuan County, Huilai County of Jieyang City, Fuyang City and Chuzhou City in Anhui Province, Jingzhou City, Xiangfan City, Zhijiang City, Qianjiang City in Hubei Province, Tiandong County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People of the Ouyang clan are distributed in Rongshui County and Teng County of Liuzhou City, Xinzheng City of Henan Province, and other places. Among them, the Ouyang clan of Zhijiang, Hubei Province is the descendant of Ouyang Xiu’s eldest son, Ouyang Fa. Most of the Ouyang clan of Jiangsu Province live in Danyang Ximenwai Ditang Oujia (Situ), Xiabi Oujia (Quanzhou). By the beginning of the 21st century, there were more than 1,500 Ouyang clan members registered in the city.
Population overview of Ouyang surname
Ouyang (OUYANG--), Ou (ōu), and Yang (part) are from the same clan, district (ōu)--
Among the tens of thousands of Chinese surnames, many of them originate from the same ancestor. In the long history, due to escape, migration, refuge and other reasons, the descendants of the same ancestor have different surnames. Surname. For example, Ou, Ou, and Ouyang are all descendants of the Yue King Gou Jian who "suffered hardships" during the Spring and Autumn Period.
According to the 2009 ID card database data of the Ministry of Public Security, the total number of people with the surname Ouyang ranked 60th-70th, ranging from 2 million to 3 million.
Now it is mostly distributed in Jiangmen, Heyuan, Guangzhou and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of Hunan, Jiangxi and Guangdong Province.